My 160 books TBR for 2025

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5 participants (309 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

I’ve been browsing through my TBR pile over the past few days and have simply chosen a selection, a fairly large one, of books I’d like to read in 2025. I realize I won’t read all of them. But I’ve deliberately kept my selection a bit larger so that I can always choose without putting myself under pressure.
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Challenge Books

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The Lost Letters of Aisling by Cynthia Ellingsen

The Lost Letters of Aisling

Cynthia Ellingsen

294 pages • paperback • 2024 user-added

fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings #3

J.R.R. Tolkien

554 pages • paperback • 1955

fiction classics fantasy adventurous emotional hopeful slow-paced
What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez

What the River Knows

Secrets of the Nile #1

Isabel Ibañez

404 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction fantasy historical romance young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Civilization to Independence by Zeinab Badawi

An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Civilization to Independence

Zeinab Badawi

541 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction history informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Fall Risk by Abby Jimenez

The Fall Risk

Abby Jimenez

82 pages • digital • 2025

fiction contemporary romance short stories funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Color Purple

The Color Purple Collection #1

Alice Walker

298 pages • paperback • 1982

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

ReVisioning American History

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

296 pages • hardcover • 2014

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao

Heavenly Tyrant

Iron Widow #2

Xiran Jay Zhao

525 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Iron Widow

Iron Widow #1

Xiran Jay Zhao

394 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

Death of the Author

Nnedi Okorafor

435 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction literary science fiction thriller adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced