Libro.fm’s 2024 Audiobook Listening Challenge - hosted by librofm

Listen to a banned book
Check out frequently banned and challenged audiobooks, the majority of which are by and/or about BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ persons. Want to learn more? Listen to our podcast episode with Kelly Jensen of Book Riot and Leah Johnson, author and owner of Loudmouth Books, in which we discussed combatting censorship, the importance of libraries, and much more.
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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
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

Felix Ever After

Kacen Callender

360 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon

240 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary mystery emotional medium-paced
Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur

Assata: An Autobiography

Assata Shakur

274 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Salt the Water by Candice Iloh

Salt the Water

Candice Iloh

2 hours, 52 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult challenging emotional sad fast-paced
I Am Malala by Christina Lamb, Malala Yousafzai

I Am Malala

Christina Lamb, Malala Yousafzai

9 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction feminism memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
There There by Tommy Orange

There There

Tommy Orange

8 hours • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Awakening by Kate Chopin

The Awakening

Kate Chopin

5 hours, 10 minutes • first pub 1899 (editions) user-added

fiction classics reflective slow-paced
Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson

Allegedly

Tiffany D. Jackson

387 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction mystery young adult dark emotional tense medium-paced
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