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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
Strange Pictures by Uketsu

Strange Pictures

Uketsu

240 pages • 2022 • 30 editions

fiction horror mystery dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Chlorine by Jade Song

Chlorine

Jade Song

237 pages • 2023 • 27 editions

fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary dark tense medium-paced
The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

The Kaiju Preservation Society

John Scalzi

264 pages • 2022 • 37 editions

fiction science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
I Leave It Up to You by Jinwoo Chong

I Leave It Up to You

Jinwoo Chong

310 pages • 2025 • 6 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Lock In by John Scalzi

Lock In #1

Lock In

John Scalzi

336 pages • 2014 • 23 editions

fiction mystery science fiction adventurous mysterious fast-paced
The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill

The In-Between Bookstore

Edward Underhill

253 pages • 2025 • 9 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ magical realism science fiction emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Band Fags! by Frank Anthony Polito

Band Fags!

Frank Anthony Polito

448 pages • 2008 • 2 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ young adult funny lighthearted medium-paced
Nella Last's War: The Second World War Diaries of Housewife, 49 by Nella Last

Housewife, 49 #1

Nella Last's War: The Second World War Diaries of Housewife, 49

Nella Last

311 pages • 1981 • 3 editions

nonfiction biography history emotional informative medium-paced
Daughters of a Dead Empire by Carolyn Tara O'Neil

Daughters of a Dead Empire

Carolyn Tara O'Neil

352 pages • 2022 • 7 editions

fiction historical thriller young adult adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced
Girl at War by Sara Nović

Girl at War

Sara Nović

320 pages • 2015 • 22 editions

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad medium-paced