Read Your Shelves (for heavier readers)

courtwj Host

20 participants (323 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

I’m on a never ending quest to read my physical shelves. Feel free to join me in reading 4 books a month from your “shelves” for a total of 48 books in 2025.

You can focus on backlist, kindle, audiobooks, books purchased prior to 2025…whatever works for you. Let’s do this!

Read Your Shelves (for heavier readers)

courtwj Host

20 participants (323 books)

STARTS: 01 Jan 2025ENDS: 31 Dec 2025

Overview

I’m on a never ending quest to read my physical shelves. Feel free to join me in reading 4 books a month from your “shelves” for a total of 48 books in 2025.

You can focus on backlist, kindle, audiobooks, books purchased prior to 2025…whatever works for you. Let’s do this!

Challenge Books

All books added

I Want to Be a Wall, Vol. 2 by Honami Shirono

I Want to Be a Wall, Vol. 2
I Want to Be a Wall #2

Honami Shirono with Alexis Eckerman (Translator), Emma Schumacker (Translator)

144 pages • paperback • 2022 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ manga emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

fiction lgbtqia+ manga emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

I Want to Be a Wall, Vol. 2 by Honami Shirono

I Want to Be a Wall, Vol. 2

I Want to Be a Wall #2

Honami Shirono with Alexis Eckerman (Translator), Emma Schumacker (Translator)

144 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction lgbtqia+ manga emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

fiction lgbtqia+ manga emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.

A Canticle for Leibowitz
St. Leibowitz #1

Walter M. Miller, Jr. with Mary Doria Russell (Contributor)

334 pages • paperback • 1959 (editions)

fiction classics science fiction challenging dark reflective slow-paced

fiction classics science fiction challenging dark reflective slow-paced

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.

A Canticle for Leibowitz

St. Leibowitz #1

Walter M. Miller, Jr. with Mary Doria Russell (Contributor)

334 pages • paperback • 1959

fiction classics science fiction challenging dark reflective slow-paced

fiction classics science fiction challenging dark reflective slow-paced

Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac

Rez Dogs
Joseph Bruchac

192 pages • hardcover • 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary middle grade poetry emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary middle grade poetry emotional reflective medium-paced

Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac

Rez Dogs

192 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction contemporary middle grade poetry emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary middle grade poetry emotional reflective medium-paced

Bitch Planet, Volume 1: Extraordinary Machine by Kelly Sue DeConnick

Bitch Planet, Volume 1: Extraordinary Machine
Bitch Planet #1-5

Kelly Sue DeConnick with Robert Wilson IV (Illustrator), Valentine De Landro (Illustrator), Taki Soma (Illustrator)

136 pages • paperback • 2015 (editions)

fiction comics dystopian science fiction adventurous dark tense fast-paced

fiction comics dystopian science fiction adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Bitch Planet, Volume 1: Extraordinary Machine by Kelly Sue DeConnick

Bitch Planet, Volume 1: Extraordinary Machine

Bitch Planet #1-5

Kelly Sue DeConnick with Robert Wilson IV (Illustrator), Valentine De Landro (Illustrator), Taki Soma (Illustrator)

136 pages • paperback • 2015

fiction comics dystopian science fiction adventurous dark tense fast-paced

fiction comics dystopian science fiction adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom

Crow Mary
Kathleen Grissom

368 pages • hardcover • 2023 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom

Crow Mary

Kathleen Grissom

368 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Franchise of Secrets: Dark Athens by Arthur Antonopoulos

Franchise of Secrets: Dark Athens
Franchise of Secrets #1

Arthur Antonopoulos

416 pages • paperback • 2023 (editions) user-added

fiction crime historical mystery politics religion thriller

fiction crime historical mystery politics religion thriller

Franchise of Secrets: Dark Athens by Arthur Antonopoulos

Franchise of Secrets: Dark Athens

Franchise of Secrets #1

Arthur Antonopoulos

416 pages • paperback • 2023 user-added

fiction crime historical mystery politics religion thriller

fiction crime historical mystery politics religion thriller

Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood

Problematic Summer Romance
Ali Hazelwood

402 pages • paperback • 2025 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood

Problematic Summer Romance

402 pages • paperback • 2025

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Sharp Objects
Gillian Flynn

340 pages • digital • 2006 (editions)

fiction literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

fiction literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Sharp Objects

340 pages • digital • 2006

fiction literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

fiction literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

The One by John Marrs

The One
Dark Future #1

John Marrs with Simon Bubb (Narrator), Sophie Aldred (Narrator), Jot Davies (Narrator), Clare Corbett (Narrator), Vicki Hall (Narrator)

11 hours, 1 minutes • audio • 2016 (editions)

fiction science fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced

fiction science fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced

The One by John Marrs

The One

John Marrs with Simon Bubb (Narrator), Sophie Aldred (Narrator), Jot Davies (Narrator), Clare Corbett (Narrator), Vicki Hall (Narrator)

11 hours, 1 minutes • audio • 2016

fiction science fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced

fiction science fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced

So Far Gone by Jess Walter

So Far Gone
Jess Walter

278 pages • hardcover • 2025 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

fiction contemporary literary adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

So Far Gone by Jess Walter

So Far Gone

278 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction contemporary literary adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

fiction contemporary literary adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

More...