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
Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, 楊双子

Taiwan Travelogue

Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, 楊双子

320 pages • 2020 • 9 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
Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol

Anya's Ghost

Vera Brosgol

221 pages • 2011 • 25 editions

fiction graphic novel horror young adult dark mysterious fast-paced
Lore Olympus: Volume Eight by Rachel Smythe

Lore Olympus #8

Lore Olympus: Volume Eight

Rachel Smythe

416 pages • 2025 • 17 editions

fiction fantasy graphic novel romance adventurous dark emotional fast-paced
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

476 pages • 2021 • 142 editions

fiction science fiction adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced
Meant to Be by Emily Giffin

Meant to Be

Emily Giffin

400 pages • 2022 • 15 editions

fiction historical romance emotional reflective medium-paced
The Writer by J D Barker, James Patterson

The Writer

J D Barker, James Patterson

400 pages • 2025 • 6 editions

fiction mystery thriller medium-paced