40 for ‘25: TBR Takedown

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18 participants (333 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

✨2025✨ is the year I plan to tackle the  towering TBR pile and read 40 of my owned, unread books 📚 . It’s a quest to reclaim my shelf space and rediscover hidden gems. 💎 

If this sounds like your kind of challenge, join in! Let’s turn those TBR mountains into victory piles together.

Challenge Books

All books added
The Dallergut Dream Department Store by Miye Lee

Dallergut Dream Department Store #1

The Dallergut Dream Department Store

Miye Lee

287 pages • 2020 • 87 editions

fiction fantasy literary magical realism hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas

Crescent City #3

House of Flame and Shadow

Sarah J. Maas

838 pages • 2024 • 139 editions

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Soul of Stars by Ashley Poston

Heart of Iron #2

Soul of Stars

Ashley Poston

448 pages • 2019 • 6 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction young adult adventurous emotional fast-paced
Chosen Champion by Elise Kova

Air Awakens: Vortex Chronicles #2

Chosen Champion

Elise Kova

338 pages • 2019 • 6 editions

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous fast-paced
Hearts That Cut by Kika Hatzopoulou

Threads that Bind #2

Hearts That Cut

Kika Hatzopoulou

328 pages • 2024 • 17 editions

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 12 by Kousuke Oono

Gokushufudō: The Way of the House Husband #12

The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 12

Kousuke Oono

168 pages • 2023 • 12 editions

fiction manga funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
Accomplice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

Assistant to the Villain #3

Accomplice to the Villain

Hannah Nicole Maehrer

352 pages • 2025 • 5 editions

fiction fantasy romance
Blue Lock, Vol. 28 by Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yusuke Nomura

Blue Lock #28

Blue Lock, Vol. 28

Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yusuke Nomura

190 pages • 2024 • 4 editions

fiction manga sports adventurous medium-paced
Blue Lock, Vol. 27 by Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yusuke Nomura

Blue Lock #27

Blue Lock, Vol. 27

Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yusuke Nomura

192 pages • 2023 • 7 editions

fiction manga sports adventurous dark funny medium-paced
Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures from the Nazis by Robert M. Edsel

Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures from the Nazis

Robert M. Edsel

480 pages • 2013 • 8 editions

nonfiction art history hopeful slow-paced