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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

177 pages paperback 1932

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark reflective medium-paced

288 pages digital 1951

fiction classics literary emotional reflective medium-paced

218 pages paperback 1967

fiction classics contemporary young adult adventurous emotional sad fast-paced

218 pages paperback 1996

fiction classics thriller dark tense fast-paced

320 pages paperback 1966

fiction classics literary science fiction emotional reflective sad medium-paced

211 pages paperback 1962

fiction fantasy middle grade science fiction adventurous mysterious medium-paced

328 pages hardcover 2012

fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional sad medium-paced

226 pages paperback 2003

fiction contemporary literary mystery emotional medium-paced

271 pages paperback 1982

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

288 pages paperback 2005

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced