TBR Backlog Challenge 2025

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73 participants (865 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

All books added
The Volunteers: How Halifax Women Won the Second World War by Lezlie Lowe

The Volunteers: How Halifax Women Won the Second World War

Lezlie Lowe

248 pages • paperback

nonfiction history politics
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into Print by Renni Browne

Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into Print

Renni Browne

288 pages • paperback • 1993

nonfiction reference informative slow-paced
The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia

The Bruising of Qilwa

Naseem Jamnia

5 hours, 4 minutes • audio • 2022

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced
A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

A Sorceress Comes to Call

T. Kingfisher

325 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

Some Desperate Glory

Emily Tesh

438 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark tense medium-paced
The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

The Pairing

Casey McQuiston

411 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Perfect Passion Company by Alexander McCall Smith

The Perfect Passion Company

The Perfect Passion Company #1-3

Alexander McCall Smith

400 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction romance short stories funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show by Bethany Joy Lenz

Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show

Bethany Joy Lenz

8 hours, 18 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Heir to Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier
Heir to Sevenwaters
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Juliet Marillier

Heir to Sevenwaters

Sevenwaters #4

Juliet Marillier

560 pages • digital • 2008 user-added

fiction fantasy historical romance speculative fiction
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

The God of the Woods

Liz Moore

14 hours, 35 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction historical mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced