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Support Your Local Library

rachelbonitzwrites Host

15 participants (66 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
Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao

Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor

Xiran Jay Zhao

352 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction fantasy middle grade science fiction adventurous funny fast-paced
Young, Autistic and ADHD: Moving into adulthood when you're multiply-neurodivergent by Sarah Boon

Young, Autistic and ADHD: Moving into adulthood when you're multiply-neurodivergent

Sarah Boon

240 pages

nonfiction medium-paced
Tales of the Slayer by Various

Tales of the Slayer

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayer #1-2

Various

250 pages • paperback • 2018

fiction fantasy horror young adult adventurous fast-paced
Queer Heroes of Myth and Legend: A Celebration of Gay Gods, Sapphic Saints, and Queerness Through the Ages by Dan Jones

Queer Heroes of Myth and Legend: A Celebration of Gay Gods, Sapphic Saints, and Queerness Through the Ages

Dan Jones

219 pages • paperback • 2023

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ informative fast-paced
The Poetry of Jane Austen and the Austen Family by David Selwyn

The Poetry of Jane Austen and the Austen Family

David Selwyn

124 pages • 1997

nonfiction poetry informative reflective medium-paced
How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England: A Guide for Knaves, Fools, Harlots, Cuckolds, Drunkards, Liars, Thieves, and Braggarts by Ruth Goodman

How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England: A Guide for Knaves, Fools, Harlots, Cuckolds, Drunkards, Liars, Thieves, and Braggarts

Ruth Goodman

496 pages • 2018

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
The Marriage Lie by Kimberly Belle

The Marriage Lie

Kimberly Belle

352 pages • paperback • 2016

fiction mystery thriller mysterious reflective fast-paced
Death Bringer by Derek Landy

Death Bringer

Skulduggery Pleasant #6

Derek Landy

13 hours, 50 minutes • audio • 2011

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark funny fast-paced
Mortal Coil by Derek Landy

Mortal Coil

Skulduggery Pleasant #5

Derek Landy

604 pages • hardcover • 2010

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark funny fast-paced
Dark Days by Derek Landy

Dark Days

Skulduggery Pleasant #4

Derek Landy

415 pages • hardcover • 2010

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced