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
Saga, Vol. 9 by Brian K. Vaughan

Saga, Vol. 9

Saga #49-54

Brian K. Vaughan

152 pages • digital • 2018

fiction comics fantasy science fiction adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Saga, Vol. 8 by Brian K. Vaughan

Saga, Vol. 8

Saga #43-48

Brian K. Vaughan

152 pages • digital • 2017

fiction comics fantasy science fiction adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced
Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo

Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America

Ijeoma Oluo

10 hours, 6 minutes • audio • 2020

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Solito by Javier Zamora

Solito

Javier Zamora

17 hours, 9 minutes • audio • 2022

nonfiction memoir emotional sad tense medium-paced
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

My Sister, the Serial Killer

Oyinkan Braithwaite

4 hours, 15 minutes • audio • 2018

fiction contemporary crime literary thriller dark tense fast-paced
Saga, Vol. 10 by Brian K. Vaughan

Saga, Vol. 10

Saga #55-60

Brian K. Vaughan

169 pages • digital • 2022

fiction comics fantasy science fiction adventurous dark emotional fast-paced
Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman

Stage Dreams

Melanie Gillman

104 pages • digital • 2019

fiction graphic novel historical lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Don't Sleep with the Dead by Nghi Vo

Don't Sleep with the Dead

Nghi Vo

101 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Art Thief by Michael Finkel

The Art Thief

Michael Finkel

5 hours, 39 minutes • audio • 2023

nonfiction art biography true crime adventurous informative fast-paced
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

Home Before Dark

Riley Sager

384 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction horror mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced