Reading Challenge

2026 Beat the Backlist Challenge

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Challenge Guidelines

  • The challenge runs from January 1 to December 31 each year.
  • The book must be published in the previous year or earlier.
  • You must start and finish a book in the challenge year to count it.

Any format, any genre.  Re-reads count, you don’t have to own the book, and you can join at any time.  Track your BTB reading separately or pair it with another reading challenge!
Using the optional reading promptsIt’s one book per prompt!

2026 Beat the Backlist Challenge: 24/15

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MY GOAL

📜 Read 15 Backlist Titles off my Want-To-Read shelf on Goodreads.  May try some of the prompts!

Tracking

  1. The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst ~ Theme: I don’t think that’s a dog…, Plant friend
  2. Gray Court by Hailey Edwards
  3. A Damsel and a Demigod by Annette Marie
  4. The Vampire and the Case of the Secretive Siren by Heather G. Harris
  5. Apprentice to the Villian by Hannah Nicole Maehrer ~ Theme: Award Winner (Amazon Best Books of 2024: It was selected by Amazon editors as one of the Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books of 2024.)
  6. The Highland Dragon’s Lady by Isabel Cooper ~ Theme: Genre Blend
  7. Frustrated Justice by Heather G. Harris
  8. The Vampire and the Case of the Baleful Banshee by Heather G. Harris
  9. Piper by Tasha Blake
  10. A Royal Witch by Danielle Garrett
  11. The Vampire and the Cursed Canine by Heather G. Harris ~ Theme(s): I don’t think that’s a dog…. & Locked Away
  12. Devils and Details by Devon Monk ~ Theme: You can’t tell anyone
  13. Royal Alien by Sue Mercury ~ Theme: To The Moon
  14. The Vampire and the Case of the Perilous Poltergeist by Heather G. Harris
  15. Hellbound Guilds & Other Misdirections by Annette Marie
  16. The Alchemist and an Amaretto by Annette Marie ~ Theme: Super Duper!
  17. A Little Warped by Annette Marie ~ Short Story
  18. Slaying Monsters for the Feeble by Annette Marie
  19. Demon Magic and a Martini by Annette Marie
  20. Four Shifters and a Stranger by Annette Marie
  21. A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn ~ Theme: Blast From The Past
  22. Undertow by Willa Blackmore
  23. Druid Vices and a Vodka by Annette Marie
  24. Cursed by S.J. Harper ~ Theme: Super Duper!
  25. Hunting Fiends for the Ill-Equipped by Annette Marie
  26. Lost Talismans and a Tequila by Annette Marie ~ Theme: BFFs
  27. Beast Business by Ilona Andrews ~ ~ Theme: Novella sweet spot

 

 


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