Sometimes you might have a general, wide TBR list for books you hope to get to but don’t want to assign a timeframe to, and then pull a limited number of books for a specific timeframe, such as “summer TBR” or “vacation TBR” or even monthly TBR lists. When deciding what to read next, if you are someone who likes to keep things tightly organized and you like clearly defined goals, then you might use an app or list to keep your TBR narrow, and refer to simply the books you have on hand to read next. However you define a TBR stack and organize your reading life is up to you! Some readers have an actual TBR list that they keep on their phones, in apps, or on paper-and others eschew organization altogether and consider anything and everything that catches their interest as part of their TBR. Other readers may define their TBR stack much more broadly to include books they’ve not yet procured but want to read, or even so widely as to include anything and everything that catches their interests, and it would be impossible to physically contain everything on their TBR. Think of it like the neat stack of books on your nightstand. But as book culture has evolved across the Internet, so has the definition of a TBR! Some readers have a very limited, defined TBR stack, and they might refer to the literal books they’ve already purchased, checked out from the library, or borrowed from a friend, and hope to finish before they’re due back or before they buy more books. ![]() ![]() In the book world, the idea of a TBR stack might have started with a very narrow definition of a finite, reasonable number of books that one hoped to read in a timely manner. How readers might define their TBR stacks can depend on what kind of reader they are and how they choose books, and there’s no one way to go about it! ![]() If you hang around a reader long enough, chances are you’ll hear them utter the acronym “TBR.” What, exactly, is a TBR and why are readers so obsessed with them? TBR stands for “to be read” and it can refer to a literal or metaphorical pile of books you want to read at some point.
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