Overflow TBR Challenge

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15 participants (329 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 Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith

The Rose Bargain

The Rose Bargain #1

Sasha Peyton Smith

403 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction fantasy historical romance young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Uprooted

Naomi Novik

456 pages • paperback • 2015

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

Alix E. Harrow

384 pages • paperback • 2019

fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Fifth Season

The Broken Earth #1

N.K. Jemisin

498 pages • paperback • 2015

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Hemlock Queen by Hannah Whitten

The Hemlock Queen

The Nightshade Crown #2

Hannah Whitten

464 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole

Spark of the Everflame

The Kindred’s Curse #1

Penn Cole

405 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction fantasy romance adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Back in a Spell by Lana Harper

Back in a Spell

The Witches of Thistle Grove #3

Lana Harper

320 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced
A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

A House with Good Bones

T. Kingfisher

247 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction horror dark funny mysterious medium-paced
Whispers of the Dead by Simon Beckett

Whispers of the Dead

David Hunter #3

Simon Beckett

476 pages • paperback • 2010

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

368 pages • digital • 1993

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced