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
My Holiday in North Korea: The Funniest/Worst Place on Earth by Wendy E. Simmons

My Holiday in North Korea: The Funniest/Worst Place on Earth

Wendy E. Simmons

269 pages • 2016 • 5 editions

user-added

nonfiction memoir travel funny reflective fast-paced
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

Hidden Figures

Margot Lee Shetterly

384 pages • 2016 • 66 editions

nonfiction feminism history mathematics race science informative inspiring slow-paced
Spy x Family, Vol. 3 by Tatsuya Endo

SPY×FAMILY #3

Spy x Family, Vol. 3

Tatsuya Endo

200 pages • 2020 • 40 editions

fiction manga adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man by Mark Kurlansky

Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man

Mark Kurlansky

241 pages • 2012 • 5 editions

user-added

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
From a Certain Point of View by Elizabeth Schaefer

Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View #1

From a Certain Point of View

Elizabeth Schaefer

496 pages • 2017 • 18 editions

fiction science fiction short stories adventurous emotional funny medium-paced
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

Crazy Rich Asians #1

Crazy Rich Asians

Kevin Kwan

416 pages • 2013 • 120 editions

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-eun

The Disaster Tourist

Yun Ko-eun

208 pages • 2020 • 15 editions

fiction literary dark mysterious medium-paced
The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson

The House of Eve

Sadeqa Johnson

320 pages • 2023 • 19 editions

fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree

Legends & Lattes #0

Bookshops & Bonedust

Travis Baldree

336 pages • 2023 • 63 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Unruly: A History of England's Kings and Queens by David Mitchell

Unruly: A History of England's Kings and Queens

David Mitchell

464 pages • 2023 • 16 editions

nonfiction history funny informative lighthearted medium-paced