2025 Build Your Library Reading Challenge "Read Banned Books" - hosted by bburkard

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The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende

The Wind Knows My Name

Isabel Allende

260 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
American Street by Ibi Zoboi

American Street

Ibi Zoboi

324 pages • hardcover • 2017

fiction young adult emotional sad medium-paced
Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas

Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen

Jose Antonio Vargas

256 pages • digital • 2018

nonfiction history memoir politics challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea

The Devil's Highway

Luis Alberto Urrea

239 pages • paperback • 2004

nonfiction history politics dark informative sad medium-paced
Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez

Out of Darkness

Ashley Hope Pérez

402 pages • hardcover • 2015

fiction historical young adult emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Homeseeking by Karissa Chen

Homeseeking

Karissa Chen

17 hours, 13 minutes • audio • 2025

fiction historical literary romance emotional sad medium-paced
The Elephant in the Room by Holly Goldberg Sloan

The Elephant in the Room

Holly Goldberg Sloan

4 hours, 46 minutes • audio • 2021 user-added

fiction middle grade emotional reflective medium-paced
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

The Joy Luck Club

Amy Tan

329 pages • paperback • 1989

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir by Malaka Gharib

I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir

Malaka Gharib

160 pages • paperback • 2019

nonfiction graphic novel memoir emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card by Sara Saedi

Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card

Sara Saedi

288 pages • digital • 2018

nonfiction memoir young adult emotional funny reflective medium-paced