2025 Beat the Backlist Reading Challenge

Host: Austine Decker
Progress: 9/24 (38%)
1 January, 2025 — 31 December, 2025
In Progress
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!
the prompts
- title includes a type of flower
less than 100 pages: Edgar Allan Cozy by various- on your TBR for over a year
- title starts with “v”
more than 30 chapters: A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity Nguyenstandalone debut: The League of Lady Poisoners by Lisa Perrin- tiniest on the TBR
- celebrity book club pick
- way back in 2020
as seen on social media: Grimoire Girl by Hilarie Burton Morgan- a chapter by any other name
- prequel/sequel
between 275 – 325 pages: Storm Breaking by Mercedes Lackey- beyond your perspective
originally written in another language: Reykjavík by Ragnar Jónasson & Katrín Jakobsdótriroldie but a goodie: Storm Warning by Mercedes Lackey- extra, extra!
- companion novel
- silhouette on the cover
not first, nor last: Frosting and Fairies by Danielle Garrett- more than 600 pages
not your typical genre: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir- childhood favorite re-read
- librarian rec
- Storm Warning by Mercedes Lackey - ★★★★★
- Storm Breaking by Mercedes Lackey - ★★★★★
- Grimoire Girl: Creating an Inheritance of Magic and Mischief by Hilarie Burton Morgan - ★★★★★
- A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity Nguyen - ★★★★★
- Edgar Allan Cozy by Sheila Connolly, Sherry Harris, Sadie Hartwell, Edith Maxwell, Barbara Ross - ★★★★½
- Frosting and Fairies by Danielle Garrett - ★★★★½
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir - ★★★★★
- Reykjavík: A Crime Story by Ragnar Jónasson, Katrín Jakobsdóttir - ★★★★½
- The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women by Lisa Perrin - ★★★★★