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
Horse by Geraldine Brooks

Horse

Geraldine Brooks

14 hours, 6 minutes • audio • 2022

fiction historical literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

A Study in Scarlet

Sherlock Holmes #1

Arthur Conan Doyle

92 pages • paperback • 1887

fiction classics crime mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
your name., Vol. 1 by Makoto Shinkai

your name., Vol. 1

君の名は 漫画 (Your Name - Manga) #1

Makoto Shinkai

176 pages • paperback • 2016

fiction fantasy manga romance emotional lighthearted fast-paced
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

North and South

Elizabeth Gaskell

18 hours, 20 minutes • audio • 1855

fiction classics literary romance emotional slow-paced
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Anne Brontë

576 pages • paperback • 1848

fiction classics literary romance emotional reflective slow-paced
Too Soon by Betty Shamieh

Too Soon

Betty Shamieh

336 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction historical literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole

Spark of the Everflame

The Kindred’s Curse #1

Penn Cole

423 pages • digital • 2023

fiction fantasy romance adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly

Greta & Valdin

Rebecca K Reilly

9 hours, 28 minutes • audio • 2021

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett

Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales

Emily Wilde #3

Heather Fawcett

11 hours, 43 minutes • audio • 2025

fiction fantasy historical adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Memory Library by Kate Storey

The Memory Library

Kate Storey

326 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction literary emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced