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
Model Home by Rivers Solomon

Model Home

Rivers Solomon

288 pages • 2024 • 14 editions

fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary thriller dark emotional tense medium-paced
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

Martyr!

Kaveh Akbar

331 pages • 2024 • 62 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

Hijab Butch Blues

Lamya H

284 pages • 2023 • 16 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir religion emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Y/N by Esther Yi

Y/N

Esther Yi

212 pages • 2023 • 17 editions

fiction contemporary literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced
There There by Tommy Orange

There There

Tommy Orange

294 pages • 2018 • 65 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

391 pages • 2013 • 57 editions

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy

1392 pages • 1869 • 520 editions

fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

Wandering Stars

Tommy Orange

336 pages • 2024 • 32 editions

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi

An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence

Zeinab Badawi

534 pages • 2024 • 22 editions

nonfiction history informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
A Court of Frost and Starlight [Dramatized Adaptation] #3.5 by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Thorns and Roses (GraphicAudio) #8

A Court of Frost and Starlight [Dramatized Adaptation] #3.5

Sarah J. Maas

6h • 2018 • 5 editions

fiction fantasy romance emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced