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 Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng

The Garden of Evening Mists

Tan Twan Eng

353 pages • 2011 • 40 editions

user-added

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Magician's End by Raymond E. Feist

The Chaoswar Saga #3

Magician's End

Raymond E. Feist

555 pages • 2013 • 17 editions

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Girl I Used To Know by Faith Hogan

The Girl I Used To Know

Faith Hogan

466 pages • 2017 • 5 editions

user-added

fiction contemporary emotional slow-paced
Strata by Terry Pratchett

Strata

Terry Pratchett

285 pages • 1981 • 24 editions

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous funny slow-paced
Lake of Darkness by Adam Roberts

Lake of Darkness

Adam Roberts

320 pages • 2024 • 4 editions

fiction science fiction adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced
Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa

Hunchback

Saou Ichikawa

2h • 2023 • 25 editions

fiction contemporary literary dark reflective fast-paced
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston

6h 44m • 1937 • 102 editions

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

The Burning Kingdoms #1

The Jasmine Throne

Tasha Suri

19h 43m • 2021 • 43 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty

Amina al-Sirafi #1

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

S.A. Chakraborty

16h 59m • 2023 • 68 editions

fiction fantasy historical adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker

Mooncakes

Suzanne Walker

242 pages • 2019 • 18 editions

fiction fantasy graphic novel lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous lighthearted fast-paced