Roof Beam Reader’s official TBR Pile Challenge is back for its TENTH YEAR! This will be my seventh time participating. I like this challenge because it only includes books added to the TBR pile before 2022, thus forcing me to go back to books that have been on the shelves longer. However, I don't think I have successfully completed it more than once or twice. But I will try again.
- List 12 books to read for this challenge. The books must have been on your bookshelf or “To Be Read” list for AT LEAST one full year. This means the book cannot have a publication date of 1/1/2022 or later (any book published in the year 2021 or earlier qualifies, as long as it has been on your TBR pile or list).
- Two alternates are allowed, just in case one or two of the books ends up in the “did not finish (DNF)” pile.
- The complete and final list of the books for this challenge must be posted and linked at Roof Beam Reader by January 15th, 2023. When books are read and reviewed, the link to the review is added on your signup post.
- See the sign-up post for more details.
- The challenge runs from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023.
I especially like that Adam does a monthly check-in post for participants to talk about their progress.
My list is below:
- Our Man in Camelot by Anthony Price
- A Man's Head by Georges Simenon
- A Fire Story by Brian Flies
- The Last Colony by John Scalzi
- Fender Benders by Bill Fitzhugh
- Murder Most Fowl by Bill Crider
- Murder in a Nunnery by Eric Shepherd
- The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullars
- The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
- The Wood Beyond by Reginald Hill
- SS-GB by Len Deighton
- The Mulberry Bush by Charles McCarry
Alternates
A Season for the Dead by David Hewson
The Oaken Heart by Margery Allingham
