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
How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin

The Castle Knoll Files #1

How to Solve Your Own Murder

Kristen Perrin

358 pages • 2024 • 57 editions

fiction mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale by Lauren Myracle

Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale

Lauren Myracle

208 pages • 2019 • 8 editions

fiction comics young adult adventurous fast-paced
Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller

Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

Kirsten Miller

304 pages • 2024 • 19 editions

fiction contemporary funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Adventures of Tom and Huck #2

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

333 pages • 1884 • 1.2k editions

fiction classics historical literary middle grade adventurous funny medium-paced
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante

The Neapolitan Novels #3

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

Elena Ferrante

16h 44m • 2013 • 135 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

Everything is Tuberculosis

John Green

5h 36m • 2025 • 22 editions

nonfiction health science hopeful informative reflective fast-paced
The Princess Bride by William Goldman

The Princess Bride

William Goldman

2h 32m • 1973 • 140 editions

fiction classics fantasy romance adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Witness by Nora Roberts

The Witness

Nora Roberts

488 pages • 2012 • 44 editions

fiction mystery romance emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Scythe by Neal Shusterman

Arc of a Scythe #1

Scythe

Neal Shusterman

433 pages • 2016 • 118 editions

fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Kinky History: A Rollicking Journey through Our Sexual Past, Present, and Future by Esmé Louise James

Kinky History: A Rollicking Journey through Our Sexual Past, Present, and Future

Esmé Louise James

11h 9m • 2024 • 10 editions

nonfiction history emotional informative reflective medium-paced