Romance TBR Clean Out Part 7 of 8 - Taste Test

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24 participants (84 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

8 part challenge, if you complete all 8, you'll get at least 100 books off your TBR. 

Note: Books you did not finish ABSOLUTELY COUNT for these challenges, since cleaning up your TBR is the whole point! However books cannot be counted for multiple parts of the challenge. 

Part 7 - Taste test

Read the sample for 12 books on your TBR, and either finish the book or DNF to remove it from your TBR. 

Challenge Books

All books added
Slade House by David Mitchell

Slade House

David Mitchell

238 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror mystery adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced
Night Film by Marisha Pessl

Night Film

Marisha Pessl

640 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction literary thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Langoliers by Stephen King

The Langoliers

Four Past Midnight #1-4

Stephen King

328 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

fiction horror short stories dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram

Coup de Grâce

Sofia Ajram

144 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
The House Inside the House of Gregor Schneider by Gary J Shipley
The House Inside the House of Gregor Schneider
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Gary J Shipley

The House Inside the House of Gregor Schneider

Gary J Shipley

248 pages • missing pub info (editions)

Negative Space by B.R. Yeager

Negative Space

B.R. Yeager

382 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction horror dark mysterious sad medium-paced
The Secret of Ventriloquism by Jon Padgett

The Secret of Ventriloquism

Jon Padgett

200 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction horror short stories adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix

Horrorstör

Grady Hendrix

248 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction horror thriller dark tense fast-paced
You Should Have Left by Daniel Kehlmann

You Should Have Left

Daniel Kehlmann

128 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary horror thriller dark fast-paced
The Cipher by Kathe Koja

The Cipher

Kathe Koja

356 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror science fiction dark tense slow-paced