Rebellious Readers Banned Books Challenge

20 participants (45 books)

18 Mar 202531 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

432 pages2020 32 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ poetry young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced

240 pages2019 27 editions

nonfiction gender graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional informative reflective fast-paced

360 pages2020 38 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

384 pages1949 1.3k editions

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced

320 pages2017 14 editions

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ race true crime young adult challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

90 pages1945 978 editions

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective fast-paced

232 pages1999 210 editions

fiction contemporary young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced

289 pages2018 122 editions

fiction contemporary literary dark reflective slow-paced

309 pages1997 1.2k editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

344 pages2017 32 editions

fiction contemporary young adult emotional medium-paced