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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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

Judy Blume

149 pages • hardcover • 1970

fiction classics middle grade funny lighthearted fast-paced
Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden

Annie on My Mind

Nancy Garden

234 pages • paperback • 1982

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful medium-paced
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

Angels and Demons

Robert Langdon #1

Dan Brown

620 pages • digital • 2000

fiction mystery thriller mysterious tense fast-paced
And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell

And Tango Makes Three

Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell

32 pages • hardcover • 2005

nonfiction childrens lgbtqia+ hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape by Peggy Orenstein

Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape

Peggy Orenstein

303 pages • hardcover • 2016

nonfiction feminism psychology sociology informative reflective medium-paced
Day of Deceit: The Truth about FDR and Pearl Harbor by Robert Stinnett

Day of Deceit: The Truth about FDR and Pearl Harbor

Truth about FDR and Pearl Harbor

Robert Stinnett

416 pages • paperback

nonfiction history politics
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser

An American Tragedy

Theodore Dreiser

859 pages • paperback • 1925

fiction classics crime literary dark reflective sad slow-paced
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

American Born Chinese

Gene Luen Yang

233 pages • paperback • 2006

fiction graphic novel young adult emotional funny reflective fast-paced
Exit Here. by Jason Myers

Exit Here.

Jason Myers

443 pages • paperback • 2007

fiction young adult emotional fast-paced
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

Brown Girl Dreaming

Jacqueline Woodson

352 pages • hardcover • 2014

nonfiction memoir middle grade poetry race emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced