Read Your Shelves (for heavier readers)

courtwj Host

20 participants (333 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!

Challenge Books

All books added
The Book of Witching by C.J. Cooke

The Book of Witching

C.J. Cooke

384 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings #1

J.R.R. Tolkien

398 pages • paperback • 1954

fiction classics fantasy adventurous slow-paced
Phantasma by Kaylie Smith

Phantasma

Wicked Games #1

Kaylie Smith

497 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction fantasy horror romance adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab

A Gathering of Shadows

Shades of Magic #2

V.E. Schwab

512 pages • hardcover • 2016

fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth

Chosen Ones

The Chosen Ones #1

Veronica Roth

419 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

The Only Good Indians

Stephen Graham Jones

310 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

The Final Empire

Mistborn #1

Brandon Sanderson

541 pages • hardcover • 2006

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

The Jasmine Throne

The Burning Kingdoms #1

Tasha Suri

540 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake

Titus Groan

Gormenghast #1

Mervyn Peake

396 pages • paperback • 1946

fiction classics fantasy dark mysterious slow-paced
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

My Sister, the Serial Killer

Oyinkan Braithwaite

226 pages • paperback • 2018

fiction contemporary crime literary thriller dark tense fast-paced