Overflow TBR Challenge

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15 participants (332 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Are your bookshelves at maximum capacity? Do you have stacks of books piled on your nightstand, a cart overflowing with unread titles, or a box (or three) of books waiting for their moment? It’s time to tackle the chaos with The Overflow TBR Challenge! 
Your mission: Read 25 books from anywhere your unread books have started to accumulate—whether it’s a towering stack, a crammed TBR cart, or that “just one more” pile that somehow keeps growing. No library books, no new purchases—just the books you already own and have been meaning to get to. 
Clear some space, conquer your backlist, and finally enjoy the books you were so excited to pick up in the first place! Will you make a dent in your bookish overflow? Join the challenge and find out!

Challenge Books

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The Gingerbread Bakery by Laurie Gilmore

The Gingerbread Bakery

Dream Harbor #5

Laurie Gilmore

384 pages • paperback • 2025

fiction romance
The Strawberry Patch Pancake House by Laurie Gilmore

The Strawberry Patch Pancake House

Dream Harbor #4

Laurie Gilmore

361 pages • paperback • 2025

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Eat, Pray, Love

Eat, Pray, Love #1

Elizabeth Gilbert

12 hours, 50 minutes • audio • 2006

nonfiction food and drink memoir travel adventurous inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Fall Risk by Abby Jimenez

The Fall Risk

Abby Jimenez

81 pages • digital • 2025

fiction contemporary romance short stories funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
The Cinnamon Bun Book Store by Laurie Gilmore

The Cinnamon Bun Book Store

Dream Harbor #2

Laurie Gilmore

367 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
Mozart's Starling by Lyanda Lynn Haupt

Mozart's Starling

Lyanda Lynn Haupt

264 pages • hardcover • 2017

nonfiction biography music nature informative reflective slow-paced
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

The Lost Apothecary

Sarah Penner

310 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction historical mystery adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton

The Light Pirate

Lily Brooks-Dalton

320 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction literary speculative fiction emotional reflective sad medium-paced
A Custom-Fit Crime by Melissa Bourbon

A Custom-Fit Crime

A Magical Dressmaking Mystery #4

Melissa Bourbon

309 pages • paperback • 2013

fiction mystery adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy

A Week in Winter

Maeve Binchy

464 pages • hardcover • 2012

fiction romance emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced