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 Wind Weaver by Julie Johnson

The Wind Weaver

Reign of Remnants #1

Julie Johnson

530 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction fantasy romance adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Ex Marks the Spot by Gloria Chao

Ex Marks the Spot

Gloria Chao

9 hours, 1 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction contemporary romance young adult adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman

The Bright Sword

Lev Grossman

23 hours, 10 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ literary adventurous slow-paced
Only Here, Only Now by Tom Newlands

Only Here, Only Now

Tom Newlands

356 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett

Foundryside

The Founders Trilogy #1

Robert Jackson Bennett

503 pages • hardcover • 2018

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Iron Widow

Iron Widow #1

Xiran Jay Zhao

12 hours, 13 minutes • audio • 2021

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Pokko and the Drum by Matthew Forsythe

Pokko and the Drum

Matthew Forsythe

64 pages • hardcover • 2019

fiction music funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Blighted Stars by Megan E. O'Keefe

The Blighted Stars

The Devoured Worlds #1

Megan E. O'Keefe

528 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction science fiction adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
The Curious Inheritance of Blakely House by Joanna Davidson Politano

The Curious Inheritance of Blakely House

Joanna Davidson Politano

400 pages • paperback • 2025

fiction historical mystery mysterious medium-paced
Clear by Carys Davies

Clear

Carys Davies

3 hours, 8 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced