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
They Called Us Enemy by Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, George Takei

They Called Us Enemy

Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, George Takei

204 pages • 2019 • 13 editions

nonfiction graphic novel history memoir race young adult emotional fast-paced
Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy by Jody Houser

Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy #1-6

Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy

Jody Houser

152 pages • 2020 • 6 editions

fiction comics adventurous medium-paced
Spy x Family, Vol. 13 by Tatsuya Endo

SPY×FAMILY #13

Spy x Family, Vol. 13

Tatsuya Endo

200 pages • 2024 • 23 editions

fiction manga adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Confident Women: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion by Tori Telfer

Confident Women: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion

Tori Telfer

7h 58m • 2021 • 10 editions

nonfiction history true crime informative fast-paced
Who We Are by TJ Klune

The Seafare Chronicles #2

Who We Are

TJ Klune

319 pages • 2012 • 13 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

320 pages • 1847 • 1.9k editions

fiction classics literary romance dark emotional slow-paced
Mean Girls by Micol Ostow

Mean Girls

Micol Ostow

304 pages • 2017 • 5 editions

fiction contemporary romance young adult lighthearted fast-paced
The Dark Prophecy by Rick Riordan

The Trials of Apollo #2

The Dark Prophecy

Rick Riordan

12h 31m • 2017 • 108 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous funny fast-paced
Half-Minute Horrors by Various, Susan Rich

Half-Minute Horrors

Various, Susan Rich

160 pages • 2009 • 10 editions

fiction horror middle grade short stories dark mysterious fast-paced
Gay the Pray Away by Natalie Naudus

Gay the Pray Away

Natalie Naudus

7h 12m • 2024 • 8 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced