Banned Books

callen97 Host

12 participants (42 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read 1 banned book a month.

Challenge Books

All books added
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved Trilogy #1

Beloved

Toni Morrison

275 pages • 1987 • 182 editions

fiction classics historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

All Boys Aren't Blue

George M. Johnson

313 pages • 2020 • 15 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir race emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

211 pages • 1970 • 111 editions

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

180 pages • 1925 • 1.1k editions

fiction classics literary reflective medium-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
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
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou's Autobiography #1

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou

10h 12m • 1969 • 126 editions

nonfiction autobiography classics emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell

304 pages • 1949 • 1.2k editions

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
Dear Martin by Nic Stone

Dear Martin #1

Dear Martin

Nic Stone

210 pages • 2017 • 29 editions

fiction contemporary race young adult challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah

440 pages • 2015 • 139 editions

fiction historical emotional inspiring sad medium-paced