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 Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

The Screwtape Letters

C.S. Lewis

209 pages • paperback • 1942

fiction classics religion challenging reflective medium-paced
Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak

Bridge of Clay

Markus Zusak

583 pages • hardcover • 2018

fiction contemporary young adult emotional reflective slow-paced
Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh

Silver in the Wood

The Greenhollow Duology #1

Emily Tesh

112 pages • digital • 2019

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Panenka by Rónán Hession

Panenka

Rónán Hession

180 pages • digital • 2021

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Willow King by Meelis Friedenthal

The Willow King

Meelis Friedenthal

290 pages • digital • 2012

fiction historical challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

Amanda Montell

8 hours, 21 minutes • audio • 2021

nonfiction feminism psychology sociology informative reflective medium-paced
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. by Samantha Irby

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.

Samantha Irby

9 hours, 17 minutes • audio • 2017

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir funny lighthearted medium-paced
If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English by Noor Naga

If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English

Noor Naga

186 pages • digital • 2022

fiction literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced
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