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
The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson and the Olympians #3

The Titan's Curse

Rick Riordan

312 pages • 2007 • 272 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous funny fast-paced
The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson and the Olympians #2

The Sea of Monsters

Rick Riordan

279 pages • 2006 • 303 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
The lightening thief: Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1

The lightening thief: Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Rick Riordan

375 pages • 2005 • 419 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Corpse Wore Tartan by Kaitlyn Dunnett

Liss MacCrimmon Mysteries #4

The Corpse Wore Tartan

Kaitlyn Dunnett

304 pages • 2010 • 4 editions

fiction mystery dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Der Herr Wälti: Der erste Fall by Marcel Huwyler

Der Herr Wälti #1

Der Herr Wälti: Der erste Fall

Marcel Huwyler

256 pages • 2025 • 2 editions

fiction crime
The House of My Mother by Shari Franke

The House of My Mother

Shari Franke

315 pages • 2025 • 48 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad fast-paced
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk

16h 16m • 2014 • 94 editions

nonfiction health psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Forget Me Not by Julie Soto

Forget Me Not

Julie Soto

9h 15m • 2023 • 48 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Winter Turning by Tui T. Sutherland

Wings of Fire #7

Winter Turning

Tui T. Sutherland

7h 30m • 2015 • 19 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious fast-paced
The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo

The Light We Lost

Jill Santopolo

7h 16m • 2017 • 43 editions

fiction romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced