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
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

320 pages • hardcover • 1847

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

Mean Girls

Micol Ostow

304 pages • hardcover • 2017

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

The Dark Prophecy

The Trials of Apollo #2

Rick Riordan

12 hours, 31 minutes • audio • 2017

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

Half-Minute Horrors

Various, Susan Rich

160 pages • hardcover • 2009

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

Gay the Pray Away

Natalie Naudus

7 hours, 12 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial That Galvanized the Asian American Movement by Paula Yoo

From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial That Galvanized the Asian American Movement

Paula Yoo

384 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction history race informative reflective slow-paced
Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab

Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself

Nedra Glover Tawwab

282 pages • digital • 2021

nonfiction psychology self help informative reflective medium-paced
The Comfort Book by Matt Haig

The Comfort Book

Matt Haig

266 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction philosophy self help hopeful reflective medium-paced
In the Country by Mia Alvar

In the Country

Mia Alvar

368 pages • hardcover • 2015

fiction literary short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

Charlie Mackesy

128 pages • hardcover • 2019

fiction childrens hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced