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2025 Physical TBR Challenge

rachelreadsrelentlessly Host

11 participants (85 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
Under the Tuscan Sun: 20th-Anniversary Edition by Frances Mayes

Under the Tuscan Sun: 20th-Anniversary Edition

Frances Mayes

304 pages • paperback • 1996

nonfiction memoir travel informative lighthearted relaxing slow-paced
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

Year of Wonders

Geraldine Brooks

308 pages • hardcover • 2001 user-added

fiction historical dark emotional sad medium-paced
Look at Me by Jennifer Egan

Look at Me

Jennifer Egan

432 pages • hardcover • 2001

fiction contemporary literary thriller dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Trust Exercise by Susan Choi

Trust Exercise

Susan Choi

257 pages • 2019

fiction contemporary literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

219 pages • paperback • 1970

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Known World by Edward P. Jones

The Known World

Edward P. Jones

388 pages • paperback • 2003

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Orbital by Samantha Harvey

Orbital

Samantha Harvey

207 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction literary science fiction inspiring reflective slow-paced
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

An American Marriage

Tayari Jones

308 pages • hardcover • 2018

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Carson McCullers

359 pages • paperback • 1940

fiction classics literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

309 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction historical literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced