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
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh

Hyperbole and a Half

Allie Brosh

369 pages • 2013 • 21 editions

nonfiction comics graphic novel memoir emotional funny reflective fast-paced
Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman

Wake Up and Open Your Eyes

Clay McLeod Chapman

382 pages • 2025 • 7 editions

fiction horror thriller challenging dark tense medium-paced
She's Always Hungry by Eliza Clark

She's Always Hungry

Eliza Clark

226 pages • 2024 • 20 editions

fiction horror short stories speculative fiction dark funny fast-paced
I Ran Away to Evil by Mystic Neptune

I Ran Away to Evil #1

I Ran Away to Evil

Mystic Neptune

435 pages • 2024 • 6 editions

fiction fantasy romance adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Shelby Van Pelt

360 pages • 2022 • 131 editions

fiction literary magical realism mystery emotional hopeful medium-paced
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

The Locked Tomb #1

Gideon the Ninth

Tamsyn Muir

448 pages • 2019 • 78 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Vegetarian by Han Kang

The Vegetarian

Han Kang

188 pages • 2007 • 195 editions

fiction contemporary literary dark sad tense medium-paced
Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America by Talia Lavin

Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America

Talia Lavin

291 pages • 2024 • 6 editions

nonfiction history politics religion challenging informative medium-paced
The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Seventh Veil of Salome

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

368 pages • 2024 • 15 editions

fiction historical emotional medium-paced
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

Earthsea Cycle #1

A Wizard of Earthsea

Ursula K. Le Guin

183 pages • 1968 • 183 editions

fiction classics fantasy young adult adventurous medium-paced