2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Please sign up for 16 books ~

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√ 1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest: Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah

2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year: The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
√ 3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages - 720 pages: Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville

4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages: Uncle Eli by Kristi Copeland
5. Read the earliest published book on your TBR: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
6. Read the most recently published book that’s available on your TBR: The Sleepless by Jen Williams
7. Read a book with the highest average rating on your TBR, or over 3.8: The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
√ 8. Read a book with the lowest average rating on your TBR, or under 3.0 ~ 2.75 RATING: Who Killed Tiffany Jones? by Mavis Kaye

9. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it): It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
10. Read the book with the least number of ratings: The Wildest Things by Andrea Hannah
11. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the first page: The Witching Tide by Margaret Meyer
√ 12. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the last page: The Last Surgeon by Michael Palmer

13. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book: The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella
14. Sort your TBR by author. Read a book from the first page: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
15. Sort your TBR by author. Read a book from the last page: Girlfriend on Mars by Deborah Willis
16. Randomize your TBR and read the first book: Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly

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Hey guys I am quite new to Goodreads and would love to make some new book friends! Feel free to add so I can be nosey at what your all reading.
Love thriller book and from uk

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Hi There,

Please sign me up for 35 books, randomly selected from the insanity that is my TBR.

Thanks so much for hosting:

1.The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
2.Fall; or, Dodge in Hell by Neal Stephenson
3.Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller
4.All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood
5.The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei
6.The Feed by Nick Clark Windo
7. The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson
8. The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
9. Nervous System by Lina Meruane
10. The Liar's Key by Mark Lawrence
11. Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer
12. The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi
13. Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
14. Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
15. Fairy Godmothers, Inc. by Saranna DeWylde
16. 2nd Chance by James Patterson
17. Hang the Moon by Jeanette Walls
18. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
19. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
20. The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
21. The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
22. Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain
23. Ghost Flight by Bear Grylls
24. Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J Tuli
25. The Witching Year: A Memoir of Earnest Fumbling Through Modern Witchcraft by Diana Helmuth
26. Triptych by Karin Slaughter
27. The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager
28. Killman Creek by Rachel Caine
29. The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi
30. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
31. The Cove by Catherine Coulter
32. Sandstorm by James Rollins
33. To Have and to Hoax by Martha Waters
34. Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourne
35. Shmutz by Felicia Berliner

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Update on message #63: Whoo Hoo...I finished the first book for the year from this list!!!

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✅ 3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages
✅ 11. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the first page
✅ 12. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the last page

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I would like to try this challenge.
I put 24 titles (12 physical books and 12 ebooks) in a jar and I will pick two (1 physical book and 1 ebook) each month this year.

January picks:
1. A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
2. Heavy by Kiese Laymon

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12 TBR this year:

1: Sorrow's Anthem by Michael Koryta
2: Noose by Brennan LaFaro - COMPLETED

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I actually read this book like 2 weeks ago, but I forgot to add it to this list...

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Jack by Marilynne Robinson - 1/30/25 - 3* - My Review

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my tracking post

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want to read 24

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I want to read 12 books for this challenge. I will use the prompts.

TBR Jar - 2025
I'm using the following shelf for this challenge:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

READ: 9/12

✔️1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
Borne

✔️2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year
The Air War

✔️3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages.
Grave Mercy

4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages.
The Lover

5. Read the earliest published book on your TBR
Rappaccini's Daughter

✔️6. Read the most recently published book that’s available on your TBR
Shroud

7. Read a book with the highest average rating on your TBR, or over 3.8

✔️8. Read a book with the lowest average rating on your TBR, or under 3.0
The Last Resort: A Mystery

9. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

10. Read the book with the least number of ratings.
8 Novels of Utopia: Boxed Set

✔️11. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the first page
Alien Clay

✔️12. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the last page
War Master's Gate

13. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book.
Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave

✔️14. Sort your TBR by author. Read a book from the first page.
Floating Hotel

✔️15. Sort your TBR by author. Read a book from the last page.
The Briar Book of the Dead

16. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.

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Completed 6 in January

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2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year - I'm Not Lazy. I'm On Energy Saving Mode.

6. Read the most recently published book that’s available on your TBR - The Favorites (pub. Jan 16th 2025)

7. Read a book with the highest average rating on your TBR, or over 3.8 - Painted Devils (4.26)

10. Read the book with the least number of ratings. - Mondays Are Murder (25 ratings)

12. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the last page - Wrath of the Triple Goddess

15. Sort your TBR by author. Read a book from the last page. - Ink Blood Sister Scribe

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PROMPT #1: Read a book that has been on your TBR list the longest: Winter Garden BY Kristin Hannah

Sign me up for 16 please.

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1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year
3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages.
4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages. ✅- And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrick Backman.
5. Read the earliest published book on your TBR
6. Read the most recently published book that’s available on your TBR
7. Read a book with the highest average rating on your TBR, or over 3.8
8. Read a book with the lowest average rating on your TBR, or under 3.0
9. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).
10. Read the book with the least number of ratings.
11. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the first page
12. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the last page
13. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book.
14. Sort your TBR by author. Read a book from the first page.
15. Sort your TBR by author. Read a book from the last page.
16. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.

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Sign me up for 20 books

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1) Ocean's Echo
2) Scattered Showers: Stories
3) Hidden Pictures
4) Our Missing Hearts
5) The Sins of Lady Dacey
6) Incompleat Pogo
7) The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the Crown
8) Letters From the Past
9) Crystals for Beginners: The Guide to Get Started with the Healing Power of Crystals
10) Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
11) Lifeblood
12) The Story of Now: That's What I Call Music in 100 Artists
13) Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
14) The Loves of Lord Granton
15) The School that Escaped the Nazis: The True Story of the Schoolteacher Who Defied Hitler
16) Today's London Underground
17) The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
18) The Halloween Tree
19) 1984: The Year Pop Went Queer
20) Give a Boy a Gun: 20th Anniversary Edition

Can I opt in for challenge 3 with 22?

Categories chosen by the TBR generator.

Intimidating
 The Picture of Dorian Gray (61%)

Own Voice author
 Dragon Republic

Deceased author
 Mansfield Park, Jane Austen

Blue on cover
 Galatea (READ)

Book on Rory Gilmore’s reading challenge
 The Burning God

Random choice on TBR list
 Little women

Author from different country
 The Silent Patient, Alex Michaelides (Cyprus)

Romance
 Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë

YA
 To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

Banned or previously banned book
 1984, George Orwell

Most recent book purchase
 The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold

Highest Average rating
 House of Earth and Fire, Sarah Maas

Mythological retelling
 Atalanta, Jennifer Saint

Released 10(+) years ago
 The Talented Mr Ripley, Patricia Highsmith

Debut novel
 Carrie, Stephen King

True Crime
 Serial Killers, Innes

Contemporary
 The Lost Bookshop, Eve Woods

Historical
 Katherine Parr: The Sixth Wife, Weir

Author older than me
 The Witcher: The Last Wish, Sapkowski

Out of comfort zone
 War and Peace, Tolstoy

Seems ‘everyone’ has read
 The Kite Runner

Contains a race element
 The Vanishing Half

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