Beat the Backlist Reading Challenge 2025

 

The 2025 Beat the Backlist Reading Challenge was started by Austine Decker in 2017 and is now hosted on its own site, Beat the Backlist. I participated back in 2022, but took the last couple of years off. This challenge is all about reading your backlist, anything published before the current year counts. If you are interested in joining me on this one, it started January 1, 2025 and runs through December 31, 2025. You can check out the challenge here.

The Details:

• The challenge runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025
• The book must be published in the previous year or earlier
• You must start and finish the book in 2025 for it to count
• 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 prompts? It’s one book per prompt!

I'm going to aim for 20 books to start this year!