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 Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

The Priory of the Orange Tree

The Roots of Chaos #1

Samantha Shannon

830 pages • hardcover • 2019

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional medium-paced
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

She Who Became the Sun

The Radiant Emperor Duology #1

Shelley Parker-Chan

414 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Ecotopia by Ernest Callenbach

Ecotopia

Ernest Callenbach

192 pages • paperback • 1975

fiction science fiction challenging reflective slow-paced
The Hidden Girl and Other Stories by Ken Liu

The Hidden Girl and Other Stories

Ken Liu

479 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction fantasy science fiction short stories adventurous medium-paced
Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin

Always Coming Home

Ursula K. Le Guin

523 pages • paperback • 1985

fiction fantasy science fiction speculative fiction challenging reflective slow-paced
Dune by Frank Herbert

Dune

Dune #1

Frank Herbert

577 pages • paperback • 1965

fiction classics science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced
Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer

Absolution

Southern Reach #4

Jeff VanderMeer

464 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction science fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer

Acceptance

Southern Reach #3

Jeff VanderMeer

358 pages • paperback • 2014

fiction horror science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Authority by Jeff VanderMeer

Authority

Southern Reach #2

Jeff VanderMeer

352 pages • paperback • 2014

fiction horror science fiction dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

Annihilation

Southern Reach #1

Jeff VanderMeer

208 pages • paperback • 2014

fiction horror science fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced