TBR Backlog Challenge 2025

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72 participants (826 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

All books added
High Wire by Candice Fox

High Wire

Candice Fox

433 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction crime mystery thriller adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb

Ship of Destiny

Liveship Traders #3

Robin Hobb

903 pages • paperback • 2000

fiction fantasy adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Reckless by Elsie Silver

Reckless

Chestnut Springs #4

Elsie Silver

391 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction contemporary romance sports emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Daisy Haites by Jessa Hastings

Daisy Haites

Magnolia Parks #2

Jessa Hastings

434 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction contemporary romance dark emotional tense medium-paced
Many Hands: An Anthology of Polyamorous Erotica by ilgaksu, D. A. Hernández, enchantedsleeper, YF Ollwell, Alex Bauer, Alec J. Marsh, Terra P. Waters, K. Martin, E. K. Victor, Taliesin Owens, Dei Walker, Mina Kramek, Lyonel Loy, Eliot Lovell, Cedar McCafferty-Svec

Many Hands: An Anthology of Polyamorous Erotica

ilgaksu, D. A. Hernández, enchantedsleeper, YF Ollwell, Alex Bauer, Alec J. Marsh, Terra P. Waters, K. Martin, E. K. Victor, Taliesin Owens, Dei Walker, Mina Kramek, Lyonel Loy, Eliot Lovell, Cedar McCafferty-Svec

300 pages • paperback • 2024 user-added

fiction contemporary erotica fantasy historical lgbtqia+ romance science fiction short stories speculative fiction
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Alison Bechdel

232 pages • paperback • 2006

nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
To Be Maya by Claudia Recinos Seldeen

To Be Maya

Claudia Recinos Seldeen

200 pages • hardcover

emotional reflective medium-paced
Gravel Heart by Abdulrazak Gurnah

Gravel Heart

Abdulrazak Gurnah

261 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
Only and Forever by Chloe Liese

Only and Forever

Bergman Brothers #7

Chloe Liese

352 pages • paperback • 2024 user-added

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
White Horse, Red fruit by Kat Howard

White Horse, Red fruit

Kat Howard

10 pages • digital • 2023 user-added

fiction fantasy horror short stories