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
Violeta by Isabel Allende

Violeta

Isabel Allende

11h 59m • 2022 • 83 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

The Only Good Indians

Stephen Graham Jones

8h 38m • 2020 • 38 editions

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Above Ground by Clint Smith

Above Ground

Clint Smith

107 pages • 2023 • 4 editions

nonfiction poetry emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
She Kills Me: The True Stories of History's Deadliest Women by Jennifer Wright

She Kills Me: The True Stories of History's Deadliest Women

Jennifer Wright

176 pages • 2021 • 9 editions

user-added

nonfiction history true crime dark informative fast-paced
One Dead Spy: A Revolutionary War Tale by Nathan Hale

Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #1

One Dead Spy: A Revolutionary War Tale

Nathan Hale

127 pages • 2012 • 5 editions

nonfiction graphic novel history middle grade adventurous fast-paced
The Adult by Bronwyn Fischer

The Adult

Bronwyn Fischer

312 pages • 2023 • 11 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced
Ikebana Unbound: A Modern Approach to the Ancient Japanese Art of Flower Arranging by Amanda Luu, Ivanka Matsuba

Ikebana Unbound: A Modern Approach to the Ancient Japanese Art of Flower Arranging

Amanda Luu, Ivanka Matsuba

176 pages • 2020 • 2 editions

nonfiction art design reference informative inspiring medium-paced
Heat Wave by Richard Castle

Nikki Heat #1

Heat Wave

Richard Castle

6h 22m • 2008 • 43 editions

fiction crime mystery thriller mysterious fast-paced
Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun by Elle Cosimano

Finlay Donovan #3

Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun

Elle Cosimano

8h 47m • 2023 • 23 editions

fiction mystery adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced
Killer Content by Olivia Blacke

A Brooklyn Murder Mystery #1

Killer Content

Olivia Blacke

304 pages • 2021 • 3 editions

fiction mystery lighthearted mysterious medium-paced