Overflow TBR Challenge

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15 participants (339 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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Lock In by John Scalzi

Lock In

Lock In #1

John Scalzi

336 pages • hardcover • 2014

fiction mystery science fiction adventurous mysterious fast-paced
When We Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald

When We Were Vikings

Andrew David MacDonald

336 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction contemporary emotional hopeful medium-paced
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

The Three-Body Problem

Remembrance of Earth's Past #1

Cixin Liu

399 pages • hardcover • 2006

fiction science fiction challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon

The Mime Order

The Bone Season #2

Samantha Shannon

535 pages • paperback • 2015

fiction dystopian fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock

Elric of Melniboné

The Elric Saga #01-03, 07

Michael Moorcock

723 pages • hardcover • 1972

fiction fantasy adventurous dark medium-paced
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton

The Luminaries

Eleanor Catton

835 pages • hardcover • 2013

fiction historical literary mystery adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced
One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake

One Dark Throne

Three Dark Crowns #2

Kendare Blake

448 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake

Three Dark Crowns

Three Dark Crowns #1

Kendare Blake

398 pages • hardcover • 2016

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Over the Woodward Wall by A. Deborah Baker

Over the Woodward Wall

The Up-and-Under #1

A. Deborah Baker

208 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Master of Poisons by Andrea Hairston

Master of Poisons

Andrea Hairston

464 pages • 2020

fiction fantasy adventurous slow-paced