2025 beat the backlog challenge

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12 participants (99 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Join me in slimming down those bookshelves by reading 12 (or more!) books you already own in 2025. 

Choose to do as a kindle or physical clear out but for books to count they should be titles you already owned a copy of prior to 1 Jan 2025.

Challenge Books

All books added
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

A Confederacy of Dunces

John Kennedy Toole

360 pages • 1980 • 91 editions

fiction classics contemporary funny lighthearted medium-paced
In My Skin: A Memoir of Addiction by Kate Holden

In My Skin: A Memoir of Addiction

Kate Holden

286 pages • 2005 • 14 editions

user-added

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Tenant by Freida McFadden

The Tenant

Freida McFadden

328 pages • 2025 • 40 editions

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig

The Staircase in the Woods

Chuck Wendig

388 pages • 2025 • 9 editions

fiction horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill

NOS4A2

Joe Hill

995 pages • 2013 • 58 editions

user-added

fiction horror
A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom by Brittany K. Barnett

A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom

Brittany K. Barnett

336 pages • 2020 • 5 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare

The Chronicles of Castellane #1

Sword Catcher

Cassandra Clare

604 pages • 2023 • 82 editions

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom by Shari Franke

The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom

Shari Franke

315 pages • 2025 • 48 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad fast-paced
The Crash by Freida McFadden

The Crash

Freida McFadden

338 pages • 2025 • 35 editions

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness

Susannah Cahalan

266 pages • 2012 • 51 editions

nonfiction health memoir psychology emotional informative medium-paced