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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
Absolution by Alice McDermott

Absolution

Alice McDermott

336 pages • 2023 • 17 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd

The Cartographers

Peng Shepherd

391 pages • 2022 • 32 editions

fiction contemporary literary magical realism thriller adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Lotus Shoes by Jane Yang

The Lotus Shoes

Jane Yang

368 pages • 2025 • 19 editions

fiction historical emotional sad medium-paced
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

The Great Alone

Kristin Hannah

440 pages • 2018 • 134 editions

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

James McBride

385 pages • 2023 • 36 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Other Mother by Rachel M. Harper

The Other Mother

Rachel M. Harper

432 pages • 2022 • 5 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford

The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

Jamie Ford

362 pages • 2022 • 14 editions

fiction historical magical realism emotional medium-paced
One Summer in Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris

One Summer in Savannah

Terah Shelton Harris

464 pages • 2023 • 10 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional fast-paced
Long After We Are Gone by Terah Shelton Harris

Long After We Are Gone

Terah Shelton Harris

412 pages • 2024 • 6 editions

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine

Junie

Erin Crosby Eckstine

361 pages • 2025 • 9 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional tense medium-paced