2024 Quarterly Challenge [October - December] - hosted by thisgayreads

New Year's Resolution: Read a book that's been on your Want to Read shelf for over a year (or a book that has been on your shelf the longest if none is over a year).
All books added
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies #1

Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith

320 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror adventurous dark funny medium-paced
The Sunlit Man by Brandon Sanderson

The Sunlit Man

Secret Projects #4

Brandon Sanderson

446 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

Fairyland #1

Catherynne M. Valente

247 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

The Power Broker #01-03

Robert A. Caro

1246 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

nonfiction biography history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo

Feed Them Silence

Lee Mandelo

105 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ science fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
Proxy by Alex London

Proxy

Proxy #1

Alex London

379 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous emotional fast-paced
Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

Yours Truly

Part of Your World #2

Abby Jimenez

398 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

Illuminae

The Illuminae Files #1

Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

599 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction science fiction young adult adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Between Earth and Sky by Amanda Skenandore

Between Earth and Sky

Amanda Skenandore

336 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical reflective slow-paced
American Pain: How a Young Felon and His Ring of Doctors Unleashed America's Deadliest Drug Epidemic by John Temple

American Pain: How a Young Felon and His Ring of Doctors Unleashed America's Deadliest Drug Epidemic

John Temple

320 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark sad tense fast-paced