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
Don't Sleep with the Dead by Nghi Vo

Don't Sleep with the Dead

Nghi Vo

101 pages • 2025 • 4 editions

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Art Thief by Michael Finkel

The Art Thief

Michael Finkel

5h 39m • 2023 • 31 editions

nonfiction art biography true crime adventurous informative fast-paced
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

Home Before Dark

Riley Sager

384 pages • 2020 • 68 editions

fiction horror mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Weather Girl

Rachel Lynn Solomon

10h 41m • 2022 • 24 editions

fiction romance emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Deep Trouble (Classic Goosebumps #2) by R.L. Stine

Goosebumps #19

Deep Trouble (Classic Goosebumps #2)

R.L. Stine

123 pages • 1994 • 25 editions

user-added

fiction horror middle grade dark fast-paced
Adulthood Is a Myth by Sarah Andersen

Sarah's Scribbles #1

Adulthood Is a Myth

Sarah Andersen

109 pages • 2016 • 34 editions

fiction comics funny lighthearted fast-paced
Wings of Fire Escaping Peril by Tui T. Sutherland

Wings of Fire #8

Wings of Fire Escaping Peril

Tui T. Sutherland

7h 2m • 2015 • 17 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez

The Friend Zone #1

The Friend Zone

Abby Jimenez

9h 35m • 2019 • 58 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny sad medium-paced
The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey

Captain Underpants #1

The Adventures of Captain Underpants

Dav Pilkey

125 pages • 1997 • 51 editions

fiction childrens adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge by Richard Ovenden

Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge

Richard Ovenden

9h 49m • 2020 • 19 editions

user-added

nonfiction history informative slow-paced