Support Your Local Library

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62 participants (878 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
Brandy and Bullets by Donald Bain, Jessica Fletcher

Brandy and Bullets

Murder, She Wrote #4

Donald Bain, Jessica Fletcher

276 pages • digital • 1995

fiction mystery dark mysterious medium-paced
Aurora by Agata Gładysz, Agata Gładysz

Aurora

Agata Gładysz, Agata Gładysz

347 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction young adult
The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan

The Ship of the Dead

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard #3

Rick Riordan

12 hours, 59 minutes • audio • 2017

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ middle grade adventurous funny fast-paced
Columbine by Dave Cullen

Columbine

Dave Cullen

473 pages • paperback • 2009

nonfiction history true crime dark emotional informative medium-paced
I Feel Awful, Thanks by Lara Pickle

I Feel Awful, Thanks

Lara Pickle

216 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction fantasy graphic novel emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Dog Called Kitty by Bill Wallace

Dog Called Kitty

Bill Wallace

176 pages • paperback • 1980

fiction childrens emotional fast-paced
How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse by K. Eason

How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse

The Thorne Chronicles #1

K. Eason

408 pages • hardcover • 2019

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous funny medium-paced
Wolf at the Table by Adam Rapp

Wolf at the Table

Adam Rapp

480 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction historical literary mystery thriller dark sad tense medium-paced
Queerfully and Wonderfully Made: A Guide for Lgbtq+ Christian Teens by Leigh Finke

Queerfully and Wonderfully Made: A Guide for Lgbtq+ Christian Teens

Queerfully and Wonderfully Made Guides #1

Leigh Finke

260 pages • 2020

nonfiction lgbtqia+ young adult informative reflective medium-paced
Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners by Therese Oneill

Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners

Therese Oneill

7 hours, 12 minutes • audio • 2016

nonfiction feminism history funny informative fast-paced