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TBR Backlog Challenge 2025

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72 participants (823 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

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Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

Gilead

Gilead #1

Marilynne Robinson

247 pages • paperback • 2004

fiction historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
The Penguin Book of American Short Stories by Sherwood Anderson, Ernest Hemingway, Jack London, O. Henry, Washington Irving, Willa Cather, James Cochrane, Henry James, Mark Twain, Truman Capote, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nathaniel Hawthorne, John Updike, Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Ambrose Bierce, Bret Harte, Bernard Malamud, Katherine Anne Porter, William Faulkner, Ring Lardner, Stephen Crane
The Penguin Book of American Short Stories
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Sherwood Anderson, Ernest Hemingway, Jack London, O. Henry, Washington Irving, Willa Cather, James Cochrane, Henry James, Mark Twain, Truman Capote, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nathaniel Hawthorne, John Updike, Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Ambrose Bierce, Bret Harte, Bernard Malamud, Katherine Anne Porter, William Faulkner, Ring Lardner, Stephen Crane

The Penguin Book of American Short Stories

Sherwood Anderson, Ernest Hemingway, Jack London, O. Henry, Washington Irving, Willa Cather, James Cochrane, Henry James, Mark Twain, Truman Capote, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nathaniel Hawthorne, John Updike, Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Ambrose Bierce, Bret Harte, Bernard Malamud, Katherine Anne Porter, William Faulkner, Ring Lardner, Stephen Crane

412 pages • paperback • 1969

fiction classics short stories dark reflective medium-paced
Of Mess and Moxie: Wrangling Delight Out of This Wild and Glorious Life by Jen Hatmaker

Of Mess and Moxie: Wrangling Delight Out of This Wild and Glorious Life

Jen Hatmaker

224 pages • hardcover • 2017

nonfiction religion self help funny reflective fast-paced
King of Greed by Ana Huang

King of Greed

Kings of Sin #3

Ana Huang

315 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction contemporary romance emotional medium-paced
Foul Heart Huntsman by Chloe Gong

Foul Heart Huntsman

Secret Shanghai Universe #4

Chloe Gong

593 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction fantasy historical young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Deep End by Ali Hazelwood

Deep End

Ali Hazelwood

443 pages • paperback • 2025

fiction contemporary romance sports emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Girl Meets Grump by Hailey Gardiner

Girl Meets Grump

Kitt's Harbor #1

Hailey Gardiner

325 pages • digital • 2024

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Challenge by Kristin Coley

The Challenge

The Pack #2

Kristin Coley

7 hours, 27 minutes • audio • 2018 user-added

fiction romance tense medium-paced
The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony by Annabelle Tometich

The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony

Annabelle Tometich

320 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Off the Grid by K. Bromberg

Off the Grid

Full Throttle #1

K. Bromberg

300 pages • digital • 2023

fiction romance sports emotional medium-paced