He Bought Too Many Books (Now He Has To Read Them All)
TEB's 2026 Book Challenge
The goal: finish every unread book Sparrow has purchased over the past 5 years. Despite the depressing lack of shelf space (think a bookshelf fit for a 5 year old instead of an adult man), Sparrow ALWAYS manages to justify buying more books without reading any of them. Needless to say, I have my work cut out for me. (Listed in no particular order)
✅️Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman
-Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
-I Was Born For This by Alice Oseman
✅️This Winter by Alice Oseman
-Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
-Me And White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
-Alexander Hamilton Wit & Wisdom
-Beyond The Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon
-Life And Times Of Fredrick Douglass (Abridged) by Himself
-The Founding Of The United States 1768-1815 by Gerry and Jenet Souter
-Documents That Changed The World by a compilation of authors
-Signing Their Lives Away: The Fame And Misfortune of the Men Who Signed the Declaration of Indepdence by Denise Kiernan & Joseph D'Agnese
-The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Franke
-Nick, A Novel by Michael Farris Smith
-What's The T? By Juno Dawson
-The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig
-The Great Gatsby Graphic Novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald (*cough cough* his wife, Zelda Fitzgerald) illustrated by Aya Morton and Adapted by Fred Fordham
-The Chronicles Of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
-Out! By Miles McKenna
-Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter
-Thinking In Pictures: My Life With Autism by Temple Grandin
-The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time by Mark Haddon
-The Question Of Equality: Lesbian And Gay Rights In America Since Stonewall edited by David Deitcher
-"You Can Tell Just By Looking" And 20 Other Myths about LGBT Life and People by Michael Bronski, Ann Pellegrini, and Michael Amico
-Feminist AF: A Guide To Crushing Girlhood by Brittney Cooper, Chanel Craft Tanner, and Susan Morris
-Unfollow Me by Jill Louise Busby
-The Freedom Writers Diary by The Freedom Writers and Erin Gruwell
-Generation Debt by Anya Kamenetz
-Life Lessons From Bob Ross: Be a peaceful Cloud by Bob Ross and Robb Pearlman
-The LGBTQ+ History Book by Big Ideas Simply Explained (multiple contributers)
-Nimona by ND Stevenson
-Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
-Pageboy by Elliot Page
-Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
-Book And Dagger by Elyse Graham
-Me by Elton John
-The Picture Of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
-Puerto Rico: A National History by Jorell Meléndez-Badillo
-A Wrinkle In time by Madeleine L-Engle
-The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
-Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
-Welcome To St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure by Lewis Hancox
-The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
-The Risk It Takes To Bloom: On Life And Liberation by Raquel Willis
More sure to come
