Tackle That TBR (within reason) 2025

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57 participants (643 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read 12 books you've already purchased (or requested from the library) throughout the year.  You can spread them out (like 1 per month) or just jam January full of them!  Whatever works, as long as you commit to reading some stuff you've been meaning to. 

Challenge Books

All books added
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

The Year of Magical Thinking

Joan Didion

5 hours, 11 minutes • audio • 2005

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Sylvia's Second Act by Hillary Yablon

Sylvia's Second Act

Hillary Yablon

352 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction contemporary funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Book of Bill by Alex Hirsch

The Book of Bill

Alex Hirsch

208 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction fantasy graphic novel science fiction dark funny mysterious fast-paced
One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

One Dark Window

The Shepherd King #1

Rachel Gillig

421 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
It's Elementary by Elise Bryant

It's Elementary

Mavis Miller #1

Elise Bryant

11 hours, 22 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction mystery romance funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
The Apple In the Dark by Clarice Lispector

The Apple In the Dark

Clarice Lispector

378 pages • paperback • 1961 user-added

fiction literary dark reflective slow-paced
Cities that Shaped the Ancient World by John Julius Norwich, John Julius Norwich

Cities that Shaped the Ancient World

John Julius Norwich, John Julius Norwich

239 pages • paperback • 2014

adventurous challenging informative medium-paced
La Serenissima: The Story of Venice by Jonathan Keates

La Serenissima: The Story of Venice

Jonathan Keates

448 pages • paperback

nonfiction history challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced
Justine by Lawrence Durrell

Justine

Alexandria Quartet #1

Lawrence Durrell

236 pages • paperback • 1957

fiction classics historical challenging reflective slow-paced
Leather and Lark by Brynne Weaver

Leather and Lark

Ruinous Love #2

Brynne Weaver

393 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction contemporary romance dark emotional funny medium-paced