2025 Physical TBR Challenge

rachelreadsrelentlessly Host

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

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Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Lessons in Chemistry

Bonnie Garmus

390 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction historical literary emotional funny inspiring medium-paced
The Year 1000 by Henri Focillon

The Year 1000

Henri Focillon

190 pages • hardcover • 1970

medium-paced
The Jesus Papers: Exposing the Greatest Cover-Up in History by Michael Baigent

The Jesus Papers: Exposing the Greatest Cover-Up in History

Michael Baigent

337 pages • paperback • 1991

nonfiction history religion informative slow-paced
Relic by Douglas Preston

Relic

Agent Pendergast #1

Douglas Preston

468 pages • paperback • 1995

fiction crime mystery thriller adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

Turtles All the Way Down

John Green

286 pages • hardcover • 2017

fiction contemporary young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings #1

J.R.R. Tolkien

458 pages • paperback • 1954

fiction classics fantasy adventurous slow-paced
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

And Then There Were None

Agatha Christie

204 pages • hardcover • 1939

fiction classics crime mystery dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Munch by Steffen Kverneland

Munch

Steffen Kverneland

271 pages • hardcover • 2013

nonfiction art biography comics funny informative reflective medium-paced
Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami

Breasts and Eggs

Mieko Kawakami

430 pages • hardcover • 2008

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

Jia Tolentino

303 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction essays feminism challenging reflective medium-paced