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free books: ARCs, netgalley, library, borrowed, public bookcase etc.1 Erniedrigte und Beleidigte by Fyodor Dostoevsky (library) ✓ 01/15
2 Maman by Sylvie Schenk (Netgalley) ✓ 01/21
3 Lázár by Nelio Biedermann (Am Morgen vorgelesen) ✓ 01/23
4 Wenn sie wüsste by Freida McFadden (ARC) ✓ 01/25
5 Bambino by Marco Balzano (Netgalley) ✓ 02/02
6 Einstein im Bade by Daniel Mellem (ARC) ✓ 02/07
7 24 Sekunden ab jetzt: Eine ganz normale Liebesgeschichte by Jason Reynolds (ARC) ✓ 02/09
8 Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid (Netgalley) ✓ 02/14
9 Victoria. by Jürgen Lotz (borrowed) ✓ 02/26
10 Der letzte Sommer der Tauben by Abbas Khider (Am Morgen vorgelesen) ✓ 03/06
11 Sula by Toni Morrison (Netgalley) ✓ 03/09
12 John of John by Douglas Stuart (Netgalley) ✓ 04/30
13 Schachnovelle by Stefan Zweig (public bookcase) ✓ 05/05
14 We Burned So Bright by T.J. Klune (borrowed) ✓ 05/17
15 Jetzt beginnt das Leben by Alex Schulman (ARC) ✓ 06/02
Level 3 Going Higher
16 Richtig gutes Essen by Takase Junko (ARC) ✓ 06/16
17 Eine Liebe ohne Sommer by Timothy Paul (ARC) ✓ 07/10
18 Seide by Alessandro Baricco (public bookcase) ✓ 07/14
19 In ihrem Haus by Yael van der Wouden (borrowed) ✓ 07/24
20 Weißer Sommer by Eva Pramschüfer (ARC) ✓ 08/09
21 Der Palast im Himmel by Diana Wynne Jones (present) ✓ 08/27
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2026 Maxi Challenges > Mt TBR 2026 Level 1 Base Camp
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Not counting featherweights which have their own challengeLevel 1 Base Camp
🩷1: The Tiger's Wife Téa Obreht 9 Jan
🩷2: The Starfish Sisters Barbara O'Neal 12 Jan
🩷3: Tom Lake Ann Patchett 25 Jan
🩷4: The Safekeep Yael van der Wouden 31 Jan
🩷5: Plainsong Kent Haruf 7 Feb
Level 2 Start The Climb
🩷6: The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir Griffin Dunne 15 Feb
🩷7: First Lie Wins Ashley Elston 7 Mar
🩷8: My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry Fredrik Backman 15 Mar
🩷9: A Cat Café Christmas Codi Gary 19 Mar
🩷10: Emily of New Moon L.M. Montgomery 22 Mar
🩷11: The Gang That Wouldn't Write Straight: Wolfe, Thompson, Didion, Capote, and the New Journalism Revolution Marc Weingarten 31 Mar
🩷12: Great Circle Maggie Shipstead 11 Apr
🩷13: The House of Mirth Edith Wharton 19 Apr
🩷14: The Heartbeat Library Laura Imai Messina 22 Apr
🩷15: Romiette and Julio Sharon M. Draper 24 Apr
Level 3 Going Higher
🩷16: Ragtime E.L. Doctorow 29 Apr
🩷17: Eventide Kent Haruf 15 May
🩷18: The Names Florence Knapp 30 May
🩷19: Aeneid: The New Translation by Gerald J. Davis Virgil 31 May
🩷20: The Sidelined Wife Jennifer Peel 31 May
🩷21: Crazy Rich Asians Kevin Kwan 6 Jun
🩷22: Moloka'i Alan Brennert 11 Jun
🩷23: The Cat and The City Nick Bradley 11 Jun
🩷24: The Astral Library Kate Quinn 14 Jun
🩷25: Invisible Man Ralph Ellison 19 Jun
🩷26: The Stones of Ailsa Craig David S. Florig 21 Jun
🩷27: Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë 24 Jun
🩷28: Confessions of a Bookseller Shaun Bythell 30 Jun
🩷29: Paris Edward Rutherfurd 30 Jun
🩷30: Good People Patmeena Sabit 5 Jul
Level 4 Reach The Summit
🩷31: The Light Between Oceans M.L. Stedman 6 Jul
🩷32: Theo of Golden Allen Levi 8 Jul
🩷33: Great Expectations Charles Dickens 12 Jul
🩷34: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Jamie Ford 24 Jul
🩷35: The Fifties David Halberstam 31 July
🩷36: The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife Anna Johnston 28 Aug
🩷37: Vineland Thomas Pynchon 5 Sep
🩷38: The Last of the Mohicans James Fenimore Cooper 12 Sep
🩷39: Margo's Got Money Troubles Rufi Thorpe 18 Sep
🩷40: Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald Therese Anne Fowler 27 Sep
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2026 Maxi Challenges > Mt TBR 2026Level 1 Base Camp
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I'm in again.Level 1 Base Camp
1. The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian 1/14/26
2. Pets and the City: True Tales of a Manhattan House Call Veterinarian by Amy Attas 1/15/26 (a re-read for a review presentation)
3. Five Golden Wings by Donna Andrews 1/23/26
4. Hot Rocks by Nora Roberts 1/27/26
5. The Last Mile by David Baldacci 2/13/26
Level 2 Start The Climb
6. 7th Heaven by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro 3/2/26
7. The Fix by David Baldacci 3/12/26
8. Pupcakes by Annie England Noblin 3/18/26
9. A Winter Marriage by Kerry Hardie 3/30/26
10. The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer 2/24/26
11. A Doctor's Snowed In Christmas Wish by Daisy Flynn 2/1/26
12. A Winter Marriage: A Novel byKerry Hardie 3/25/26
13. The 6:20 Man by David Baldacci
14. Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green 5/7/2026
15. Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinnaman 5/11/2026
Level 3 Going Higher
16. Alaskan Sanctuary by Teri Wilson 5/13/2026
17. First Kiss at Christmas by Lee Tobin McClain 5/16/2026
18. The Ghost of Christmas Past by Rhys Bowen 5/25/2026
19. Thirty, Flirty, and Forever Alone by Christina Riccio 5/30/2026
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Level 1: Base Camp
1.The House in Lordship Lane by A.E.W. Mason
2. La ciociara by Alberto Moravia
3. The Princess by Alfred Tennyson
4. The Book Named The Governor by Thomas Elyot
5. Cesar Cascabel by Jules Verne
Level 2: Start the Climb
6. War in My Town by E. Graziani
7. A Telegram from Le Touquet by John Bude
8. The Shepherd's Calendar and Other Poems by Edmund Spenser
9. The Sergeant in the Snow by Mario Rigoni Stern
10. Il compagno by Cesare Pavese
11. The Man Who Didn't Fly by Margot Bennett
12. In Memoriam, Maud and Other Poems by Alfred Tennyson
13. Early Greek Philosophy by Jonathan Barnes
14. The Last Stetson by John Fox Jr.
15. The Hollow Land by William Morris
Level 3: Going Higher
16. Peter Simple by Frederick Marryat
17. Palomar by Italo Calvino
18. A Mountain Europa by John Fox Jr.
19. Castle Skull by John Dickson Carr
20. In Happy Valley by John Fox Jr.
21. La giornata d'uno scrutatore by Italo Calvino
22. Simon & The Oaks by Marianne Fredriksson
23. Othello by Wilhelm Hauff
24. Jud Süss by Wilhelm Hauff
25. Heart of the West by O. Henry
26. The Garden of Survival by Algernon Blackwood
27. A Romance of Wastdale by A.E.W. Mason
28. L'Invasion de La Mer by Jules Verne
29. A Comedy of Terrors by Michael Innes
30. Memorial de Aires by Machado de Assis
Level 4: Reach the Summit
31. Casa Velha by Machado de Assis
32. With Fire and Sword by Henryk Sienkiewicz
33. The Life to Come and Other Stories by E.M. Forster
34. The Night Land by William Hope Hodgson
35. The Fable of the Bees: Or Private Vices, Publick Benefits by Bernard Mandeville
36. The Bright Messenger by Algernon Blackwood
37. Enoch Arden and Other Poems by Alfred Tennyson
38. The Penguin Book of Scottish Folktales by Neil Philip
39. The Poseidon Adventure by Paul Gallico
40. The Lusiads by Luís de Camões
41. Afoot in England by William Henry Hudson
42. Sommermärchen by Rudolf Baumbach
43. Une fantaisie du docteur Ox by Jules Verne
44.Le nom sur le mur by Hervé Le Tellier
45. La Romana by Alberto Moravia
46. Bring the Jubilee by Ward Moore
47. Aus dem Schatzkästlein des rheinischen Hausfreundes by Johann Peter Hebel
48. The Pritchett Century: A Selection of the Best by V.S. Pritchett
Trying to keep it as only physical for the moment: (but will add in books of series)Level 1 Base Camp
1 Black Flame ⭐⭐⭐⭐🌟
2 Camp Zero ⭐⭐⭐
3 Woman of Light ⭐⭐⭐🌟
4 The Last Word ⭐⭐⭐⭐
5 Everything She Feared ⭐⭐⭐
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7 Lucky Day ⭐⭐⭐⭐🌟
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9 The Only Good Indians ⭐⭐⭐🌟
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12 Heated Rivalry ⭐⭐⭐🌟
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14 The Starving Saints ⭐⭐⭐🌟
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18 The Shadow of the Gods ⭐⭐⭐
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22 Killing Stalking: Deluxe Edition Vol. 1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌟
23 Killing Stalking: Deluxe Edition Vol. 2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
24 Killing Stalking: Deluxe Edition Vol. 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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43 Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 2
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Level 1 Base Camp1. The Fallen Man - 1/4
2. The Patchwork Girl of Oz - 1/11
3. The Henna Artist - 1/12
4. Galatea - 1/14
5. Night of Cake & Puppets - 1/16
Level 2 Start The Climb
6. The Big Empty - 1/19
7. Symphony of Secrets - 1/28
8. Hunted - 1/31
9. One Summer in Italy - 2/10
10. The Marsh King's Daughter - 2/19
11. Tik-Tok of Oz - 2/21
12. Jane Eyre (reread) - 2/24
13. Salvation of a Saint - 2/27
14. Finding Acceptance - 2/28
15. The Proving Ground - 3/8
Level 3 Going Higher
16. The First Eagle - 3/15
17. Magpie Murders - 3/16
18. The Scarecrow of Oz - 3/21
19. Wrong Place Wrong Time - 3/24
20. Hunting Badger - 3/28
21. The Restorer - 3/29
22. The Old Contemptibles - 3/31
23. Me Talk Pretty One Day - 4/7
24. The Wailing Wind - 4/11
25. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine - 4/15
26. The I-5 Killer - 4/24
27. The Sinister Pig - 4/25
28. Victim 2117 - 4/26
29. Finding Redemption - 5/3
30. Pleasantville - 5/6
Level 4 Reach The Summit
31. Skeleton Man - 5/9
32. Mother-Daughter Murder Night - 5/18
33. A Slowly Dying Cause - 5/31
34. Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping On a Dead Man - 5/31
35. Dreams of Gods & Monsters - 6/2
36. Rinkitink in Oz - 6/7
37. The Impossible Fortune - 6/19
38. The Starless Sea - 6/28
39. The Shape Shifter - 7/3
40. Death of a Gossip - 7/5
41. Finding Refuge - 7/11
42. Strange but True - 7/12
43. A Gathering of Shadows - 7/22
44. The Hallmarked Man - 7/26
45. The Amber Spyglass - 8/2
46. Death of a Cad - 8/2
47. Spider Woman's Daughter - 8/9
48. Anatomy of Injustice: A Murder Case Gone Wrong - 8/10
49. Beyond the Wand: The Magic & Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard - 8/14
50. A Cold Day for Murder - 8/15
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Books mentioned in this topic
The Pritchett Century: A Selection of the Best by V.S. Pritchett (other topics)Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald (other topics)
Aus dem Schatzkästlein des rheinischen Hausfreundes (other topics)
Margo's Got Money Troubles (other topics)
The Last of the Mohicans (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Therese Anne Fowler (other topics)Johann Peter Hebel (other topics)
Rufi Thorpe (other topics)
James Fenimore Cooper (other topics)
Ward Moore (other topics)
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