Romance TBR Clean Out Part 1 of 8 - Aging Out

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39 participants (225 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

8 part challenge, if you complete all 8, you'll get at least 100 books off your TBR. 

Note: Books you did not finish ABSOLUTELY COUNT for these challenges, since cleaning up your TBR is the whole point! However books cannot be counted for multiple parts of the challenge.

Part 1- Aging out

Read the 12 books that have been on your TBR the longest. 

Challenge Books

All books added
Gild by Raven Kennedy

Gild

The Plated Prisoner #1

Raven Kennedy

386 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark tense medium-paced
A Shadow in the Ember by Jennifer L. Armentrout

A Shadow in the Ember

Flesh and Fire #1

Jennifer L. Armentrout

551 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Changing Faces by Cole McCade

Changing Faces

Criminal Intentions #1.04

Cole McCade

5 hours, 27 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ mystery romance adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Man with the Glass Eye by Cole McCade

The Man with the Glass Eye

Criminal Intentions #1.03

Cole McCade

7 hours, 34 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ mystery romance challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
Junk Shop Blues by Cole McCade

Junk Shop Blues

Criminal Intentions #1.02

Cole McCade

8 hours, 25 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ mystery romance adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced
The Cardigans by Cole McCade

The Cardigans

Criminal Intentions #1.01

Cole McCade

6 hours, 49 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ mystery romance challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
Crown of Aster by Emmaline Strange

Crown of Aster

Emmaline Strange

446 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous funny slow-paced
When Death Frees the Devil by L.J. Hayward

When Death Frees the Devil

Death and the Devil #3

L.J. Hayward

374 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ mystery romance thriller adventurous emotional fast-paced
Why the Devil Stalks Death by L.J. Hayward

Why the Devil Stalks Death

Death and the Devil #2

L.J. Hayward

380 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ mystery romance thriller emotional mysterious fast-paced
Death and the Devil: The Novellas by L.J. Hayward

Death and the Devil: The Novellas

Death and the Devil #1.2; 1.4; 1.6; 1.8

L.J. Hayward

384 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance thriller