TBR Backlog Challenge 2025

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73 participants (867 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 One and Only Crystal Druid by Annette Marie

The One and Only Crystal Druid

The Guild Codex: Unveiled #1

Annette Marie

330 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Blitz by Daniel O'Malley

Blitz

The Checquy Files #3

Daniel O'Malley

688 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction

Ursula K. Le Guin

250 pages • paperback • 1979

nonfiction essays informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Promise Me Not by Meagan Brandy

Promise Me Not

Boys of Avix #2

Meagan Brandy

383 pages • paperback • 2024 user-added

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful sad slow-paced
The Striker by Ana Huang

The Striker

Gods of the Game #1

Ana Huang

592 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction contemporary romance sports emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Say You Swear by Meagan Brandy

Say You Swear

Boys of Avix #1

Meagan Brandy

680 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction contemporary romance sports emotional sad medium-paced
The Last Traverse; Tragedy and Resilience in the Winter Whites by Ty Gagne

The Last Traverse; Tragedy and Resilience in the Winter Whites

Ty Gagne

302 pages • paperback • 2020

nonfiction health sports emotional fast-paced
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

Our Wives Under the Sea

Julia Armfield

228 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary science fiction dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
A Rhythm of Prayer: A Collection of Meditations for Renewal by Sarah Bessey

A Rhythm of Prayer: A Collection of Meditations for Renewal

Sarah Bessey

2 hours, 34 minutes • audio • 2021 user-added

nonfiction religion self help emotional reflective slow-paced
The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

The Book of Doors

Gareth Brown

416 pages • digital • 2024

fiction literary magical realism adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced