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Support Your Local Library

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63 participants (1,015 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
Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller

Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

Kirsten Miller

304 pages • digital • 2024

fiction contemporary funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

323 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction contemporary crime literary thriller dark tense fast-paced
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Adventures of Tom and Huck #2

Mark Twain

333 pages • hardcover • 1884

fiction classics historical literary middle grade adventurous funny medium-paced
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

The Neapolitan Novels #3

Elena Ferrante

16 hours, 44 minutes • audio • 2013

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

Everything is Tuberculosis

John Green

5 hours, 36 minutes • audio • 2025

nonfiction health history science hopeful informative reflective fast-paced
The Princess Bride by William Goldman

The Princess Bride

William Goldman

2 hours, 32 minutes • audio • 1973

fiction classics fantasy romance adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Witness by Nora Roberts

The Witness

Nora Roberts

488 pages • hardcover • 2012

fiction mystery romance emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Scythe by Neal Shusterman

Scythe

Arc of a Scythe #1

Neal Shusterman

433 pages • hardcover • 2016

fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Kinky History: A Rollicking Journey through Our Sexual Past, Present, and Future by Esmé Louise James

Kinky History: A Rollicking Journey through Our Sexual Past, Present, and Future

Esmé Louise James

11 hours, 9 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction history emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The C*ck Down the Block by Amy Award

The C*ck Down the Block

The Cocky Kingmans #1

Amy Award

7 hours, 54 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction contemporary romance sports funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced