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Banned Book Baddies

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66 participants (259 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read at least 1 banned book of the United States (or your countries) banned book list every two months (6 total). This challenge is an attempt for us to think critically about what our systems don’t WANT us to know. 

Challenge Books

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Ken Kesey

281 pages • 1962 • 190 editions

fiction classics literary dark emotional sad 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
On the Road by Jack Kerouac

On the Road

Jack Kerouac

307 pages • 1957 • 163 editions

fiction classics literary adventurous reflective medium-paced
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Silent Spring

Rachel Carson

400 pages • 1962 • 63 editions

nonfiction nature politics science informative reflective slow-paced
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

On the Origin of Species

Charles Darwin

616 pages • 1859 • 711 editions

nonfiction classics science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

103 pages • 1937 • 352 editions

fiction classics historical dark emotional sad fast-paced
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

182 pages • 1962 • 161 editions

fiction classics historical dark reflective sad slow-paced
On the Trail of the Assassins by Jim Garrison

On the Trail of the Assassins

Jim Garrison

407 pages • 1988 • 11 editions

nonfiction history politics true crime dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel García Márquez

Of Love and Other Demons

Gabriel García Márquez

147 pages • 1994 • 130 editions

fiction classics historical magical realism dark emotional reflective slow-paced
None dare call it treason by John A. Stormer

None dare call it treason

John A. Stormer

254 pages • 1964 • 3 editions

nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced