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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 New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft by Leslie S. Klinger, H.P. Lovecraft

The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft

Leslie S. Klinger, H.P. Lovecraft

852 pages • 6 editions

fiction fantasy horror short stories dark mysterious medium-paced
The Strawberry Patch Pancake House by Laurie Gilmore

Dream Harbor #4

The Strawberry Patch Pancake House

Laurie Gilmore

361 pages • 2025 • 36 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

Shadow and Bone #2

Siege and Storm

Leigh Bardugo

435 pages • 2013 • 145 editions

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark medium-paced
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Shadow and Bone #1

Shadow and Bone

Leigh Bardugo

358 pages • 2012 • 250 editions

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark medium-paced
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

Shadow and Bone #3

Ruin and Rising

Leigh Bardugo

420 pages • 2014 • 165 editions

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The Annotated Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Little Women #1

The Annotated Little Women

Louisa May Alcott

736 pages • 1868 • 1.5k editions

fiction classics young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Great or Nothing by Jessica Spotswood, Caroline Tung Richmond, Tess Sharpe, Joy McCullough

Great or Nothing

Jessica Spotswood, Caroline Tung Richmond, Tess Sharpe, Joy McCullough

400 pages • 2022 • 8 editions

fiction historical lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Summertime Rendering Volume 4 by Yasuki Tanaka

サマータイムレンダ / Summertime Render #07-08

Summertime Rendering Volume 4

Yasuki Tanaka

434 pages • 2022 • 3 editions

fiction manga mystery thriller adventurous dark medium-paced
The Wintrish Girl by Melanie La'Brooy

Talismans of Fate #1

The Wintrish Girl

Melanie La'Brooy

440 pages • 2022 • 2 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine

The Great Library #1

Ink and Bone

Rachel Caine

384 pages • 2015 • 25 editions

fiction dystopian fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious medium-paced