Banned Book Baddies

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66 participants (264 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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Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

126 pages • 1847

fiction classics historical poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

Blood Meridian

Cormac McCarthy

368 pages • paperback • 1985

fiction classics historical literary challenging dark tense slow-paced
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

As I Lay Dying

William Faulkner

248 pages • paperback • 1930

fiction classics literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Grandpa Cacao: A Tale of Chocolate, from Farm to Family by Elizabeth Zunon

Grandpa Cacao: A Tale of Chocolate, from Farm to Family

Elizabeth Zunon

40 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction emotional informative lighthearted medium-paced
Go Ask Alice (text only) 1st (First) edition by Anonymous by Anonymous
Go Ask Alice (text only) 1st (First) edition by Anonymous
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Anonymous

Go Ask Alice (text only) 1st (First) edition by Anonymous

Anonymous

missing page info • paperback • 1971

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe #1

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

359 pages • paperback • 2012

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
I Am Jazz by Jazz Jennings, Jessica Herthel

I Am Jazz

Jazz Jennings, Jessica Herthel

32 pages • hardcover • 2014

nonfiction childrens lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina García

Dreaming in Cuban

Cristina García

256 pages • paperback • 1992

fiction historical magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

268 pages • paperback • 1932

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Area 51: An uncensored history of America's top military base by Annie Jacobsen

Area 51: An uncensored history of America's top military base

Annie Jacobsen

592 pages • hardcover • 2011

nonfiction history science informative medium-paced