August 2025

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13 participants (130 books)

01 Aug 2025—31 Aug 2025

Overview

For August I want to get back on track.
I've been reading a lot of box sets lately and by doing so, it's not helped my yearly challenge.
So feel free to join me throughout the month to make a dent in that TBR. 💜

Challenge Books

All books added
Death Row by Freida McFadden

Death Row

Alibis #1

Freida McFadden

73 pages • digital • 2025

fiction contemporary crime short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

A Darker Shade of Magic

Shades of Magic #1

V.E. Schwab

400 pages • digital • 2015

fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett

Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales

Emily Wilde #3

Heather Fawcett

356 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction fantasy historical adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Unsichtbare Frauen by Caroline Criado Pérez

Unsichtbare Frauen

Caroline Criado Pérez

496 pages • paperback • 2019

nonfiction feminism gender science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Talents

Earthseed #2

Octavia E. Butler

394 pages • digital • 1998

fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister

The Bog Wife

Kay Chronister

320 pages • digital • 2024

fiction horror dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Nothing Like The Movies by Lynn Painter

Nothing Like The Movies

Better Than the Movies #2

Lynn Painter

11 hours, 15 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Mary Russell's War by Laurie R. King

Mary Russell's War

Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes

Laurie R. King

320 pages • paperback • 2016

fiction historical mystery short stories adventurous mysterious slow-paced
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

The Tainted Cup

Shadow of the Leviathan #1

Robert Jackson Bennett

410 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Siren by Kiera Cass

The Siren

Kiera Cass

336 pages • paperback • 2009

fiction fantasy romance young adult emotional mysterious tense medium-paced