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
Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson

Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia

Christina Thompson

384 pages • 2019 • 14 editions

nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Are You a Cheeseburger? by Monica Arnaldo

Are You a Cheeseburger?

Monica Arnaldo

40 pages • 1 edition

fiction childrens lighthearted medium-paced
The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly

The First State of Being

Erin Entrada Kelly

253 pages • 2024 • 3 editions

fiction middle grade science fiction adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
Negative Cat by Sophie Blackall

Negative Cat

Sophie Blackall

32 pages • 2021 • 2 editions

fiction hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Veronica Ruiz Breaks the Bank by Elle Cosimano

Finlay Donovan #3.5

Veronica Ruiz Breaks the Bank

Elle Cosimano

2h 28m • 2023 • 6 editions

fiction mystery short stories funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

Beautyland

Marie-Helene Bertino

326 pages • 2024 • 15 editions

fiction literary science fiction emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Unfuck Your Brain: Using Science to Get Over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-Outs, and Triggers by Faith G. Harper

Unfuck Your Brain: Using Science to Get Over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-Outs, and Triggers

Faith G. Harper

3h 39m • 2017 • 13 editions

nonfiction psychology self help informative reflective fast-paced
Out On a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young

Out #1

Out On a Limb

Hannah Bonam-Young

12h 15m • 2023 • 80 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
The Kingdom of Sweets by Erika Johansen

The Kingdom of Sweets

Erika Johansen

368 pages • 2023 • 11 editions

fiction fantasy dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Donner Dinner Party: Bigger & Badder Edition: A Pioneer Tale by Nathan Hale

Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #3

Donner Dinner Party: Bigger & Badder Edition: A Pioneer Tale

Nathan Hale

144 pages • 2013 • 5 editions

nonfiction graphic novel history middle grade dark medium-paced