TBR Bookends Challenge

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13 participants (148 books)

Overview

If you’re anything like me, you have a TBR list a mile long. How are we meant to go read the ones at the beginning of the ever expanding list? Or the latest added with such a demanding backlog? 

Here’s a solution! The challenge is to read 20 books, 10 each of the earliest and latest added to your TBR, to help with getting through the backlog and the newest additions. 

Challenge Books

All books added
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

The City We Became

Great Cities #1

N.K. Jemisin

437 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Bloodprint: Book One of the Khorasan Archives by Ausma Zehanat Khan

The Bloodprint: Book One of the Khorasan Archives

The Khorasan Archives #1

Ausma Zehanat Khan

448 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous challenging slow-paced
The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong

The Teller of Small Fortunes

Julie Leong

336 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Ninth House

Alex Stern #1

Leigh Bardugo

458 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy thriller adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson

A Dowry of Blood

A Dowry of Blood #1

S.T. Gibson

235 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ romance dark emotional tense medium-paced
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Susanna Clarke

1006 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous mysterious slow-paced
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

The Spear Cuts Through Water

Simon Jimenez

522 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ literary adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty

Six Wakes

Mur Lafferty

391 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction mystery science fiction adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt

771 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary mystery dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat

Captive Prince

Captive Prince #1

C.S. Pacat

241 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous dark tense medium-paced