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Support Your Local Library

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63 participants (1,025 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
After the Funeral by Agatha Christie

After the Funeral

Hercule Poirot #29

Agatha Christie

304 pages • digital • 1953

fiction classics crime mystery mysterious medium-paced
The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien by John Hendrix

The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien

John Hendrix

224 pages • digital • 2024

nonfiction biography graphic novel adventurous reflective relaxing medium-paced
I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons by Peter S. Beagle

I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons

Peter S. Beagle

278 pages • digital • 2024

fiction fantasy adventurous reflective medium-paced
The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez

The Friend Zone

The Friend Zone #1

Abby Jimenez

386 pages • digital • 2019

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny sad medium-paced
Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem by Unknown, John Lesslie Hall

Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem

Unknown, John Lesslie Hall

157 pages • digital • 975

fiction classics fantasy poetry adventurous medium-paced
Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time by Natalie Hodges

Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time

Natalie Hodges

4 hours, 51 minutes • audio • 2022

nonfiction autobiography music psychology science informative reflective medium-paced
The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante

The Story of the Lost Child

The Neapolitan Novels #4

Elena Ferrante

18 hours, 28 minutes • audio • 2014 user-added

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi

Riot Baby

Tochi Onyebuchi

176 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction dystopian fantasy science fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Pretend I'm Dead by Jen Beagin

Pretend I'm Dead

Pretend I'm Dead #1

Jen Beagin

240 pages • hardcover • 2015

fiction literary dark funny fast-paced
Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister

Famous Last Words

Gillian McAllister

326 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced