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Support Your Local Library

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50 participants (423 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

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Lafayette!: A Revolutionary War Tale by Nathan Hale

Lafayette!: A Revolutionary War Tale

Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #8

Nathan Hale

127 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction graphic novel history middle grade lighthearted fast-paced
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon

Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

Cat Bohannon

612 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction feminism history science informative medium-paced
Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka

Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture

Kyle Chayka

284 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction history sociology technology informative reflective medium-paced
Sacred Creatures by Klaus Janson, Pablo Raimondi

Sacred Creatures

Sacred Creatures #3

Klaus Janson, Pablo Raimondi

336 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction comics fantasy challenging informative inspiring medium-paced
Deep End by Ali Hazelwood

Deep End

Ali Hazelwood

443 pages • paperback • 2025

fiction contemporary romance sports emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Penitence by Kristin Koval

Penitence

Kristin Koval

320 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell

The Golden Spoon

Jessa Maxwell

272 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction contemporary mystery thriller mysterious medium-paced
Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder by Kerryn Mayne

Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder

Kerryn Mayne

352 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction contemporary mystery emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced
Maame by Jessica George

Maame

Jessica George

442 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Long Island Compromise

Taffy Brodesser-Akner

444 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction literary dark emotional funny medium-paced