Questions about the Reading Challenge? Contact Emily Zimmerman, Reference & Instruction Librarian, at ebz5022@psu.edu.
Reading to learn is important, and we support that, too! But research shows there are many benefits of reading, including:
The school year can stressful, but reading even for a few minutes can help you relax and provide a mental escape, which may even help you learn better!
Want to learn more about it? Here are some articles to check out!
The benefits of reading for pleasure
Help us reach our campus goal of 100 books read this Spring Semester!
The goal of PSU DuBois Library's Reading Challenge is to encourage a love of reading among our campus community, and to highlight our leisure or "for fun" reading resources!
The Reading Challenge is open to all PSU DuBois students. It doesn't matter what you like to read or how fast you read. If you are already a reader, want to rediscover a love for reading, or just want to try something new... you belong here!
When you sign up for the challenge you will have the option to set up your own personal challenge, in addition to contributing to our overall campus goal of reading 100 books by Monday, April 28th, 2025.
Use the form below to sign up for the challenge and set an optional personal goal.
As you finish a book, log it using the Reading Log form to help us reach our challenge. Don't forget to rate and review your book so you can share your recommendation with other readers!
If you're free, drop in the library for our reading challenge silent read-ins on the following dates:
Books -- For the purposes of the challenge a book is a story (fiction or non-fiction) told in a long-form format, but some rules are made to be broken! You can make your own distinctions as long as it is meaningful to you (think a themed issue of a magazine where each article related to one another). Examples may include:
Note: Films and videos do not count towards this challenge.