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
But Not Too Bold by Hache Pueyo

But Not Too Bold

Hache Pueyo

160 pages • digital • 2025

fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ romance dark mysterious fast-paced
Swing Time by Zadie Smith

Swing Time

Zadie Smith

13 hours, 44 minutes • audio • 2016

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Polybius by Collin Armstrong

Polybius

Collin Armstrong

352 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction horror mystery science fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Ninth House

Alex Stern #1

Leigh Bardugo

16 hours, 21 minutes • audio • 2019

fiction fantasy thriller adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Silver Elite by Dani Francis

Silver Elite

Dani Francis

19 hours, 12 minutes • audio • 2025

fiction dystopian romance adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

Age of Vice

Deepti Kapoor

19 hours, 29 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction crime literary thriller challenging dark tense medium-paced
Enigma by RuNyx

Enigma

RuNyx

11 hours, 47 minutes • audio • 2025

fiction fantasy romance dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz

Die, My Love

Ariana Harwicz

188 pages • digital • 2012

fiction literary challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced
I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition by Lucy Sante

I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

Lucy Sante

226 pages • paperback • 2024 user-added

nonfiction autobiography gender lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink

Caddie Woodlawn

Caddie Woodlawn #1

Carol Ryrie Brink

275 pages • paperback • 1935

fiction childrens young adult lighthearted slow-paced