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

A Wee Christmas Homicide

Liss MacCrimmon Mysteries #3

Kaitlyn Dunnett

285 pages • digital • 2006

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

Scone Cold Dead

Liss MacCrimmon Mysteries #2

Kaitlyn Dunnett

266 pages • hardcover • 2008

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

9 hours, 11 minutes • audio user-added

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

Gory Details

Erika Engelhaupt

8 hours, 33 minutes • audio • 2020

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

Scaffolding: A Novel

Lauren Elkin

400 pages • hardcover • 2024

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

Under the Influence

Noelle Crooks

336 pages • hardcover • 2023

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

Brandy and Bullets

Murder, She Wrote #4

Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain

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