Read "Banned Books"

emberreece Host

11 participants (34 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Books should never be banned, yet here we are.
To complete this, read those banned books! Libraries and the internet can sometimes be your best and only source, but find a copy.
They can be banned from any country, for any reason. Fiction and nonfiction both count.
Bonus points if it is banned from multiple countries for different reasons. (1984 by George Orwell is an example).

Challenge Books

All books added
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

371 pages • 2003 • 297 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland / Through The Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland #1-2

Alice's Adventures In Wonderland / Through The Looking Glass

Lewis Carroll

240 pages • 1871 • 865 editions

fiction classics fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Front Desk by Kelly Yang

Front Desk #1

Front Desk

Kelly Yang

291 pages • 2018 • 22 editions

fiction middle grade emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe #1

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

359 pages • 2012 • 113 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale #2

The Testaments

Margaret Atwood

419 pages • 2019 • 127 editions

fiction contemporary dystopian literary dark tense medium-paced
Looking for Alaska by John Green

Looking for Alaska

John Green

234 pages • 2005 • 188 editions

fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional sad medium-paced
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

5h 4m • 1953 • 412 editions

fiction classics dystopian science fiction dark reflective tense medium-paced
Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson

Shout

Laurie Halse Anderson

3h 48m • 2019 • 12 editions

nonfiction memoir poetry challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

Before I Fall

Lauren Oliver

470 pages • 2010 • 84 editions

fiction contemporary young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

All Boys Aren't Blue

George M. Johnson

5h 12m • 2020 • 17 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir race emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced