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 Vile Village by Lemony Snicket

The Vile Village

A Series of Unfortunate Events #7

Lemony Snicket

256 pages • paperback • 2001

fiction middle grade mystery adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Gut Symmetries by Jeanette Winterson

Gut Symmetries

Jeanette Winterson

240 pages • paperback • 1997

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ challenging reflective slow-paced
The Host by Stephenie Meyer

The Host

The Host #1

Stephenie Meyer

617 pages • paperback • 2008

fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher

Bryony and Roses

T. Kingfisher

224 pages • digital • 2015

fiction fantasy romance adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
Tempest by William Shakespeare

Tempest

The 30-Minute Shakespeare)

William Shakespeare

228 pages • paperback

nonfiction history funny reflective slow-paced
Hamilton: The Revolution by Jeremy McCarter, Lin-Manuel Miranda

Hamilton: The Revolution

Jeremy McCarter, Lin-Manuel Miranda

288 pages • hardcover • 2016

nonfiction music informative inspiring medium-paced
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

Alexander Hamilton

Ron Chernow

832 pages • hardcover • 2004

nonfiction biography history politics informative slow-paced
The Ersatz Elevator by Lemony Snicket

The Ersatz Elevator

A Series of Unfortunate Events #6

Lemony Snicket

259 pages • paperback • 2001

fiction middle grade mystery adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
Unmarriageable: Pride and Prejudice in Pakistan by Soniah Kamal

Unmarriageable: Pride and Prejudice in Pakistan

Soniah Kamal

384 pages • paperback • 2019

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

245 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction fantasy literary speculative fiction adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced