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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).

Read "Banned Books"

emberreece Host

11 participants (34 books)

STARTS: 01 Jan 2025ENDS: 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

Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

Gender Queer
Maia Kobabe with Phoebe Kobabe (Narrator), Stephen Graybill (Narrator), Maia Kobabe (Narrator), Trini Alvarado (Narrator), Jeremy Carlisle Parker (Narrator)

1h 58m • audio • 2019 • 27 editions

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

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

Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

Gender Queer

Maia Kobabe with Phoebe Kobabe (Narrator), Stephen Graybill (Narrator), Maia Kobabe (Narrator), Trini Alvarado (Narrator), Jeremy Carlisle Parker (Narrator)

1h 58m • 2019 • 27 editions

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

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

El Deafo by Cece Bell

El Deafo
Cece Bell with Nicky Endres (Narrator), Matt Godfrey (Narrator), Fred Berman (Narrator), Bailey Carr (Narrator), Lexi Finigan (Narrator), Sanya Simmons (Narrator), Jennifer Aquino (Narrator), Sarah Tubert (Narrator), Avi Roque (Narrator)

2h 32m • audio • 2014 • 17 editions

nonfiction graphic novel memoir middle grade funny hopeful informative fast-paced

nonfiction graphic novel memoir middle grade funny hopeful informative fast-paced

El Deafo by Cece Bell

El Deafo

Cece Bell with Nicky Endres (Narrator), Matt Godfrey (Narrator), Fred Berman (Narrator), Bailey Carr (Narrator), Lexi Finigan (Narrator), Sanya Simmons (Narrator), Jennifer Aquino (Narrator), Sarah Tubert (Narrator), Avi Roque (Narrator)

2h 32m • 2014 • 17 editions

nonfiction graphic novel memoir middle grade funny hopeful informative fast-paced

nonfiction graphic novel memoir middle grade funny hopeful informative fast-paced

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison

240 pages • paperback • 1970 • 118 editions

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

240 pages • 1970 • 118 editions

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou's Autobiography #1

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou

289 pages • paperback • 1969 • 126 editions

nonfiction autobiography classics emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

nonfiction autobiography classics emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou's Autobiography #1

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

289 pages • 1969 • 126 editions

nonfiction autobiography classics emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

nonfiction autobiography classics emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis #1-2

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Marjane Satrapi with Mattias Ripa (Translator), Blake Ferriss (Translator)

160 pages • paperback • 2000 • 44 editions

nonfiction graphic novel historical memoir emotional informative sad fast-paced

nonfiction graphic novel historical memoir emotional informative sad fast-paced

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis #1-2

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

Marjane Satrapi with Mattias Ripa (Translator), Blake Ferriss (Translator)

160 pages • 2000 • 44 editions

nonfiction graphic novel historical memoir emotional informative sad fast-paced

nonfiction graphic novel historical memoir emotional informative sad fast-paced

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Mikki Kendall

287 pages • hardcover • 2020 • 21 editions

nonfiction feminism politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced

nonfiction feminism politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

287 pages • 2020 • 21 editions

nonfiction feminism politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced

nonfiction feminism politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

Charlotte's Web
E.B. White with Meryl Streep (Narrator)

4h 2m • audio • 1952 • 135 editions

fiction childrens classics emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

fiction childrens classics emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

Charlotte's Web

E.B. White with Meryl Streep (Narrator)

4h 2m • 1952 • 135 editions

fiction childrens classics emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

fiction childrens classics emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia

We Set the Dark on Fire #1

We Set the Dark on Fire
Tehlor Kay Mejia

384 pages • digital • 2019 • 15 editions

fiction dystopian fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

fiction dystopian fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia

We Set the Dark on Fire #1

We Set the Dark on Fire

Tehlor Kay Mejia

384 pages • 2019 • 15 editions

fiction dystopian fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

fiction dystopian fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Revised Edition) by Jesse Andrews

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Revised Edition)
Jesse Andrews

304 pages • paperback • 2012 • 60 editions

fiction contemporary young adult emotional funny medium-paced

fiction contemporary young adult emotional funny medium-paced

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Revised Edition) by Jesse Andrews

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Revised Edition)

304 pages • 2012 • 60 editions

fiction contemporary young adult emotional funny medium-paced

fiction contemporary young adult emotional funny medium-paced

And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell

And Tango Makes Three
Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell with Neil Patrick Harris (Narrator)

8m • audio • 2005 • 14 editions

nonfiction childrens lgbtqia+ hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

nonfiction childrens lgbtqia+ hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell

And Tango Makes Three

Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell with Neil Patrick Harris (Narrator)

8m • 2005 • 14 editions

nonfiction childrens lgbtqia+ hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

nonfiction childrens lgbtqia+ hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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