Backlist Read or Unhaul 2025

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17 participants, 133 books added

Starts: Wednesday, 01 January 2025

Ends: Wednesday, 31 December 2025

 Need an extra challenge and push to read some backlist books off your physical TBR? Challenge yourself to read 15 pre picked books off your TBR or have to unhaul them by the end of 2025. 

These can be any books off of your physical TBR but I'm choosing books that have been on my TBR the longest and/or books that I've been wanting to read but keep putting off for whatever reason. 

All books added
A Black Woman Did That by Malaika Adero

A Black Woman Did That

Malaika Adero

160 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction childrens challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Educated by Tara Westover

Educated

Tara Westover

334 pages • first pub 2018 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

352 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois

The Souls of Black Folk

W.E.B. Du Bois

224 pages • first pub 1903 (editions) user-added

nonfiction classics history race sociology
Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics by Marc Lamont Hill, Mitchell Plitnick

Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics

Marc Lamont Hill, Mitchell Plitnick

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction politics challenging informative medium-paced
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

The Hate U Give

The Hate U Give #1

Angie Thomas

missing duration info • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
"Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?": A Psychologist Explains the Development of Racial Identity by Beverly Daniel Tatum

"Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?": A Psychologist Explains the Development of Racial Identity

Beverly Daniel Tatum

464 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction education psychology race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Beasts and Beauty: Dangerous Tales by Soman Chainani

Beasts and Beauty: Dangerous Tales

Soman Chainani

320 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade short stories adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper

The Gravity of Us

Phil Stamper

314 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult lighthearted slow-paced
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

One Last Stop

Casey McQuiston

422 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ magical realism romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced