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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Black Boy by Richard Wright

Black Boy

Richard Wright

419 pages • paperback • 1945

nonfiction biography classics memoir challenging reflective slow-paced
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith

493 pages • paperback • 1943

fiction classics literary young adult emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

864 pages • paperback • 1878

fiction classics literary romance challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
A Time to Kill by John Grisham

A Time to Kill

Jake Brigance #1

John Grisham

519 pages • paperback • 1989

fiction crime mystery thriller dark emotional tense medium-paced
Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion by Gary Webb

Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion

Gary Webb

601 pages • digital • 1998

nonfiction history politics true crime informative slow-paced
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Catch-22

Catch-22 #1

Joseph Heller

453 pages • paperback • 1961

fiction classics historical literary dark funny slow-paced
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

All the Bright Places

Jennifer Niven

400 pages • hardcover • 2015

fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional sad medium-paced
A Terrible Mistake: The Murder of Frank Olson and the CIA's Secret Cold War Experiments by H.P. Albarelli Jr.

A Terrible Mistake: The Murder of Frank Olson and the CIA's Secret Cold War Experiments

H.P. Albarelli Jr.

912 pages • hardcover

nonfiction history politics slow-paced
Crank by Ellen Hopkins

Crank

Crank #1

Ellen Hopkins

537 pages • paperback • 2004

fiction contemporary poetry young adult dark emotional sad fast-paced
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

A Prayer for Owen Meany

John Irving

637 pages • paperback • 1989

fiction literary emotional reflective slow-paced