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
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
Fan Service by Rosie Danan

Fan Service

Rosie Danan

433 pages • digital • 2025

fiction contemporary fantasy romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Change by Kirsten Miller

The Change

Kirsten Miller

470 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction magical realism thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Long Way Home by Louise Penny

The Long Way Home

Chief Inspector Gamache #10

Louise Penny

384 pages • hardcover • 2014

fiction mystery emotional mysterious medium-paced
Alcatoe and the Turnip Child by Isaac Lenkiewicz

Alcatoe and the Turnip Child

Isaac Lenkiewicz

64 pages • paperback

fiction fantasy lighthearted medium-paced