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
Rx by Rachel Lindsay

Rx

Rachel Lindsay

256 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction graphic novel health memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

208 pages • digital • 1995

fiction dystopian literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Eragon by Christopher Paolini

Eragon

The Inheritance Cycle #1

Christopher Paolini

503 pages • paperback • 2002

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous medium-paced
Bury the Lede by Gabe Dunn

Bury the Lede

Gabe Dunn

128 pages • paperback • 2019

fiction contemporary graphic novel mystery dark mysterious fast-paced
Vagablonde by Anna Dorn

Vagablonde

Anna Dorn

320 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ funny reflective medium-paced
The Reanimator's Heart by Kara Jorgensen

The Reanimator's Heart

The Reanimator Mysteries #1

Kara Jorgensen

300 pages • digital • 2022

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ romance adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Queen B by Juno Dawson

Queen B

Her Majesty’s Royal Coven #0.5

Juno Dawson

201 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous dark emotional fast-paced
Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh

Death in Her Hands

Ottessa Moshfegh

259 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction literary thriller dark mysterious slow-paced
Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

Lapvona

Ottessa Moshfegh

304 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction historical literary magical realism dark tense medium-paced
Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval

Paradise Rot

Jenny Hval

148 pages • paperback • 2009

fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious fast-paced