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

Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina García

Dreaming in Cuban
Cristina García

256 pages • paperback • 1992 • 17 editions

fiction historical magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction historical magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced

Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina García

Dreaming in Cuban

Cristina García

256 pages • 1992 • 17 editions

fiction historical magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction historical magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Jonathan Safran Foer

368 pages • paperback • 2005 • 84 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Jonathan Safran Foer

368 pages • 2005 • 84 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison

Lawn Boy
Jonathan Evison

312 pages • hardcover • 2018 • 11 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison

Lawn Boy

Jonathan Evison

312 pages • 2018 • 11 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America
Barbara Ehrenreich

240 pages • paperback • 2001 • 37 editions

nonfiction economics politics sociology informative reflective medium-paced

nonfiction economics politics sociology informative reflective medium-paced

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America

Barbara Ehrenreich

240 pages • 2001 • 37 editions

nonfiction economics politics sociology informative reflective medium-paced

nonfiction economics politics sociology informative reflective medium-paced

This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson

This Book Is Gay
Juno Dawson with Christopher Solimene (Narrator)

6h 47m • audio • 2014 • 45 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ self help funny informative medium-paced

nonfiction lgbtqia+ self help funny informative medium-paced

This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson

This Book Is Gay

Juno Dawson with Christopher Solimene (Narrator)

6h 47m • 2014 • 45 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ self help funny informative medium-paced

nonfiction lgbtqia+ self help funny informative medium-paced

The Kingdom of Little Wounds by Susann Cokal

The Kingdom of Little Wounds
Susann Cokal

554 pages • hardcover • 2013 • 12 editions

fiction fantasy historical young adult dark mysterious slow-paced

fiction fantasy historical young adult dark mysterious slow-paced

The Kingdom of Little Wounds by Susann Cokal

The Kingdom of Little Wounds

554 pages • 2013 • 12 editions

fiction fantasy historical young adult dark mysterious slow-paced

fiction fantasy historical young adult dark mysterious slow-paced

Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology by Amy Sonnie

Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology
Amy Sonnie with Colleen K. Donovan, Tim Arevalo, Alix Lindsey Olson, Mollie Biewald, Uchechi Kalu, Bree Zuckerman, Anna Mills, Jerome C. Boyce, Meliza Banales, Qwo-Li Driskill, Kohei Ishihara, Ryan Pesigan Reyes, Liz Gaden, Matt Wiedenheft, Antigona, Katherine Heather Grobman, Alegria Sonata Barclay, Ryn Gluckman, Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán, Emil Keliane, Siobhan Brooks, T. Rowan, Kevin Rolfe, Chris Cotrina, Dana Nicole Robinson, Ariana Banias, Gina de Vries, Sara Frog Davidson, Sherisse Alvarez, Rachel Josloff, Andromeda, Attar of Nishapur, Shane Luitjens, Thea Gahr, Cecilia Isaacs-Blundin, Lisa Lusero, Nzinga Akili, Dani Frances Montgomery, Mario Anthony Balcita, S. Asher Hanley, John Frazier, Margot Kelley Rodriguez, Daryl Vocat, Maria Poblet, Beth Ann Dowler, Meicha, Gloria Ng, Jason Roe, De Anne Lyn Smith

259 pages • paperback • 2000 • 2 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective medium-paced

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective medium-paced

Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology by Amy Sonnie

Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology

Amy Sonnie with Colleen K. Donovan, Tim Arevalo, Alix Lindsey Olson, Mollie Biewald, Uchechi Kalu, Bree Zuckerman, Anna Mills, Jerome C. Boyce, Meliza Banales, Qwo-Li Driskill, Kohei Ishihara, Ryan Pesigan Reyes, Liz Gaden, Matt Wiedenheft, Antigona, Katherine Heather Grobman, Alegria Sonata Barclay, Ryn Gluckman, Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán, Emil Keliane, Siobhan Brooks, T. Rowan, Kevin Rolfe, Chris Cotrina, Dana Nicole Robinson, Ariana Banias, Gina de Vries, Sara Frog Davidson, Sherisse Alvarez, Rachel Josloff, Andromeda, Attar of Nishapur, Shane Luitjens, Thea Gahr, Cecilia Isaacs-Blundin, Lisa Lusero, Nzinga Akili, Dani Frances Montgomery, Mario Anthony Balcita, S. Asher Hanley, John Frazier, Margot Kelley Rodriguez, Daryl Vocat, Maria Poblet, Beth Ann Dowler, Meicha, Gloria Ng, Jason Roe, De Anne Lyn Smith

259 pages • 2000 • 2 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective medium-paced

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective medium-paced

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky with Noah Galvin (Narrator)

6h 18m • audio • 1999 • 210 editions

fiction contemporary young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky with Noah Galvin (Narrator)

6h 18m • 1999 • 210 editions

fiction contemporary young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story about Racial Injustice by Ann Hazzard, Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins

Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story about Racial Injustice
Ann Hazzard, Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins

40 pages • hardcover • 2018 • 4 editions

nonfiction childrens race challenging informative reflective slow-paced

nonfiction childrens race challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story about Racial Injustice by Ann Hazzard, Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins

Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story about Racial Injustice

Ann Hazzard, Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins

40 pages • 2018 • 4 editions

nonfiction childrens race challenging informative reflective slow-paced

nonfiction childrens race challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Alison Bechdel

232 pages • paperback • 2006 • 70 editions

nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced

nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

232 pages • 2006 • 70 editions

nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced

nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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