TBR Backlog Challenge 2025

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72 participants (825 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Challenge yourself to read 12 books in your shelves in 2025. Tackle that TBR pile!

The template to this challenge (and many more) can be found on my Instagram @shadowbooker

We hope you enjoy the challenge! Happy reading in 2025!

Challenge Books

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DMZ, Vol. 9: M.I.A. by Brian Wood, Riccardo Burchielli

DMZ, Vol. 9: M.I.A.

DMZ #9

Brian Wood, Riccardo Burchielli

128 pages • digital • 2011

fiction comics adventurous challenging slow-paced
DMZ, Vol. 8: Hearts and Minds by Ryan Kelly, Brian Wood, Riccardo Burchielli

DMZ, Vol. 8: Hearts and Minds

DMZ #8

Ryan Kelly, Brian Wood, Riccardo Burchielli

192 pages • digital • 2010

fiction comics adventurous slow-paced
Sunrise On The Reaping by Suzanne Collins

Sunrise On The Reaping

The Hunger Games #0.5

Suzanne Collins

12 hours, 48 minutes • audio • 2025

fiction dystopian young adult dark emotional sad fast-paced
Promise Me Sunshine by Cara Bastone

Promise Me Sunshine

Cara Bastone

11 hours, 11 minutes • audio • 2025

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Lore Olympus: Volume Three by Rachel Smythe

Lore Olympus: Volume Three

Lore Olympus #3

Rachel Smythe

384 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction fantasy graphic novel romance emotional funny fast-paced
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel

I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life

Anne Bogel

160 pages • digital • 2018

nonfiction essays memoir reflective slow-paced
The Chibineko Kitchen by Yuta Takahashi

The Chibineko Kitchen

Meals to Remember at the Chibineko Kitchen #1

Yuta Takahashi

186 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
Taste Of Blood by Lynda La Plante

Taste Of Blood

Jane Tennison #9

Lynda La Plante

400 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious fast-paced
The Honeymoon by Kate Gray

The Honeymoon

Kate Gray

400 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Obsessed by Liza North

Obsessed

Liza North

360 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced