Support Your Local Library

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62 participants (895 books)

10 Mar 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Libraries are the backbone of knowledge and key to preserving the integrity of humanity’s wisdom. Libraries provide free access to information and educational resources, promote literacy, preserve history, build community, and also offer a safe space for people to learn, explore, and connect with their local culture. Libraries act as a vital hub for knowledge and community engagement, regardless of socioeconomic background.
In order to preserve this vital service, they must be used.
For this challenge, I am proposing that we read 15 books from our libraries. 
Be it a physical paper book or an ebook from your library’s digital collection, or even an audiobook. Every book checked out signals that libraries are still relevant, still important, still necessary and useful. 

Challenge Books

All books added
The Tower of Nero by Rick Riordan

The Tower of Nero

The Trials of Apollo #5

Rick Riordan

12 hours, 12 minutes • audio • 2020

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous emotional funny fast-paced
The Man in the McIntosh Suit by Rina Ayuyang

The Man in the McIntosh Suit

Rina Ayuyang

212 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction graphic novel mystery adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Izzy, Willy-Nilly by Cynthia Voigt

Izzy, Willy-Nilly

Cynthia Voigt

336 pages • paperback • 1986

fiction young adult emotional reflective slow-paced
Tender with a Twist by Annabeth Albert

Tender with a Twist

Rainbow Cove #2

Annabeth Albert

308 pages • digital • 2017

fiction lgbtqia+ romance funny lighthearted slow-paced
The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P. T. Barnum by Candace Fleming

The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P. T. Barnum

Candace Fleming

missing duration info • audio • 2009

nonfiction biography childrens history emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Wonder Walkers by Micha Archer

Wonder Walkers

Micha Archer

32 pages • hardcover

fiction childrens nature play science medium-paced
Marple: Twelve New Mysteries by Agatha Christie

Marple: Twelve New Mysteries

Miss Marple Short Story Collections

Agatha Christie

384 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction crime mystery short stories adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Murder on Cape Cod by Maddie Day

Murder on Cape Cod

Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery #1

Maddie Day

320 pages • paperback • 2018

fiction mystery lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Lady Tan's Circle Of Women by Lisa See

Lady Tan's Circle Of Women

Lisa See

13 hours, 3 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction historical literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Flirting Lessons by Jasmine Guillory

Flirting Lessons

Jasmine Guillory

12 hours, 33 minutes • audio • 2025

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance funny lighthearted medium-paced