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 Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America by Matt Kracht

The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America

Matt Kracht

174 pages • 2019 • 7 editions

nonfiction nature funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle Cosimano

Finlay Donovan #4

Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice

Elle Cosimano

9h 5m • 2024 • 18 editions

fiction mystery funny mysterious medium-paced
The Brighton Mermaid by Dorothy Koomson

The Brighton Mermaid

Dorothy Koomson

448 pages • 2018 • 7 editions

fiction mystery thriller mysterious reflective fast-paced
Main Street by Sinclair Lewis

Main Street

Sinclair Lewis

486 pages • 1920 • 37 editions

fiction classics reflective slow-paced
Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood: A World War I Tale by Nathan Hale

Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #4

Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood: A World War I Tale

Nathan Hale

124 pages • 2014 • 5 editions

nonfiction graphic novel history middle grade informative medium-paced
The Shots You Take by Rachel Reid

The Shots You Take

Rachel Reid

329 pages • 2025 • 8 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance sports emotional reflective medium-paced
Bossypants by Tina Fey

Bossypants

Tina Fey

5h 32m • 2011 • 23 editions

nonfiction memoir funny lighthearted fast-paced
A Woman of Pleasure by Kiyoko Murata

A Woman of Pleasure

Kiyoko Murata

309 pages • 2013 • 11 editions

fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
How the Light Gets in by Louise Penny

Chief Inspector Gamache #9

How the Light Gets in

Louise Penny

416 pages • 2013 • 38 editions

fiction mystery emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross

Letters of Enchantment #2

Ruthless Vows

Rebecca Ross

420 pages • 2023 • 119 editions

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced