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
Bungo Stray Dogs, Vol. 14 by Kafka Asagiri

Bungo Stray Dogs, Vol. 14

文豪ストレイドッグス / Bungō Stray Dogs Manga #14

Kafka Asagiri

192 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction fantasy manga mystery adventurous dark tense fast-paced
After the War Is Over by Jennifer Robson

After the War Is Over

The Great War #2

Jennifer Robson

384 pages • paperback • 2014

fiction historical romance emotional medium-paced
Index, A History of The by Dennis Duncan

Index, A History of The

Dennis Duncan

8 hours, 10 minutes • audio • 2021

nonfiction history informative inspiring tense medium-paced
The Stand by Stephen King

The Stand

Stephen King

1141 pages • paperback • 1978

fiction fantasy horror science fiction adventurous dark tense medium-paced
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

The Satanic Verses

Salman Rushdie

21 hours, 45 minutes • audio • 1988

fiction classics literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced
Vladimir by Julia May Jonas

Vladimir

Julia May Jonas

238 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction contemporary literary dark reflective medium-paced
Stoner by John Williams

Stoner

John Williams

278 pages • paperback • 1965

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
A Boy and His Dragon by R. Cooper

A Boy and His Dragon

Being(s) in Love #2

R. Cooper

236 pages • digital • 2013

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous slow-paced
After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid

After I Do

Taylor Jenkins Reid

336 pages • paperback • 2014

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

363 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark tense medium-paced