Read Your Shelves (for heavier readers)

courtwj Host

19 participants (151 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
What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez

What the River Knows

Secrets of the Nile #1

Isabel Ibañez

404 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical romance young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma

Immortal Dark

Immortal Dark Trilogy #1

Tigest Girma

420 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth

Twelfth Knight

Alexene Farol Follmuth

307 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal

A Tempest of Tea

Blood and Tea #1

Hafsah Faizal

335 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi

The Final Strife

The Ending Fire Trilogy #1

Saara El-Arifi

481 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten

The Foxglove King

The Nightshade Crown #1

Hannah Whitten

466 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Looking for Smoke by K.A. Cobell

Looking for Smoke

K.A. Cobell

416 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction thriller young adult emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty

The City of Brass

The Daevabad Trilogy #1

S.A. Chakraborty

532 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen

Skin of the Sea

Of Mermaids and Orisa #1

Natasha Bowen

309 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
A Broken Blade by Melissa Blair

A Broken Blade

The Halfling Saga #1

Melissa Blair

465 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced