Libro.fm's 2023 Audiobook Challenge - hosted by sallysimply

Listen to a banned book.
Check out frequently banned and challenged audiobooks, the majority of which are by or about BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ persons. Want to learn more? Take a listen to our podcast episode with Traci Thomas, host of The Stacks Podcast, Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy, Nicole Lintemuth, owner of Bettie’s Pages bookstore, and Martha Hickson, a high school librarian in Annandale, NJ.
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And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell

And Tango Makes Three

Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell

32 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction childrens lgbtqia+ hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Red, White & Royal Blue

Casey McQuiston

408 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds

4 hours, 11 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race young adult challenging informative reflective fast-paced
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

If Beale Street Could Talk

James Baldwin

7 hours, 7 minutes • first pub 1974 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance emotional medium-paced
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Thorns and Roses

A Court of Thorns and Roses #1

Sarah J. Maas

16 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark medium-paced
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

Erika L. Sánchez

9 hours, 41 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

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

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

251 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian science fiction dark reflective medium-paced
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

128 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

Nikole Hannah-Jones

18 hours, 57 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays history poetry politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

The Golden Compass

His Dark Materials #1

Philip Pullman

11 hours, 43 minutes • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious medium-paced