Book Riot’s Read Harder 2023 - hosted by gibsonwellness

Read a book that’s been challenged recently in your school district/library OR read one of the most-challenged/banned books of the year by a queer and/or BIPOC author.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston

256 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Speak

Laurie Halse Anderson

200 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) by Hazel Jane Plante

Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian)

Hazel Jane Plante

188 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

Dashka Slater

320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ true crime young adult challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale #1

Margaret Atwood

479 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary speculative fiction dark reflective tense medium-paced
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

Felix Ever After

Kacen Callender

368 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
The Hate U Give
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Angie Thomas

The Hate U Give

The Hate U Give #1

Angie Thomas

513 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
My Brother's Husband: Volume 1 by Gengoroh Tagame

My Brother's Husband: Volume 1

My Brother's Husband / Otouto no Otto #1-2

Gengoroh Tagame

352 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ manga emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Sherman Alexie

229 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional funny reflective fast-paced
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

Gender Queer: A Memoir

Maia Kobabe

240 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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