The Behemoth Reads - those with excessive and long term TBRs

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Overview

 So I appear to have bought too many books over the years. Believe it was slowly built over two decades since I was a teenager.

With growing storage problems led me to count actually how many unread books I currently have. 

1343 is the current count as of 3/2/2025.  Yikes. I need to keep an eye on this a little more.

Its a bit of a behemoth of a pile to read but adding this publicly for anyone else who wants to keep track of a large pile of books over time .

Rounded the count to a nice round number. 

Challenge Books

All books added
If Cats Disappeared from the World: A Novel by Genki Kawamura

If Cats Disappeared from the World: A Novel

Genki Kawamura

168 pages • 2012 • 77 editions

fiction magical realism emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Twelve Cries from Home: In Search of Sri Lanka's Disappeared by Minoli Salgado

Twelve Cries from Home: In Search of Sri Lanka's Disappeared

Minoli Salgado

203 pages • 3 editions

user-added

nonfiction history memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

The Frozen River

Ariel Lawhon

15h 6m • 2023 • 25 editions

fiction historical thriller emotional mysterious medium-paced
Returns by Mark Lawrence

The Library Trilogy #1.6

Returns

Mark Lawrence

53 pages • 2024 • 1 edition

fiction fantasy reflective fast-paced
Overdue by Mark Lawrence

The Library Trilogy #1.5

Overdue

Mark Lawrence

46 pages • 2023 • 2 editions

fiction fantasy short stories mysterious medium-paced
The Book That Broke the World by Mark Lawrence

The Library Trilogy #2

The Book That Broke the World

Mark Lawrence

368 pages • 2024 • 15 editions

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Book That Wouldn't Burn by Mark Lawrence

The Library Trilogy #1

The Book That Wouldn't Burn

Mark Lawrence

559 pages • 2023 • 28 editions

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst

The Spellshop

Sarah Beth Durst

376 pages • 2024 • 38 editions

fiction fantasy romance funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

531 pages • 2014 • 173 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Ajax Penumbra 1969 by Robin Sloan

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore #0.5

Ajax Penumbra 1969

Robin Sloan

96 pages • 2013 • 12 editions

fiction fantasy short stories lighthearted mysterious fast-paced