Rebellious Readers Banned Books Challenge

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20 participants (45 books)

18 Mar 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

As books continue to be banned and challenged, and libraries, schools, and universities are at risk of losing funding, let's use our libraries and our library apps too check out books from the Banned and Challenged Book list.  One of the indexes can be found here: https://pen.org/book-bans/pen-america-index-of-school-book-bans-2023-2024/

Let's see how many we can get through for the rest of the year, and show our libraries how much we love and appreciate them. 

Challenge Books

All books added
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

The Memory Police

Yōko Ogawa

274 pages • 1994 • 94 editions

fiction dystopian literary dark reflective sad slow-paced
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

Timothy Snyder

1h 45m • 2017 • 87 editions

nonfiction history politics informative reflective fast-paced
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

The Exorcist #1

The Exorcist

William Peter Blatty

12h 53m • 1971 • 135 editions

fiction classics horror dark tense medium-paced
FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven

FantasticLand

Mike Bockoven

10h 1m • 2016 • 18 editions

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

The Joy Luck Club

Amy Tan

329 pages • 1989 • 137 editions

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

Red at the Bone

Jacqueline Woodson

196 pages • 2019 • 26 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

277 pages • 1951 • 330 editions

fiction classics literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter #2

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

J.K. Rowling

9h 24m • 1998 • 862 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Sherman Alexie

229 pages • 2006 • 55 editions

fiction contemporary young adult emotional funny reflective fast-paced
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

352 pages • 2010 • 25 editions

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced