Overflow TBR Challenge

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15 participants (282 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Are your bookshelves at maximum capacity? Do you have stacks of books piled on your nightstand, a cart overflowing with unread titles, or a box (or three) of books waiting for their moment? It’s time to tackle the chaos with The Overflow TBR Challenge! 
Your mission: Read 25 books from anywhere your unread books have started to accumulate—whether it’s a towering stack, a crammed TBR cart, or that “just one more” pile that somehow keeps growing. No library books, no new purchases—just the books you already own and have been meaning to get to. 
Clear some space, conquer your backlist, and finally enjoy the books you were so excited to pick up in the first place! Will you make a dent in your bookish overflow? Join the challenge and find out!

Challenge Books

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Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart

Witches Steeped in Gold #1

Witches Steeped in Gold

Ciannon Smart

533 pages • 2021 • 16 editions

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced
Contact by Carl Sagan

Contact

Carl Sagan

432 pages • 1985 • 48 editions

fiction science fiction adventurous inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Android's Dream by John Scalzi

The Android's Dream #1

The Android's Dream

John Scalzi

396 pages • 2006 • 14 editions

fiction science fiction adventurous funny fast-paced
Lock In by John Scalzi

Lock In #1

Lock In

John Scalzi

336 pages • 2014 • 23 editions

fiction mystery science fiction adventurous mysterious fast-paced
When We Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald

When We Were Vikings

Andrew David MacDonald

336 pages • 2020 • 16 editions

fiction contemporary emotional hopeful medium-paced
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

Remembrance of Earth's Past #1

The Three-Body Problem

Cixin Liu

399 pages • 2006 • 167 editions

fiction science fiction challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon

The Bone Season #2

The Mime Order

Samantha Shannon

535 pages • 2015 • 74 editions

fiction dystopian fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock

The Elric Saga #01-03, 07

Elric of Melniboné

Michael Moorcock

723 pages • 1972 • 13 editions

fiction fantasy adventurous dark medium-paced
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton

The Luminaries

Eleanor Catton

835 pages • 2013 • 71 editions

fiction historical literary mystery adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced
One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake

Three Dark Crowns #2

One Dark Throne

Kendare Blake

448 pages • 2017 • 45 editions

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced