The Texas Banned Book Challenge - hosted by library_dreamer

A book published before 1990
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The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

206 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

The Outsiders

S.E. Hinton

218 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

fiction classics contemporary young adult adventurous emotional sad fast-paced
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird #1

Harper Lee

12 hours, 17 minutes • first pub 1960 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood, Volume 3 by Kristin Luker

Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood, Volume 3

Kristin Luker

350 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction feminism politics sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Dracula by Bram Stoker

Dracula

Bram Stoker

497 pages • first pub 1897 (editions)

fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name: A Biomythography by Audre Lorde

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name: A Biomythography

Audre Lorde

272 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

nonfiction feminism lgbtqia+ memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

The Stranger Beside Me

Ann Rule

2 hours, 58 minutes • first pub 1980 (editions)

nonfiction biography true crime dark informative mysterious slow-paced
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

A Raisin in the Sun

Lorraine Hansberry

2 hours, 21 minutes • first pub 1959 (editions)

fiction classics play emotional reflective medium-paced
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Audre Lorde

190 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism lgbtqia+ sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced