2025 Physical TBR Challenge

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11 participants (84 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Anyone else buy lots of books but prioritize reading from other sources (library, KU)? Well, this challenge is for you.

The goal is simple. Read 12 books that you physically own by the end of 2024. 

What you count as "read" is up to you! Want to count only books you read 100%? Go for it! Did you start a book you own decide you hate it, and DNF it? Feel free to still mark it here! This challenge is here to help you prioritize your shelves, not to judge you. :) 

Challenge Books

All books added
My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

My Name Is Lucy Barton

Amgash #1

Elizabeth Strout

193 pages • hardcover • 2016

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

The Complete Maus

Maus #1-2

Art Spiegelman

296 pages • paperback • 1986

nonfiction graphic novel history dark emotional sad medium-paced
Babylonia by Costanza Casati

Babylonia

Costanza Casati

432 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction historical literary adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan

The Justice of Kings

Empire of the Wolf #1

Richard Swan

496 pages • digital • 2022

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

Death of the Author

Nnedi Okorafor

435 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction literary science fiction thriller adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

Sunrise on the Reaping

The Hunger Games #0.5

Suzanne Collins

382 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction dystopian young adult dark emotional sad fast-paced
Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

Great Big Beautiful Life

Emily Henry

418 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction contemporary romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Male, Female, Other? : A Catholic Guide to Understanding Gender by Jason Evert
Male, Female, Other? : A Catholic Guide to Understanding Gender
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Jason Evert

Male, Female, Other? : A Catholic Guide to Understanding Gender

Jason Evert

267 pages • digital

The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality by André Comte-Sponville

The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality

André Comte-Sponville

212 pages • hardcover • 2008

nonfiction religion reflective slow-paced
Through a Glass Brightly: Using Science to See Our Species as We Really Are by David P. Barash

Through a Glass Brightly: Using Science to See Our Species as We Really Are

David P. Barash

216 pages • hardcover

nonfiction nature psychology science challenging informative reflective medium-paced