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
The Deep, Deep Snow by Brian Freeman

The Deep, Deep Snow

Shelby Lake #1

Brian Freeman

354 pages • paperback • 2019

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Smart Traveler's Passport by Erik Torkells, Roberta (Bobby) Pellant

The Smart Traveler's Passport

Erik Torkells, Roberta (Bobby) Pellant

224 pages • 2007

nonfiction reference travel informative lighthearted slow-paced
All the Young Men by Ruth Coker Burks

All the Young Men

Ruth Coker Burks

368 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir politics emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
Ms. V's Hot Girl Summer: A Spicy Black Age-Gap Romance by A.H. Cunningham

Ms. V's Hot Girl Summer: A Spicy Black Age-Gap Romance

A.H. Cunningham

288 pages • digital • 2025

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
Luke and Billy Finally Get a Clue by Cat Sebastian

Luke and Billy Finally Get a Clue

The Cabots #4

Cat Sebastian

102 pages • digital • 2022

fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
Helltown: The Untold Story of Serial Murder on Cape Cod by Casey Sherman

Helltown: The Untold Story of Serial Murder on Cape Cod

Casey Sherman

509 pages • digital

fiction history horror true crime dark mysterious slow-paced
On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes by Alexandra Horowitz

On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes

Alexandra Horowitz

308 pages • hardcover • 2013

nonfiction philosophy psychology science informative reflective slow-paced
High Noon by Nora Roberts

High Noon

Nora Roberts

491 pages • digital • 2007

fiction mystery romance dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado

Fat Chance, Charlie Vega

Crystal Maldonado

352 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune

One Golden Summer

Carley Fortune

382 pages • paperback • 2025

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced