Breakthrough the Backlog

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12 participants (132 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Is your TBR reaching record highs? Are those book-box subs starting to stack up to the ceiling? Does your kindle show an ungodly amount of unread books? Do you lie to yourself that you'll "catch up" tomorrow?

Join Discord's TBR in trying to breakthrough that backlog in 2025!

The only solid rule for this challenge, is that the book is published in 2024 or earlier. We will pretend we're not making that monster TBR longer in 2025.

Challenge Books

All books added
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

The Book Eaters

Sunyi Dean

373 pages • digital • 2022

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

16 hours, 44 minutes • audio • 2013

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

Bloodmarked

The Legendborn Cycle #2

Tracy Deonn

561 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Dispossessed

Hainish Cycle

Ursula K. Le Guin

319 pages • paperback • 1974

fiction classics science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
Mirrorscape, Volume 1 by Mike Wilks

Mirrorscape, Volume 1

Mirrorscape #1

Mike Wilks

569 pages • paperback • 2007

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous fast-paced
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

Beautiful World, Where Are You

Sally Rooney

337 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction contemporary literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced
You and Me on Vacation by Emily Henry

You and Me on Vacation

Emily Henry

361 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Stationery Shop of Tehran by Marjan Kamali

The Stationery Shop of Tehran

Marjan Kamali

312 pages • paperback • 2019

fiction historical literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

The Covenant of Water

Abraham Verghese

724 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth

Twelfth Knight

Alexene Farol Follmuth

307 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced