Beat the Backlist 2026—January

Prompts I finished in January


Genre Bender—combines 2+ genres together

Romance, Science Fiction and Fantasy

End of an era—last book in a series


10s, 10s, 10s across the board—title has 10+ words


Spooky scary skeletons—the book fits any part of the prompt

Spooky and scary

Locked Away—Someone/Something is under lock and key

The main female character was locked in a hospital for the criminally insane.

A game of cat or mouse—Cover features a cat or a mouse, or the story is like a cat and mouse game

The storyline is a cat-and-mouse game

Faking It—at least 1 character is pretending in some way

The main female character changed her identity

All the Colors—rainbow cover (has at least 4 rainbow colors)


I reject your reality—a speculative fiction book

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