Share some of your favorite book covers! Are there any covers you wish would get a redesign?
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09.02.2025 16:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
What is a book-related tool or resource that you think more people should know about?
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03.02.2025 17:10 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Do you seek our ways to motivate yourself to read, or do you just do it?
If you do seek motivation, what sorts of things motivate you?
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19.01.2025 23:23 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
What genre(s) do you read the most? The least?
Are there any books in genres you don't typically read on your TBR for 2025? 📚
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14.01.2025 14:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Oh fun! That sounds like a perfect pairing of challenges!
11.01.2025 15:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
That's a great way to approach it! Not familiar with the 52 Weeks challenge, does it have a specific goal?
11.01.2025 14:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
We're a little over a week into 2025 and already have almost 500 participants on StoryGraph alone! So many backlist books being read!
How do YOU complete your #BeatTheBacklist challenge? Do you use the prompts/bingo? Pair it with another challenge? Simply read backlist books? Let us know! 💙📚
11.01.2025 14:48 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
What's currently the oldest* book on your TBR? The newest addition to the list? Which do you think you'll read first? 👀
*Could be the age of the book itself or how long it's been on your list!
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06.01.2025 16:32 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Beat the Backlist Reading Challenge
Started in 2017, the Beat the Backlist Reading Challenge is focused on reading books published in the previous year or earlier.
The #BeatTheBacklist Challenge has officially begun! Join in for a year of showing your TBR who's boss with a low-key reading challenge 📚
Simple guidelines. Optional reading prompts. One goal: decreasing your TBR!
Learn more: BeatTheBacklist.com
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01.01.2025 12:11 — 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
What will be your last read of 2024? What are you hoping to make your first read of 2025? #BookSky 📚👀
31.12.2024 15:35 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 1
Do you have any book-related traditions during the winter holidays? 📚 #BookSky
22.12.2024 23:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Congrats on completing BTB this year!! 📚
22.12.2024 23:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
a man is sitting on a couch reading a book with a sticker that says ' a ' on it
Alt: Actor Ian Somerhalder sitting on a couch in a gray shirt and black pants, flipping through a copy of the book Fifty Shades of Grey.
As we approach the winter holidays, what are some of the backlist books you're hoping to read before the end of this year? 💙📚
For more about the #BeatTheBacklist reading challenge: beatthebacklist.com
11.12.2024 16:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
The Beat the Backlist reading challenge banner for 2025 featuring a forest scene with a tent off to the left. On the right is a snail on a stump with mushrooms, a map, and a log in front.
The 2025 #BeatTheBacklist reading challenge is now available! Though it doesn't officially start until January 1, 2025, you can begin planning your TBRs now!
beatthebacklist.com
What backlist books are you planning to read next year?
01.12.2024 16:12 — 👍 14 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 5
The 2025 #BeatTheBacklist reading challenge is coming soon along with the new website! Get excited!
If your TBR is out of control, you like (optional) reading prompts, and want to chat with fellow readers throughout the year, keep an eye on this space 👀
18.11.2024 21:02 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
Hello all! #BeatTheBacklist has finally made it to BlueSky! This is a year-long reading challenge started in 2017 focused on reading books published in the previous year or earlier. There's an optional reading prompt bingo as well as a Discord community. Let BTB help you show your TBR who's boss! 💙📚
23.10.2024 18:10 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
