Banned Book Baddies

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67 participants (259 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read at least 1 banned book of the United States (or your countries) banned book list every two months (6 total). This challenge is an attempt for us to think critically about what our systems don’t WANT us to know. 

Challenge Books

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It's Perfectly Normal: A Book about Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health by Robie H. Harris

It's Perfectly Normal: A Book about Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health

Robie H. Harris

89 pages • paperback • 1994

nonfiction middle grade informative lighthearted medium-paced
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez

In the Time of the Butterflies

Julia Alvarez

324 pages • paperback • 1994

fiction classics historical emotional informative medium-paced
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak

In the Night Kitchen

Maurice Sendak

40 pages • paperback • 1970

fiction childrens adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss

If I Ran the Zoo

Dr. Seuss

64 pages • digital • 1950

fiction childrens adventurous funny lighthearted fast-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 • paperback • 1969

nonfiction autobiography classics emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan

I Know What You Did Last Summer

Lois Duncan

208 pages • paperback • 1973

fiction horror mystery young adult dark mysterious tense fast-paced
I Am The Cheese - 94060 by Robert Cormier

I Am The Cheese - 94060

Robert Cormier

233 pages • paperback • 1977

fiction classics mystery young adult mysterious medium-paced
Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg

Howl and Other Poems

Allen Ginsberg

56 pages • hardcover • 1956

fiction classics poetry emotional reflective fast-paced
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell

How to Eat Fried Worms

Billy Forrester #1

Thomas Rockwell

118 pages • paperback • 1973

fiction childrens young adult funny lighthearted medium-paced
How To Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran

How To Be a Woman

Caitlin Moran

313 pages • paperback • 2011

nonfiction feminism memoir funny inspiring reflective medium-paced