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
River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey

River of Teeth

River of Teeth #1

Sarah Gailey

176 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction historical lgbtqia+ adventurous fast-paced
Taste of Marrow by Sarah Gailey

Taste of Marrow

River of Teeth #2

Sarah Gailey

192 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction historical lgbtqia+ adventurous medium-paced
Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

Sorcerer to the Crown

Sorcerer Royal #1

Zen Cho

371 pages • hardcover • 2015

fiction fantasy historical adventurous challenging medium-paced
Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel by Julian K. Jarboe

Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel

Julian K. Jarboe

204 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction horror lgbtqia+ science fiction short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
Linghun by Ai Jiang

Linghun

Ai Jiang

176 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction horror dark emotional sad medium-paced
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

Upright Women Wanted

Sarah Gailey

176 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ adventurous hopeful fast-paced
Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum & Smart Contracts by David Gerard

Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum & Smart Contracts

David Gerard

182 pages • paperback • 2017

nonfiction business technology informative slow-paced
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho

The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water

Zen Cho

160 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous funny fast-paced
Deep Wheel Orcadia by Harry Josephine Giles

Deep Wheel Orcadia

Harry Josephine Giles

176 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction lgbtqia+ poetry science fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
Depart, Depart! by Sim Kern

Depart, Depart!

Sim Kern

81 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction horror lgbtqia+ science fiction emotional medium-paced