2024 Beat the Backlist Reading Challenge

In this challenge, the goal is to beat the backlist by reading any book published prior to the current year. There’s an additional option to read with prompts, 24 or 52. I’m choosing 24! Join the challenge and read the rules here!

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the prompts

1. 2023 debut novel/ After the Forest by Kell Woods
2. anthology or omnibus edition/ Crossroads by Mercedes Lackey
3. bird is the word/ Owlsight by Mercedes Lackey
4. first in an unfinished series/ Gryphon in Light by Mercedes Lackey
5. author last name starts with v/ Red Wolf by Rachel Vincent
6. blurbed by a fave author
7. walk through history/ We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
8. retelling of a classic/ Comfort Me with Apples by Catherynne M. Valente
9. queer AF
10. anything but a monarchy/ Golden State by Ben H. Winters
11. recommended via a newsletter or podcast/ Agatha Arch is Afraid of Everything by Kristin Bair
12. good vibes only
13. coauthored or illustrated/ Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom by Gypsy Rose Blanchard
14. space – the final frontier
15. 4-word title/ Out of the Ashes by Kara Thomas
16. 3+ points of view/ The Black Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey
17. we all scream (for ice cream?)
18. between 300 and 400 pages
19. tickles your funny bone
20. on your TBR 5+ years/ 1984 by George Orwell
21. neon colored cover
22. title contains a body of water
23. popular throwback
24. share the love

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1. We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry - ★★★★½
2. Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente - ★★
3. 1984 by George Orwell - ★★★
4. Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom by Melissa Moore, Michele Matrisciani, Gypsy-Rose Blanchard - ★★★★★
5. Golden State by Ben H. Winters - ★★★½
6. Out of the Ashes by Kara Thomas - ★★★★½
7. Gryphon in Light by Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon - ★★★★★