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
Enchanted: Erotic Bedtime Stories For Women by Nancy Madore

Enchanted: Erotic Bedtime Stories For Women

Nancy Madore

165 pages • 2004 • 6 editions

fiction erotica fantasy short stories adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

The Empyrean #2

Iron Flame

Rebecca Yarros

623 pages • 2023 • 355 editions

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show by Bethany Joy Lenz

Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show

Bethany Joy Lenz

303 pages • 2024 • 22 editions

nonfiction memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Heartstopper Volume 2 by Alice Oseman

Heartstopper #2

Heartstopper Volume 2

Alice Oseman

294 pages • 2019 • 109 editions

fiction contemporary graphic novel lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
Box Office Poison: Hollywood's Story in a Century of Flops by Tim Robey

Box Office Poison: Hollywood's Story in a Century of Flops

Tim Robey

320 pages • 2024 • 6 editions

nonfiction history funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
Other Ever Afters: New Queer Fairy Tales by Melanie Gillman

Other Ever Afters: New Queer Fairy Tales

Melanie Gillman

240 pages • 2022 • 6 editions

fiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ short stories young adult adventurous hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
The Male Gazed by Manuel Betancourt

The Male Gazed

Manuel Betancourt

6h 49m • 2023 • 5 editions

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir informative reflective medium-paced
The Martian by Andy Weir

The Martian

Andy Weir

384 pages • 2011 • 188 editions

fiction science fiction thriller adventurous funny tense medium-paced
The Trunk by Kim Ryeo-ryeong

The Trunk

Kim Ryeo-ryeong

248 pages • 2015 • 10 editions

fiction literary thriller dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir

The Night Guest

Hildur Knútsdóttir

208 pages • 2021 • 19 editions

fiction horror dark mysterious tense fast-paced