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
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 • 2021 • 4 editions

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 • 2021 • 15 editions

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

The Comfort Book

Matt Haig

266 pages • 2021 • 55 editions

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

In the Country

Mia Alvar

368 pages • 2015 • 11 editions

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 • 2019 • 88 editions

fiction childrens hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, 楊双子

Taiwan Travelogue

Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, 楊双子

320 pages • 2020 • 7 editions

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations

Mira Jacob

358 pages • 2019 • 9 editions

nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir race emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation by Linda Villarosa

Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation

Linda Villarosa

269 pages • 2022 • 9 editions

nonfiction health race challenging emotional informative medium-paced
Happy Singles Day by Ann Marie Walker

Hashtag Holidays #1

Happy Singles Day

Ann Marie Walker

304 pages • 2021 • 4 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional lighthearted slow-paced
I Am Hexed, Vol. 1 by Kirsten Thompson

I Am Hexed, Vol. 1

Kirsten Thompson

130 pages • 2023 • 1 edition

fiction fantasy graphic novel young adult