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

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Less by Andrew Sean Greer

Arthur Less #1

Less

Andrew Sean Greer

8h 17m • 2017 • 55 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary funny reflective medium-paced
The Neurodiversity Edge: The Essential Guide to Embracing Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Neurological Differences for Any Organization by Maureen Dunne

The Neurodiversity Edge: The Essential Guide to Embracing Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Neurological Differences for Any Organization

Maureen Dunne

336 pages • 3 editions

nonfiction business
Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph by Jan Swafford

Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph

Jan Swafford

39h 7m • 2014 • 4 editions

nonfiction biography history music informative reflective slow-paced
Zero K by Don DeLillo

Zero K

Don DeLillo

7h 48m • 2016 • 31 editions

fiction thriller reflective slow-paced
Damned by Chuck Palahniuk

Damned #1

Damned

Chuck Palahniuk

7h 41m • 2003 • 35 editions

fiction fantasy horror dark funny medium-paced
Beyond Good And Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche

Beyond Good And Evil

Friedrich Nietzsche

8h 25m • 1886 • 337 editions

nonfiction classics philosophy challenging reflective slow-paced
Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson

Now Is Not the Time to Panic

Kevin Wilson

6h 12m • 2022 • 12 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Immortal Heights by Sherry Thomas

The Elemental Trilogy #3

The Immortal Heights

Sherry Thomas

448 pages • 2015 • 9 editions

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous tense medium-paced
The Perilous Sea by Sherry Thomas

The Elemental Trilogy #2

The Perilous Sea

Sherry Thomas

416 pages • 2014 • 11 editions

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous fast-paced
The Prisoner's Throne by Holly Black

The Stolen Heir Duology #2

The Prisoner's Throne

Holly Black

356 pages • 2024 • 70 editions

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous medium-paced