TBR Backlog Challenge 2025

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72 participants (790 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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Spirits of San Francisco: Voyages Through the Unknown City by Gary Kamiya

Spirits of San Francisco: Voyages Through the Unknown City

Gary Kamiya

224 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction travel adventurous slow-paced
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

Pippi Longstocking

Pippi Långstrump #1

Astrid Lindgren

3 hours • audio • 1945

fiction childrens classics adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Dating and Dragons (B&N Exclusive Edition) by Kristy Boyce

Dating and Dragons (B&N Exclusive Edition)

Kristy Boyce

336 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction contemporary romance young adult funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

The Joy Luck Club

Amy Tan

2 hours, 37 minutes • audio • 1989

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

The Midnight Library

Matt Haig

8 hours, 50 minutes • audio • 2020

fiction contemporary literary science fiction emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Workbook by Betty Edwards
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Workbook
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Betty Edwards

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Workbook

Betty Edwards

176 pages • paperback

nonfiction art reference informative reflective medium-paced
The Trip by Rebecca Ley

The Trip

Rebecca Ley

336 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction thriller
The Neighbour Upstairs by Kathryn Croft

The Neighbour Upstairs

Kathryn Croft

352 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction thriller dark slow-paced
Don't Look for Me by Wendy Walker

Don't Look for Me

Wendy Walker

352 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction mystery thriller mysterious fast-paced
The Whisper House by C.S. Green

The Whisper House

DC Rose Gifford #2

C.S. Green

277 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced