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
Permanent Record by Edward Snowden

Permanent Record

Edward Snowden

352 pages • 2019 • 61 editions

nonfiction autobiography politics informative reflective medium-paced
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

The Empyrean #1

Fourth Wing

Rebecca Yarros

21h 22m • 2023 • 530 editions

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer

This Wretched Valley

Jenny Kiefer

8h 32m • 2024 • 8 editions

fiction horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Drowning House by Cherie Priest

The Drowning House

Cherie Priest

11h 34m • 2024 • 5 editions

user-added

fiction horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The September House by Carissa Orlando

The September House

Carissa Orlando

13h 32m • 2023 • 20 editions

fiction horror mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Last Town by Blake Crouch

Wayward Pines #3

The Last Town

Blake Crouch

7h 35m • 2014 • 68 editions

fiction science fiction thriller adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Phantom Limb by Lucinda Berry

Phantom Limb

Lucinda Berry

260 pages • 2016 • 11 editions

fiction thriller dark fast-paced
Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson

Allegedly

Tiffany D. Jackson

10h 37m • 2017 • 17 editions

fiction mystery young adult dark emotional tense medium-paced
Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield

Our Wives Under The Sea

Julia Armfield

6h 7m • 2022 • 55 editions

fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary science fiction dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

5h 51m • 1979 • 302 editions

fiction classics science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced