Support Your Local Library

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63 participants (1,016 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
Ash's Cabin by Jen Wang

Ash's Cabin

Jen Wang

320 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction contemporary gender graphic novel lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
A Thief in the Night by KJ Charles

A Thief in the Night

The Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune #2

KJ Charles

91 pages • digital • 2022

fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance adventurous emotional funny fast-paced
I Love Dick by Chris Kraus

I Love Dick

Chris Kraus

277 pages • paperback • 1997

fiction contemporary literary challenging reflective slow-paced
A Shore Thing by Joanna Lowell

A Shore Thing

Joanna Lowell

350 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

My Dark Vanessa

Kate Elizabeth Russell

372 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan

The Three Lives of Cate Kay

Kate Fagan

294 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional reflective medium-paced
Stuff You Should Know: An Incomplete Compendium of Mostly Interesting Things by Josh Clark, Chuck Bryant

Stuff You Should Know: An Incomplete Compendium of Mostly Interesting Things

Josh Clark, Chuck Bryant

9 hours • audio • 2020

nonfiction history science informative lighthearted slow-paced
The Fury by Alex Michaelides

The Fury

Alex Michaelides

299 pages • digital • 2024

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

Hidden Figures

Margot Lee Shetterly

10 hours, 47 minutes • audio • 2016

nonfiction history race science informative inspiring slow-paced
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

Gabrielle Zevin

272 pages • digital • 2014

fiction contemporary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced