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
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

The Scholomance #1

A Deadly Education

Naomi Novik

320 pages • 2020 • 86 editions

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power

Burn Our Bodies Down

Rory Power

343 pages • 2020 • 21 editions

fiction horror lgbtqia+ young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Tenant by Freida McFadden

The Tenant

Freida McFadden

8h 50m • 2025 • 40 editions

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline Martin

The Keeper of Hidden Books

Madeline Martin

10h 53m • 2023 • 17 editions

fiction historical hopeful sad medium-paced
Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

Discworld #8

Guards! Guards!

Terry Pratchett

13h 25m • 1989 • 121 editions

fiction fantasy adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar

Counting the Cost

Jill Duggar

271 pages • 2023 • 20 editions

nonfiction memoir religion emotional informative reflective medium-paced
What to Expect When You're Dead: An Ancient Tour of Death and the Afterlife by Robert Garland

What to Expect When You're Dead: An Ancient Tour of Death and the Afterlife

Robert Garland

8h 24m • 2025 • 2 editions

nonfiction history philosophy informative reflective medium-paced
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

The Tattooist of Auschwitz #1

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Heather Morris

288 pages • 2018 • 172 editions

fiction historical dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell by Mark Kurlansky

The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell

Mark Kurlansky

307 pages • 2005 • 7 editions

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan

The Trials of Apollo #1

The Hidden Oracle

Rick Riordan

10h 34m • 2016 • 123 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced