Banned Books Challenge

e715 Host

10 participants (53 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

This challenge is a goal to read 52 of the top 100 most banned books in Libraries. Part of the goal of this is to reflect upon why would these books be banned and should they be banned or not.

Banned Books Challenge

e715 Host

10 participants (53 books)

STARTS: 01 Jan 2025ENDS: 31 Dec 2025

Overview

This challenge is a goal to read 52 of the top 100 most banned books in Libraries. Part of the goal of this is to reflect upon why would these books be banned and should they be banned or not.

Challenge Books

All books added

Maus: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

Maus: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
Art Spiegelman

159 pages • hardcover • 1986 • 30 editions

nonfiction graphic novel history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced

nonfiction graphic novel history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced

Maus: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

Maus: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History

159 pages • 1986 • 30 editions

nonfiction graphic novel history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced

nonfiction graphic novel history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced

Front Desk by Kelly Yang

Front Desk
Kelly Yang

291 pages • hardcover • 2018 • 22 editions

fiction middle grade emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

fiction middle grade emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Front Desk by Kelly Yang

Front Desk

291 pages • 2018 • 22 editions

fiction middle grade emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

fiction middle grade emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan by Jeanette Winter

Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan
Jeanette Winter with Jeanette Winter (Illustrator)

40 pages • hardcover • 2009 • 3 editions

nonfiction childrens emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced

nonfiction childrens emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced

Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan by Jeanette Winter

Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan

Jeanette Winter with Jeanette Winter (Illustrator)

40 pages • 2009 • 3 editions

nonfiction childrens emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced

nonfiction childrens emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced

So Far from the Bamboo Grove by Yoko Kawashima Watkins

So Far from the Bamboo Grove #1

So Far from the Bamboo Grove
Yoko Kawashima Watkins

192 pages • paperback • 1986 • 5 editions

fiction historical young adult emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

fiction historical young adult emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

So Far from the Bamboo Grove by Yoko Kawashima Watkins

So Far from the Bamboo Grove #1

So Far from the Bamboo Grove

Yoko Kawashima Watkins

192 pages • 1986 • 5 editions

fiction historical young adult emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

fiction historical young adult emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls

288 pages • paperback • 2005 • 85 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls

288 pages • 2005 • 85 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Habibi by Craig Thompson

Habibi
Craig Thompson

655 pages • hardcover • 2011 • 18 editions

fiction fantasy graphic novel adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction fantasy graphic novel adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

Habibi by Craig Thompson

Habibi

655 pages • 2011 • 18 editions

fiction fantasy graphic novel adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction fantasy graphic novel adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas

The Hate U Give #1

The Hate You Give
Angie Thomas

453 pages • digital • 2017 • 143 editions

fiction contemporary young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas

The Hate U Give #1

The Hate You Give

453 pages • 2017 • 143 editions

fiction contemporary young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

Drama by Raina Telgemeier

Drama
Raina Telgemeier with Raina Telgemeier (Illustrator)

233 pages • paperback • 2012 • 19 editions

fiction contemporary graphic novel lgbtqia+ young adult lighthearted fast-paced

fiction contemporary graphic novel lgbtqia+ young adult lighthearted fast-paced

Drama by Raina Telgemeier

Drama

Raina Telgemeier with Raina Telgemeier (Illustrator)

233 pages • 2012 • 19 editions

fiction contemporary graphic novel lgbtqia+ young adult lighthearted fast-paced

fiction contemporary graphic novel lgbtqia+ young adult lighthearted fast-paced

This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki

This One Summer
Mariko Tamaki with Jillian Tamaki (Illustrator)

317 pages • hardcover • 2014 • 35 editions

fiction contemporary graphic novel young adult emotional reflective fast-paced

fiction contemporary graphic novel young adult emotional reflective fast-paced

This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki

This One Summer

Mariko Tamaki with Jillian Tamaki (Illustrator)

317 pages • 2014 • 35 editions

fiction contemporary graphic novel young adult emotional reflective fast-paced

fiction contemporary graphic novel young adult emotional reflective fast-paced

What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones

What My Mother Doesn't Know #1

What My Mother Doesn't Know
Sonya Sones

261 pages • paperback • 2001 • 29 editions

fiction poetry romance young adult adventurous emotional fast-paced

fiction poetry romance young adult adventurous emotional fast-paced

What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones

What My Mother Doesn't Know #1

What My Mother Doesn't Know

261 pages • 2001 • 29 editions

fiction poetry romance young adult adventurous emotional fast-paced

fiction poetry romance young adult adventurous emotional fast-paced

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