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
A Wee Christmas Homicide by Kaitlyn Dunnett

Liss MacCrimmon Mysteries #3

A Wee Christmas Homicide

Kaitlyn Dunnett

285 pages • 2006 • 3 editions

fiction mystery adventurous informative lighthearted medium-paced
Scone Cold Dead by Kaitlyn Dunnett

Liss MacCrimmon Mysteries #2

Scone Cold Dead

Kaitlyn Dunnett

266 pages • 2008 • 6 editions

fiction mystery mysterious fast-paced
Monsters on the Couch: The Real Psychological Disorders Behind Your Favorite Horror Movies by Brian A. Sharpless

Monsters on the Couch: The Real Psychological Disorders Behind Your Favorite Horror Movies

Brian A. Sharpless

9h 11m • 2 editions

user-added

nonfiction psychology sociology dark funny informative medium-paced
Gory Details by Erika Engelhaupt

Gory Details

Erika Engelhaupt

8h 33m • 2020 • 9 editions

nonfiction science funny informative fast-paced
Scaffolding: A Novel by Lauren Elkin

Scaffolding: A Novel

Lauren Elkin

400 pages • 2024 • 7 editions

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Under the Influence by Noelle Crooks

Under the Influence

Noelle Crooks

336 pages • 2023 • 8 editions

fiction contemporary dark emotional tense medium-paced
Brandy and Bullets by Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain

Murder, She Wrote #4

Brandy and Bullets

Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain

276 pages • 1995 • 3 editions

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

Aurora

Agata Gładysz, Agata Gładysz

347 pages • 2024 • 1 edition

fiction young adult
The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard #3

The Ship of the Dead

Rick Riordan

12h 59m • 2017 • 74 editions

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

Columbine

Dave Cullen

473 pages • 2009 • 37 editions

nonfiction history true crime dark emotional informative medium-paced