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 • hardcover • 2025

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

The Art Thief

Michael Finkel

5 hours, 39 minutes • audio • 2023

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

Home Before Dark

Riley Sager

384 pages • hardcover • 2020

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

Weather Girl

Rachel Lynn Solomon

10 hours, 41 minutes • audio • 2022

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

Deep Trouble (Classic Goosebumps #2)

Goosebumps #19

R.L. Stine

123 pages • digital • 1994 user-added

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

Adulthood Is a Myth

Sarah's Scribbles #1

Sarah Andersen

109 pages • paperback • 2016

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

Wings of Fire Escaping Peril

Wings of Fire #8

Tui T. Sutherland

7 hours, 2 minutes • audio • 2015

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

The Friend Zone

The Friend Zone #1

Abby Jimenez

9 hours, 35 minutes • audio • 2019

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

The Adventures of Captain Underpants

Captain Underpants #1

Dav Pilkey

125 pages • paperback • 1997

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

9 hours, 49 minutes • audio • 2020 user-added

nonfiction history informative slow-paced