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

62 pages2012 18 editions

fiction horror short stories dark fast-paced

17h 36m1995 36 editions

user-added

nonfiction education history challenging informative reflective slow-paced

429 pages1982 98 editions

fiction historical dark emotional sad medium-paced

336 pages1960 426 editions

fiction classics historical literary young adult emotional reflective medium-paced

313 pages2020 17 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir race emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

444 pages2017 143 editions

fiction contemporary young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

382 pages2025 237 editions

fiction dystopian young adult dark emotional sad fast-paced

194 pages1953 412 editions

fiction classics dystopian science fiction dark reflective tense medium-paced

311 pages1985 398 editions

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced

448 pages2019 206 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced