Books can be intimidating, even for the most avid reader—especially when they’re big books. As much as I love the satisfaction that comes with crushing a thick book, actually deciding to pick one up and dive into it in the first place takes a little more effort than I’d like to admit. Sometimes I just don’t have the attention span or the time to dedicate to a larger book; sometimes I’m just outright lazy.

ReadYourTomesAThon has entered the chat.

Created by Ness over at The Wolf and Books, the ReadYourTomesAThon is a year-long readathon meant to tackle your tomes—at your pace. The goal is to read books at five hundred pages or more, year-round. How many or how few, is up to you: as long as you read them, and especially if they’re books you’ve been putting off because of their sheer page count or because they’re backlist TBR books. Though, for those of us that like a little extra challenge, she’s also created a really fun leveling system that gives you a different librarian level for every additional volume of books you read. Kind of like leveling up a DND character… but for reading thick books.

The TBR

For this readathon, I’ve gone through my physical books, making those my priority for my selections. If I happen to read books my partner owns that fit into this challenge, or get through a particularly impressive e-book, I’ll add them to the list.

Title	Genre	Page Count
Blood & Beauty	Historical Fiction	526
The Poppy War	Fantasy	527
Star Wars: Lost Stars	Space Opera	551
Celtic Myths & Legends	Mythology	612
Black Leopard, Red Wolf	Fantasy	620
Desperation	Horror	690
The Divine Comedy	Epic Poetry	693
Imaginary Friend	Horror	705
Wicked & Son of a Witch	Fantasy	735
The Star Wars Trilogy	Space Opera	765
The Luminaries	?	830
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy	Fantasy	1008
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland	Fantasy	1160
The Vampire Chronicles	Horror	1269

The three from this list that I think I’m the most invested in getting through this year are The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang, Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James, and The Vampire Chronicles Trilogy by Anne Rice. I think they’re also the heaviest in terms of themes and events of the books that I own, so that should be fun. (That’s not sarcasm; I’m a glutton for literary punishment.)

For the full run-down on joining and participating in the ReadYourTomesAThon, check out Ness’ blog post announcing the readathon, where she outlines the nitty-gritty of the rules so you can get started. After that, happy reading~