Beat the Backlist 2024 - hosted by austinedecker

prominently features a desert
a desert is important to the plot in some way, whether your characters travel across it, it hides a secret, whatever fits the story
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Fearless by M.W. Craven

Fearless

Ben Koenig #1

M.W. Craven

448 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction crime thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi

The Lies of the Ajungo

Forever Desert #1

Moses Ose Utomi

96 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
Spaced Out by Stuart Gibbs

Spaced Out

Moon Base Alpha #2

Stuart Gibbs

352 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction middle grade mystery science fiction adventurous mysterious fast-paced
What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez

What the River Knows

Secrets of the Nile #1

Isabel Ibañez

396 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical romance young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty

The Empire of Gold

The Daevabad Trilogy #3

S.A. Chakraborty

766 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Unwind by Neal Shusterman

Unwind

Unwind Dystology #1

Neal Shusterman

335 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced
The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis

The Horse and His Boy

The Chronicles of Narnia (Chronological Order) #3

C.S. Lewis

224 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

fiction childrens classics fantasy adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
The Adventures of Indiana Jones by Campbell Black, James Kahn, Rob MacGregor

The Adventures of Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones: Film Novelizations #1-3

Campbell Black, James Kahn, Rob MacGregor

608 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction fantasy mystery adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Sweet Berries by C.M. Nascosta

Sweet Berries

Cambric Creek #2

C.M. Nascosta

5 hours, 57 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction erotica fantasy romance funny lighthearted fast-paced
Atomic Women: The Untold Stories of the Scientists Who Helped Create the Nuclear Bomb by Roseanne Montillo

Atomic Women: The Untold Stories of the Scientists Who Helped Create the Nuclear Bomb

Roseanne Montillo

272 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history science informative medium-paced