Read Your Shelves (for heavier readers)

courtwj Host

19 participants (146 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

I’m on a never ending quest to read my physical shelves. Feel free to join me in reading 4 books a month from your “shelves” for a total of 48 books in 2025. 

You can focus on backlist, kindle, audiobooks, books purchased prior to 2025…whatever works for you. Let’s do this!

Challenge Books

All books added
The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore

The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove

Pine Cove #2

Christopher Moore

320 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction fantasy funny lighthearted medium-paced
Copycat Killing by Sofie Kelly

Copycat Killing

Magical Cats Mystery #3

Sofie Kelly

321 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction mystery mysterious fast-paced
All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda

All the Missing Girls

Megan Miranda

396 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

V.E. Schwab

545 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by A.N. Roquelaure, Anne Rice

The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty #1

A.N. Roquelaure, Anne Rice

253 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

fiction erotica fantasy romance dark medium-paced
Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

Hell Followed with Us

Andrew Joseph White

398 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction dystopian horror lgbtqia+ young adult dark emotional tense medium-paced
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

Daughter of the Moon Goddess

The Celestial Kingdom #1

Sue Lynn Tan

503 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional medium-paced
All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

All My Rage

Sabaa Tahir

374 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Bone Season: Author's Preferred Text by Samantha Shannon

The Bone Season: Author's Preferred Text

The Bone Season #1

Samantha Shannon

562 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction dystopian fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
This Savage Song by V.E. Schwab

This Savage Song

Monsters of Verity #1

V.E. Schwab

480 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced