Finishing the Books I Started

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16 participants (99 books)

19 May 2025—31 Oct 2025

Overview

If you, too, are terrible at actually finishing books you start, join me in fixing that...or at least making it to the last page of five books you previously abandoned. The challenge runs for about five months - one per book, though please add as many books as you want.

Challenge Books

All books added
This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

This Poison Heart #1

This Poison Heart

Kalynn Bayron

373 pages • 2021 • 29 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

The Midnight Library

Matt Haig

288 pages • 2020 • 157 editions

fiction contemporary literary science fiction emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

The Book of Doors

Gareth Brown

403 pages • 2024 • 45 editions

fiction literary magical realism adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Prophet by Sin Blaché, Helen Macdonald

Prophet

Sin Blaché, Helen Macdonald

448 pages • 2023 • 29 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary science fiction thriller adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Ootlin by Jenni Fagan

Ootlin

Jenni Fagan

336 pages • 2023 • 7 editions

nonfiction memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
Private Revolutions: Coming of Age in a New China by Yuan Yang

Private Revolutions: Coming of Age in a New China

Yuan Yang

320 pages • 2024 • 11 editions

nonfiction feminism sociology challenging emotional informative medium-paced
Open Up by Thomas Morris

Open Up

Thomas Morris

198 pages • 2023 • 6 editions

fiction short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Dark by John McGahern

The Dark

John McGahern

191 pages • 1965 • 5 editions

fiction literary dark reflective slow-paced
Clear by Carys Davies

Clear

Carys Davies

208 pages • 2024 • 13 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced