Support Your Local Library

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63 participants (1,018 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 Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez

The Friend Zone

The Friend Zone #1

Abby Jimenez

9 hours, 35 minutes • audio • 2019

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny sad medium-paced
The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey

The Adventures of Captain Underpants

Captain Underpants #1

Dav Pilkey

125 pages • paperback • 1997

fiction childrens adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge by Richard Ovenden

Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge

Richard Ovenden

9 hours, 49 minutes • audio • 2020 user-added

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim

The Eyes Are the Best Part

Monika Kim

277 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction horror thriller dark tense fast-paced
No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson by Gardiner Harris

No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson

Gardiner Harris

464 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction business health dark informative medium-paced
Kirby's Lessons for Falling (in Love) by Laura Gao

Kirby's Lessons for Falling (in Love)

Laura Gao

304 pages • paperback • 2025

fiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova

More or Less Maddy

Lisa Genova

9 hours, 28 minutes • audio • 2025 user-added

fiction contemporary emotional hopeful informative medium-paced
Women Talking by Miriam Toews

Women Talking

Miriam Toews

240 pages • digital • 2018

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced
The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera

The Last Cuentista

Donna Barba Higuera

320 pages • digital • 2021

fiction middle grade science fiction adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
Unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent

Unraveling Oliver

Liz Nugent

6 hours, 50 minutes • audio • 2013

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious medium-paced