Support Your Local Library

rachelbonitzwrites Host

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.

Support Your Local Library

rachelbonitzwrites Host

62 participants (895 books)

STARTS: 10 Mar 2025ENDS: 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 a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones

I Was a Teenage Slasher
Stephen Graham Jones

372 pages • hardcover • 2024 • 14 editions

fiction horror thriller dark tense medium-paced

fiction horror thriller dark tense medium-paced

I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones

I Was a Teenage Slasher

Stephen Graham Jones

372 pages • 2024 • 14 editions

fiction horror thriller dark tense medium-paced

fiction horror thriller dark tense medium-paced

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro

288 pages • paperback • 2005 • 234 editions

fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective sad slow-paced

fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Never Let Me Go

288 pages • 2005 • 234 editions

fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective sad slow-paced

fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Big Bad Ironclad!: A Civil War Tale by Nathan Hale

Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #2

Big Bad Ironclad!: A Civil War Tale
Nathan Hale

118 pages • hardcover • 2012 • 3 editions

nonfiction graphic novel history middle grade adventurous fast-paced

nonfiction graphic novel history middle grade adventurous fast-paced

Big Bad Ironclad!: A Civil War Tale by Nathan Hale

Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #2

Big Bad Ironclad!: A Civil War Tale

118 pages • 2012 • 3 editions

nonfiction graphic novel history middle grade adventurous fast-paced

nonfiction graphic novel history middle grade adventurous fast-paced

Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle

Bury Your Gays
Chuck Tingle with Charlie Jane Anders (Narrator), Stephen Graham Jones (Narrator), T. Kingfisher (Narrator), Liz Kerin (Narrator), Sarah Gailey (Narrator), TJ Klune (Narrator), André Santana (Narrator), Mara Wilson (Narrator), C.J. Leede (Narrator), Mark Oshiro (Narrator), Georgia Bird (Narrator)

10h 11m • audio • 2024 • 24 editions

fiction horror lgbtqia+ science fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced

fiction horror lgbtqia+ science fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle

Bury Your Gays

Chuck Tingle with Charlie Jane Anders (Narrator), Stephen Graham Jones (Narrator), T. Kingfisher (Narrator), Liz Kerin (Narrator), Sarah Gailey (Narrator), TJ Klune (Narrator), André Santana (Narrator), Mara Wilson (Narrator), C.J. Leede (Narrator), Mark Oshiro (Narrator), Georgia Bird (Narrator)

10h 11m • 2024 • 24 editions

fiction horror lgbtqia+ science fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced

fiction horror lgbtqia+ science fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced

The Loudest Voice in the Room: How Roger Ailes and Fox News Remade American Politics by Gabriel Sherman

The Loudest Voice in the Room: How Roger Ailes and Fox News Remade American Politics
Gabriel Sherman

17h 36m • audio • 2013 • 6 editions

user-added

nonfiction biography history politics informative tense slow-paced

nonfiction biography history politics informative tense slow-paced

The Loudest Voice in the Room: How Roger Ailes and Fox News Remade American Politics by Gabriel Sherman

The Loudest Voice in the Room: How Roger Ailes and Fox News Remade American Politics

Gabriel Sherman

17h 36m • 2013 • 6 editions

user-added

nonfiction biography history politics informative tense slow-paced

nonfiction biography history politics informative tense slow-paced

We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom

We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom with Michaela Goade (Illustrator)

35 pages • hardcover • 2020 • 5 editions

fiction childrens science hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

fiction childrens science hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom

We Are Water Protectors

Carole Lindstrom with Michaela Goade (Illustrator)

35 pages • 2020 • 5 editions

fiction childrens science hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

fiction childrens science hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

The Art of Drag by Jake Hall

The Art of Drag
Jake Hall with Sofie Birkin (Illustrator), Helen Li (Illustrator), Jasjyot Singh Hans (Illustrator)

136 pages • hardcover • 2020 • 6 editions

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ informative medium-paced

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ informative medium-paced

The Art of Drag by Jake Hall

The Art of Drag

Jake Hall with Sofie Birkin (Illustrator), Helen Li (Illustrator), Jasjyot Singh Hans (Illustrator)

136 pages • 2020 • 6 editions

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ informative medium-paced

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ informative medium-paced

Troubling a Star by Madeleine L'Engle

Austin Family Chronicles #5

Troubling a Star
Madeleine L'Engle with Jorjeana Marie (Narrator), Charlotte Jones Voiklis (Narrator)

9h 14m • audio • 1994 • 2 editions

user-added

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous slow-paced

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous slow-paced

Troubling a Star by Madeleine L'Engle

Austin Family Chronicles #5

Troubling a Star

Madeleine L'Engle with Jorjeana Marie (Narrator), Charlotte Jones Voiklis (Narrator)

9h 14m • 1994 • 2 editions

user-added

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous slow-paced

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous slow-paced

Princeless: Raven the Pirate Princess Book 2: Free Women by Jeremy Whitley

Raven: the Pirate Princess (Trades) #2

Princeless: Raven the Pirate Princess Book 2: Free Women
Jeremy Whitley

128 pages • paperback • 2016 • 2 editions

fiction comics fantasy adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

fiction comics fantasy adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

Princeless: Raven the Pirate Princess Book 2: Free Women by Jeremy Whitley

Raven: the Pirate Princess (Trades) #2

Princeless: Raven the Pirate Princess Book 2: Free Women

128 pages • 2016 • 2 editions

fiction comics fantasy adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

fiction comics fantasy adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

James by Percival Everett

James
Percival Everett with Dominic Hoffman (Narrator)

7h 49m • audio • 2024 • 59 editions

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

James by Percival Everett

James

Percival Everett with Dominic Hoffman (Narrator)

7h 49m • 2024 • 59 editions

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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