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 Love Dick by Chris Kraus

I Love Dick

Chris Kraus

277 pages • 1997 • 28 editions

fiction contemporary literary challenging reflective slow-paced
A Shore Thing by Joanna Lowell

A Shore Thing

Joanna Lowell

350 pages • 2024 • 4 editions

fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

My Dark Vanessa

Kate Elizabeth Russell

372 pages • 2020 • 118 editions

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan

The Three Lives of Cate Kay

Kate Fagan

294 pages • 2025 • 19 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional reflective medium-paced
Stuff You Should Know: An Incomplete Compendium of Mostly Interesting Things by Josh Clark, Chuck Bryant

Stuff You Should Know: An Incomplete Compendium of Mostly Interesting Things

Josh Clark, Chuck Bryant

9h • 2020 • 7 editions

nonfiction history science informative lighthearted slow-paced
The Fury by Alex Michaelides

The Fury

Alex Michaelides

299 pages • 2024 • 92 editions

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

Hidden Figures

Margot Lee Shetterly

10h 47m • 2016 • 66 editions

nonfiction history race science informative inspiring slow-paced
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

Gabrielle Zevin

272 pages • 2014 • 128 editions

fiction contemporary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
A Bluestocking's Guide to Decadence by Jess Everlee

Lucky Lovers of London #3

A Bluestocking's Guide to Decadence

Jess Everlee

296 pages • 2024 • 5 editions

fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Last to Disappear by Jo Spain

The Last to Disappear

Jo Spain

373 pages • 2022 • 7 editions

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced