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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
The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods

The Lost Bookshop

Evie Woods

431 pages • 2023 • 42 editions

fiction fantasy magical realism emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced
Every Breath by Nicholas Sparks

Every Breath

Nicholas Sparks

9h 20m • 2018 • 56 editions

fiction romance reflective slow-paced
The Life Impossible by Matt Haig

The Life Impossible

Matt Haig

336 pages • 2024 • 46 editions

fiction literary science fiction emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
The Ghost of Grey Fox Inn by Carolyn Keene

Nancy Drew Diaries #13

The Ghost of Grey Fox Inn

Carolyn Keene

3h 19m • 2016 • 6 editions

fiction middle grade mystery mysterious slow-paced
Mad Honey by Jennifer Finney Boylan, Jodi Picoult

Mad Honey

Jennifer Finney Boylan, Jodi Picoult

701 pages • 2022 • 69 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich

The Night Watchman

Louise Erdrich

451 pages • 2020 • 34 editions

fiction historical literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Fairy Tale by Stephen King

Fairy Tale

Stephen King

599 pages • 2022 • 97 editions

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Goodbye Earl by Leesa Cross-Smith

Goodbye Earl

Leesa Cross-Smith

400 pages • 2023 • 5 editions

fiction contemporary emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Thank You for Listening by Julia Whelan

Thank You for Listening

Julia Whelan

404 pages • 2022 • 25 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe

Look Homeward, Angel

Thomas Wolfe

522 pages • 1986 • 5 editions

fiction play emotional slow-paced