Read Banned Books!

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42 participants (145 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read at least one book a month that has been banned somewhere in the United States. For ideas of books check out this banned book index https://pen.org/book-bans/pen-america-index-of-school-book-bans-2023-2024/.

Challenge Books

All books added
Lgbtq Rights and Activism by Stephen Currie

Lgbtq Issues

Lgbtq Rights and Activism

Stephen Currie

80 pages • 1 edition

nonfiction autobiography biography lgbtqia+ young adult
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

Go Tell It on the Mountain

James Baldwin

272 pages • 1953 • 82 editions

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

One Last Stop

Casey McQuiston

432 pages • 2021 • 82 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ magical realism romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Animal Farm by George Orwell

Animal Farm

George Orwell

152 pages • 1945 • 965 editions

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective fast-paced
Normal People by Sally Rooney

Normal People

Sally Rooney

287 pages • 2018 • 211 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

The Things They Carried

Tim O'Brien

246 pages • 1990 • 44 editions

fiction historical short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

268 pages • 1932 • 459 editions

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark reflective medium-paced
1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell

304 pages • 1949 • 1.2k editions

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird #1

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

323 pages • 1960 • 417 editions

fiction classics historical literary young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez

Out of Darkness

Ashley Hope Pérez

402 pages • 2015 • 10 editions

fiction historical young adult emotional reflective sad slow-paced