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Support Your Local Library

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63 participants (1,004 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
When in Rome by Sarah Adams

When in Rome

Rome, Kentucky #1

Sarah Adams

308 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Misrule by Heather Walter

Misrule

Malice Duology #2

Heather Walter

463 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
A Borrowing of Bones by Paula Munier

A Borrowing of Bones

Mercy Carr Mystery #1

Paula Munier

352 pages • hardcover • 2018

fiction mystery mysterious fast-paced
Powerless by Elsie Silver

Powerless

Chestnut Springs #3

Elsie Silver

504 pages • digital • 2023

fiction contemporary romance sports emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison

First-Time Caller

Heartstrings #1

B.K. Borison

437 pages • paperback • 2025

fiction contemporary romance funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman

The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook

Dungeon Crawler Carl #3

Matt Dinniman

532 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark funny fast-paced
The Life Impossible by Matt Haig

The Life Impossible

Matt Haig

324 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction literary science fiction emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie

Ancillary Mercy

Imperial Radch #3

Ann Leckie

369 pages • digital • 2015

fiction science fiction adventurous challenging medium-paced
The Witch's Door: Oddities and Tales from the Esoteric to the Extreme by Ryan Matthew Cohn, Regina M. Cohn

The Witch's Door: Oddities and Tales from the Esoteric to the Extreme

Ryan Matthew Cohn, Regina M. Cohn

288 pages • digital • 2024

nonfiction art memoir informative mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Maid by Nita Prose

The Maid

Molly the Maid #1

Nita Prose

289 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction contemporary crime mystery thriller mysterious medium-paced