Backlist Read or Unhaul 2025

Hosted by emmirosereads

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
The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden

The Winter of the Witch

Winternight Trilogy #3

Katherine Arden

400 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

The Final Empire

Mistborn #1

Brandon Sanderson

541 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman

The Man Who Died Twice

A Thursday Murder Club Mystery #2

Richard Osman

423 pages • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

fiction crime mystery adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

A Discovery of Witches

All Souls #1

Deborah Harkness

579 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance thriller adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

Ring Shout

P. Djèlí Clark

185 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical horror adventurous dark tense fast-paced
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Clint Smith

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Other Merlin by Robyn Schneider

The Other Merlin

Emry Merlin #1

Robyn Schneider

420 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Flawless by Elsie Silver

Flawless

Chestnut Springs #1

Elsie Silver

424 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance sports emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

Black Sun

Between Earth and Sky #1

Rebecca Roanhorse

454 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge

West with Giraffes

Lynda Rutledge

10 hours, 29 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional medium-paced