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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

451 pages hardcover 2016

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced

295 pages hardcover 2012

fiction contemporary young adult emotional funny medium-paced

286 pages hardcover 2017

fiction contemporary young adult emotional reflective medium-paced

208 pages hardcover 2013

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

197 pages hardcover 1999

fiction contemporary young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced

229 pages hardcover 2006

fiction contemporary young adult emotional funny reflective fast-paced

391 pages hardcover 2009

fiction dystopian young adult adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

343 pages hardcover 2016

fiction fantasy middle grade play adventurous mysterious fast-paced

652 pages hardcover 2005

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

870 pages paperback 2003

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous dark emotional medium-paced