A Book For Every Occasion - hosted by readinggingerbee

a banned book 🕸
book keywords for this prompt:
banned books are books or printed works such as essays or plays prohibited by law.
objecting to their content, ideas or themes.

suggestions:
  • the hate u give 
  • the kite runner
  • the handmaid's tale 
  • catcher in the rye
All books added
Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

225 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

fiction classics literary adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Beloved Trilogy #1

Toni Morrison

352 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

All Boys Aren't Blue

George M. Johnson

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir race young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

The Hate U Give

The Hate U Give #1

Angie Thomas

438 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

277 pages • first pub 1951 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

Kafka on the Shore

Haruki Murakami

467 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary magical realism adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
Somos las hormigas by Shaun David Hutchinson

Somos las hormigas

We Are the Ants #1

Shaun David Hutchinson

429 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult emotional slow-paced
The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Color Purple

The Color Purple Collection #1

Alice Walker

288 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

fiction classics historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou's Autobiography #1

Maya Angelou

289 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez

Out of Darkness

Ashley Hope Pérez

402 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction historical young adult emotional reflective sad slow-paced