TBR Backlog Challenge 2025

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72 participants (748 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Challenge yourself to read 12 books in your shelves in 2025. Tackle that TBR pile!

The template to this challenge (and many more) can be found on my Instagram @shadowbooker

We hope you enjoy the challenge! Happy reading in 2025!

Challenge Books

All books added
Empty Smiles by Katherine Arden

Small Spaces #4

Empty Smiles

Katherine Arden

205 pages • 2022 • 13 editions

fiction horror middle grade mystery challenging hopeful informative medium-paced
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

Secret Projects #1

Tress of the Emerald Sea

Brandon Sanderson

369 pages • 2023 • 81 editions

fiction fantasy adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Wild River by Laura Pavlov

Magnolia Falls #2

Wild River

Laura Pavlov

352 pages • 2024 • 15 editions

user-added

fiction romance emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
Loving Romeo by Laura Pavlov

Magnolia Falls #1

Loving Romeo

Laura Pavlov

352 pages • 2024 • 22 editions

fiction romance sports emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
High Wire by Candice Fox

High Wire

Candice Fox

433 pages • 2024 • 2 editions

fiction crime mystery thriller adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb

Liveship Traders #3

Ship of Destiny

Robin Hobb

903 pages • 2000 • 74 editions

fiction fantasy adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Reckless by Elsie Silver

Chestnut Springs #4

Reckless

Elsie Silver

391 pages • 2023 • 85 editions

fiction contemporary romance sports emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Daisy Haites by Jessa Hastings

Magnolia Parks #2

Daisy Haites

Jessa Hastings

434 pages • 2021 • 77 editions

fiction contemporary romance dark emotional tense medium-paced
Many Hands: An Anthology of Polyamorous Erotica by ilgaksu, D. A. Hernández, enchantedsleeper, YF Ollwell, Alex Bauer, Alec J. Marsh, Terra P. Waters, K. Martin, E. K. Victor, Taliesin Owens, Dei Walker, Mina Kramek, Lyonel Loy, Eliot Lovell, Cedar McCafferty-Svec

Many Hands: An Anthology of Polyamorous Erotica

ilgaksu, D. A. Hernández, enchantedsleeper, YF Ollwell, Alex Bauer, Alec J. Marsh, Terra P. Waters, K. Martin, E. K. Victor, Taliesin Owens, Dei Walker, Mina Kramek, Lyonel Loy, Eliot Lovell, Cedar McCafferty-Svec

300 pages • 2024 • 1 edition

user-added

fiction contemporary erotica fantasy historical lgbtqia+ romance science fiction short stories speculative fiction
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Alison Bechdel

232 pages • 2006 • 70 editions

nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced