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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The Girls of Hillcrest Farm; or, The Secret of the Rocks by Amy Bell Marlowe
The Girls of Hillcrest Farm; or, The Secret of the Rocks
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Amy Bell Marlowe

The Girls of Hillcrest Farm; or, The Secret of the Rocks

Amy Bell Marlowe

missing page info • 1914 • 1 edition

On the Far Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George

Mountain #2

On the Far Side of the Mountain

Jean Craighead George

170 pages • 1990 • 11 editions

fiction childrens young adult adventurous slow-paced
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

The Other Black Girl

Zakiya Dalila Harris

368 pages • 2021 • 41 editions

fiction literary thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Call and Response by Gothataone Moeng

Call and Response

Gothataone Moeng

289 pages • 2023 • 9 editions

fiction literary short stories emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory

Caitlin Doughty

272 pages • 2014 • 45 editions

nonfiction memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced
Edinburgh by Alexander Chee

Edinburgh

Alexander Chee

224 pages • 2001 • 15 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

Legends & Lattes #1

Legends & Lattes

Travis Baldree

312 pages • 2022 • 140 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life by Jason Roberts

Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life

Jason Roberts

421 pages • 2024 • 18 editions

nonfiction history nature science adventurous challenging informative medium-paced
The Planets by Dava Sobel

The Planets

Dava Sobel

276 pages • 2005 • 10 editions

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

201 pages • 1995 • 106 editions

fiction dystopian literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced