Breakthrough the Backlog

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12 participants (140 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 Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

Hallie Rubenhold

415 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction biography history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
A Passage to India by E.M. Forster

A Passage to India

E.M. Forster

376 pages • paperback • 1924

fiction classics historical literary reflective slow-paced
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale #1

Margaret Atwood

320 pages • paperback • 1985

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-Four

George Orwell

320 pages • paperback • 1949

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
Anne of Windy Willows by L.M. Montgomery

Anne of Windy Willows

Anne of Green Gables #4

L.M. Montgomery

368 pages • paperback • 1936

fiction classics middle grade funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Girl Squads: 20 Female Friendships That Changed History by Sam Maggs

Girl Squads: 20 Female Friendships That Changed History

Sam Maggs

272 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction feminism history informative medium-paced
Killing Thatcher: The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown by Rory Carroll

Killing Thatcher: The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown

Rory Carroll

11 hours, 51 minutes • audio • 2023

nonfiction history politics true crime informative tense medium-paced
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

Seven Days in June

Tia Williams

330 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction romance emotional hopeful medium-paced
So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison

So Thirsty

Rachel Harrison

336 pages • digital • 2024

fiction horror dark emotional funny fast-paced
Cascade Failure by L.M. Sagas

Cascade Failure

Ambit's Run #1

L.M. Sagas

405 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction science fiction adventurous funny hopeful fast-paced