Read 10 Banned Books

haileylouise Host

17 participants (67 books)

Overview

In times of censorship in the US, reading is just one of many ways of rebelling against the ignorant bigots who run the government .

These are just some of the most banned books in the US, feel free to add more and share!

Read 10 Banned Books

haileylouise Host

17 participants (67 books)

Overview

Challenge Books

All books added

Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens

370 pages • digital • 2018 (editions)

fiction historical literary mystery emotional mysterious medium-paced

Where the Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens

370 pages • digital • 2018

fiction historical literary mystery emotional mysterious medium-paced

Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison

337 pages • paperback • 1977 (editions)

fiction classics literary magical realism challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Song of Solomon

Toni Morrison

337 pages • paperback • 1977

fiction classics literary magical realism challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Go Ask Alice
Beatrice Sparks

214 pages • paperback • 1971 (editions)

fiction young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced

Go Ask Alice

Beatrice Sparks

214 pages • paperback • 1971

fiction young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced

The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller

408 pages • paperback • 2011 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ literary romance adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

408 pages • paperback • 2011

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ literary romance adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

Wicked: Volume One in the Wicked Years by Gregory Maguire

Wicked: Volume One in the Wicked Years
The Wicked Years #1

Gregory Maguire

456 pages • paperback • 1995 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark slow-paced

Wicked: Volume One in the Wicked Years

The Wicked Years #1

Gregory Maguire

456 pages • paperback • 1995

fiction fantasy adventurous dark slow-paced

Nineteen Minutes
Jodi Picoult

457 pages • hardcover • 2007 (editions)

fiction contemporary dark emotional sad medium-paced

Nineteen Minutes

Jodi Picoult

457 pages • hardcover • 2007

fiction contemporary dark emotional sad medium-paced

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Half of a Yellow Sun
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

543 pages • paperback • 2006 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

Half of a Yellow Sun

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

543 pages • paperback • 2006

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane Gay

Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
Roxane Gay with Lyz Lenz (Contributor), Miriam Zoila Pérez (Contributor), Elissa Bassist (Contributor), Jill Christman (Contributor), V.L. Seek (Contributor), Lynn Melnick (Contributor), Meredith Talusan (Contributor), So Mayer (Contributor), Vanessa Mártir (Contributor), Nora Salem (Contributor), Zoë Medeiros (Contributor), Aubrey Hirsch (Contributor), Sharisse Tracey (Contributor), Emma Smith-Stevens (Contributor), Stacey May Fowles (Contributor), AJ McKenna (Contributor), Lisa Mecham (Contributor), Michelle Chen (Contributor), xTx (Contributor), Samhita Mukhopadhyay (Contributor), Anthony Frame (Contributor), Claire Schwartz (Contributor), Amy Jo Burns (Contributor), Brandon Taylor (Contributor), Nicole Boyce (Contributor), Liz Rosema (Contributor), Elisabeth Fairfield Stokes (Contributor), Ally Sheedy (Contributor), Gabrielle Union (Contributor)

368 pages • paperback • 2018 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism memoir sociology challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture

Roxane Gay with Lyz Lenz (Contributor), Miriam Zoila Pérez (Contributor), Elissa Bassist (Contributor), Jill Christman (Contributor), V.L. Seek (Contributor), Lynn Melnick (Contributor), Meredith Talusan (Contributor), So Mayer (Contributor), Vanessa Mártir (Contributor), Nora Salem (Contributor), Zoë Medeiros (Contributor), Aubrey Hirsch (Contributor), Sharisse Tracey (Contributor), Emma Smith-Stevens (Contributor), Stacey May Fowles (Contributor), AJ McKenna (Contributor), Lisa Mecham (Contributor), Michelle Chen (Contributor), xTx (Contributor), Samhita Mukhopadhyay (Contributor), Anthony Frame (Contributor), Claire Schwartz (Contributor), Amy Jo Burns (Contributor), Brandon Taylor (Contributor), Nicole Boyce (Contributor), Liz Rosema (Contributor), Elisabeth Fairfield Stokes (Contributor), Ally Sheedy (Contributor), Gabrielle Union (Contributor)

368 pages • paperback • 2018

nonfiction essays feminism memoir sociology challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston

448 pages • paperback • 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Red, White & Royal Blue

Casey McQuiston

448 pages • paperback • 2019

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

On the Road
Jack Kerouac

307 pages • paperback • 1957 (editions)

fiction classics literary adventurous reflective medium-paced

On the Road

Jack Kerouac

307 pages • paperback • 1957

fiction classics literary adventurous reflective medium-paced

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