Read to RESIST

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23 participants (94 books)

05 Feb 2025—05 Dec 2025

Overview

Reading is resistance! 

Join me in opposition of oligarchy, fascism, censorship, and injustice. 

Let’s read what they don’t want us to read! Knowledge is power. 

I tried to curate a varied list of books to choose from, including banned books, but this is by no means an exhaustive list. Some of them I have read, but many I have not yet. 

Join me on my quest for more knowledge and follow along with my Read to RESIST Challenge!

Challenge Books

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Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup

Twelve Years a Slave

Solomon Northup

8 hours, 27 minutes • audio • 1853

nonfiction classics history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
Sunrise On The Reaping by Suzanne Collins

Sunrise On The Reaping

The Hunger Games #0.5

Suzanne Collins

12 hours, 48 minutes • audio • 2025

fiction dystopian young adult dark emotional sad fast-paced
The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control by Steven Hassan

The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control

Steven Hassan

315 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction politics psychology religion reflective medium-paced
Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere by Maria Bamford

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere

Maria Bamford

288 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction memoir emotional funny informative medium-paced
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

The Hunger Games #0

Suzanne Collins

16 hours, 16 minutes • audio • 2020

fiction dystopian young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

12 hours, 30 minutes • audio • 2010

nonfiction biography history science emotional informative medium-paced
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games #1

Suzanne Collins

10 hours, 35 minutes • audio • 2008

fiction dystopian young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Know My Name

Chanel Miller

15 hours, 24 minutes • audio • 2019

nonfiction feminism memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Babel by R.F. Kuang

Babel

R.F. Kuang

21 hours, 46 minutes • audio • 2022

fiction fantasy historical literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
The Women by Kristin Hannah

The Women

Kristin Hannah

14 hours, 56 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction historical challenging emotional sad medium-paced