Banned Book Challenge

15 participants (58 books)

01 Jan 202531 Dec 2025

Overview

Support marginalized voices by reading at least 1 banned book each month 2025! 

Books are often banned due to sexual content, violence, or racism. However, books by BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ authors and with similar characters are banned at a much higher rate than their cis/het/white counterparts. 

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Challenge Books

All books added

141 pages paperback 1958

nonfiction history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced

305 pages digital 2017

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ race true crime young adult challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

275 pages paperback 1969

fiction classics historical literary science fiction dark funny reflective medium-paced

305 pages hardcover 2023

fiction lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

19 hours, 42 minutes audio 1995

fiction fantasy adventurous dark slow-paced

272 pages paperback 2020

fiction lgbtqia+ middle grade emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

389 pages paperback 2003

fiction dystopian speculative fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

268 pages hardcover 2006

fiction contemporary poetry young adult emotional fast-paced

336 pages paperback 1851

fiction classics historical dark emotional sad slow-paced

317 pages digital 1969

nonfiction autobiography classics emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced