This reading challenge, hosted by Austine @ Austine Decker.com, is returning for its 8th year in 2024! Designed to help you tackle all the books you keep meaning to read and still haven’t, this challenge is flexible enough to work for all kinds of readers. I’m pledging to read 50 books in 2024.
Guidelines
- The book must have been published in 2023 or earlier.
- You have to start and finish the book in 2024.
- And that’s it!
- The challenge runs from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.
There is no formal sign-up for Beat the Backlist. Whether you want to make a Goodreads shelf, declare your participation on social media, make a blog post, share an instagram story, or say nothing at all, you’re welcome. The only request is that if you do post somewhere online about the challenge, please give Austine a link back so more readers can learn about BTB! Share your updates with the tag #BeatTheBacklist!
Tracking
- Snowed In by Catherine Walsh
- In the Weeds by B. K. Borison
- Rules of Prey by John Sandford
- Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
- Searching for Rescue by Tonya Burrows
- Seduced by Molly O’Keefe
- The Taken Ones by Jess Lourey
- The Sisters by Dervla McTiernan
- 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard
- Shadow Prey by John Sandford
- The Roommate by Dervla McTiernan
- The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring
- The Last Love Note by Emma Grey
- Eyes of Prey by John Sandford
- Tempted by Molly O’Keefe
- Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
- The Talk of Coyote Canyon by Brenda Novak
- Cleaning the Gold by Karin Slaughter & Lee Child
- Redeemed by Molly O’Keefe
- Silent Prey by John Sandford
- Searching for Risk by Tonya Burrows
- Mixed Signals by B. K. Borison
- Bitter Falls by Rachel Caine
- Go as a River by Shelley Read
- Searching for Justice by Tonya Burrows
- Lies Still Told by Beverly Long
- Searching for Redemption by Tonya Burrows
- Vanishing Girls by Lisa Regan
- Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez
- The Girl With No Name by Lisa Regan
- These Still Black Waters by Christina McDonald
- Lying Beside You by Michael Robotham
- New Leash on Life by Roxanne St. Claire
- Suspect by Michael Robotham
Blue Mood Café 
Thanks Jo. I might just join in. My backlist is frightening!
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I hope you do, Sandy💜 I didn’t do as much this year but the previous two years were awesome. Really made a dent in my TBR.
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I love all the challenges you’re participating in for 2024. This sounds like a good one that I might participate in too.
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Thank you, Jodie💜 When I first started this challenge, my backlist was frightening. It’s still daunting but a bit more manageable.
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I’m sort of doing this in my own way with some of my memes! It is a never ending task which is ok.
Anne – Books of My Heart
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I will always have quite the backlist😏 This just helps me focus on it.
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Good luck! I’m joining in again as well next year. xx
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Thanks, Yvo💜
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I love this challenge as it helps me get to those backlist books. I am going to set my own mini-challenge inside this one by reading the 25 books that have been on my NG shelf the longest. Good luck with this one, Jo.
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