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
I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman

I Was Born for This #1

I Was Born for This

Alice Oseman

372 pages • 2018 • 51 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
Close Range: Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx

Wyoming Stories #1

Close Range: Wyoming Stories

Annie Proulx

5h 35m • 1999 • 50 editions

user-added

fiction classics contemporary lgbtqia+ literary short stories emotional reflective sad slow-paced
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

Timothy Snyder

1h 45m • 2017 • 87 editions

nonfiction history politics informative reflective fast-paced
The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt

The Origins of Totalitarianism

Hannah Arendt

23h 24m • 1951 • 53 editions

nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Highwayman by Craig Johnson

Walt Longmire #11.5

The Highwayman

Craig Johnson

190 pages • 2016 • 7 editions

fiction mystery mysterious fast-paced
Irish Soda Bread Murder by Carlene O'Connor, Liz Ireland, Peggy Ehrhart

Irish Soda Bread Murder

Carlene O'Connor, Liz Ireland, Peggy Ehrhart

10h 27m • 2024 • 5 editions

fiction mystery
Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret by Benjamin Stevenson

Ernest Cunningham #3

Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret

Benjamin Stevenson

228 pages • 2024 • 33 editions

fiction mystery funny mysterious fast-paced
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

Letters of Enchantment #1

Divine Rivals

Rebecca Ross

357 pages • 2023 • 154 editions

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage by Asia Mackay

A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage

Asia Mackay

352 pages • 2025 • 20 editions

fiction crime mystery thriller dark funny mysterious medium-paced
Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

219 pages • 1954 • 342 editions

fiction classics literary adventurous dark tense medium-paced