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 Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

11h 34m • 2020 • 127 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
A History of Women in 101 Objects by Annabelle Hirsch

A History of Women in 101 Objects

Annabelle Hirsch

432 pages • 2022 • 22 editions

nonfiction feminism history informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Underground Abductor: An Abolitionist Tale by Nathan Hale

Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #5

The Underground Abductor: An Abolitionist Tale

Nathan Hale

128 pages • 2015 • 5 editions

nonfiction graphic novel history middle grade adventurous emotional medium-paced
A Smattering of Latin: Get Classical with Trivia, Quizzes and Fun by Simon James

A Smattering of Latin: Get Classical with Trivia, Quizzes and Fun

Simon James

160 pages • 1 edition

nonfiction informative fast-paced
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity by Judith Butler

Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity

Judith Butler

272 pages • 1990 • 47 editions

nonfiction feminism gender lgbtqia+ philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Et Cetera: An Illustrated Guide to Latin Phrases by Maia Lee-Chin

Et Cetera: An Illustrated Guide to Latin Phrases

Maia Lee-Chin

144 pages • 2024 • 2 editions

nonfiction history reference informative fast-paced
Frames of War: When Is Life Grievable? by Judith Butler

Frames of War: When Is Life Grievable?

Judith Butler

193 pages • 2009 • 11 editions

nonfiction philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Juice by Tim Winton

Juice

Tim Winton

512 pages • 2024 • 9 editions

fiction literary speculative fiction dark reflective tense medium-paced
Queer Icons from Gay to Z: Activists, Artists & Trailblazers by Patrick Boyle

Queer Icons from Gay to Z: Activists, Artists & Trailblazers

Patrick Boyle

112 pages • 2019 • 3 editions

nonfiction informative medium-paced
Berries by Victoria Dickenson

Botanical

Berries

Victoria Dickenson

208 pages • 1 edition

nonfiction nature medium-paced