Beat the Backlist 2022 Reading Challenge

Welcome to the detail and progress page for the 2022 Beat the Backlist Reading Challenge that I'm participating in this year! (52 PROMPTS)

I will list each book as I read it, along with the date read and the link for my review. Click the logo above to join the challenge yourself!


☐ 2+ people on the cover: 
☐ 6+ words in the title: 

☐ A book about books:

☐ A book in a genre you never/rarely read:

☐ A book set in the season you read it in: 

☐ About food or food in the title:

☐ About or inspired by a historical event:  

☐ An unusual or unexpected pet:

☐ Author has a first, middle, and last name on the cover: 

☐ Author has an active podcast or youtube channel:

☐ Book about siblings:

☐ Book featuring time travel:  

☐ Book with chapter names:

☐ Book written for an age group you don't belong to: 

☐ Classic novel:

☐ Co-authored:

☐ Debut novel:

☐ Discovered via social media:

☐ Everyone has read it but you:

☐ Features royalty:

☐ Finish a series:

☐ First in a series you've been putting off:

☐ Forgotten on your shelf or ereader:

☐ Graphic novel, manga, or web comic: 

☐ Indie or self-published:

☐ Involves family secrets: 

☐ Longer than 500 pages:

☐ Murder, mystery, or both!:

☐ Mushroom on the cover:

☐ New-to-you author:

☐ Non-fiction:

☐ Novella:

☐ Number in the title:

☐ One-word title: 

☐ Picked by a celebrity book club:

☐ Poetry or anthology:

☐ Protagonist has a profession that twists the truth: 

☐ Published in the month you were born:

☐ Reading for research, reference, or general interest:

☐ Second or fourth book in a series:

☐ Set in space or on/in the ocean:

☐ Set in the mountains:

☐ Set on an island:

☐ Story centered around a real or fictional holiday:

☐ Superheroes/villains or character in disguise:

☐ Title is an alliteration:

☐ Translated into your native language:

☐ 'Wolf' or 'Star' in the title:

☐ Women in the (fictional) sciences:

☐ You watched the show or movie first:

☐ Your favorite animal (real or fictional) on the cover:

☐ Your favorite trope on the page: