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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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The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

496 pages • hardcover • 1939

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Democracy by Alecos Papadatos, Annie Di Donna, Abraham Kawa

Democracy

Alecos Papadatos, Annie Di Donna, Abraham Kawa

240 pages • paperback • 2015

nonfiction comics history challenging emotional informative slow-paced
50 Women Artists You Should Know by Christiane Weidemann

50 Women Artists You Should Know

Christiane Weidemann

160 pages • paperback • 2008

nonfiction art feminism challenging informative slow-paced
50 Artists You Should Know by Thomas Köster

50 Artists You Should Know

50 You Should Know

Thomas Köster

171 pages • paperback

nonfiction art history reference informative medium-paced
Wicked by Gregory Maguire

Wicked

The Wicked Years #1

Gregory Maguire

479 pages • hardcover • 1995

fiction fantasy adventurous dark slow-paced
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Water for Elephants

Sara Gruen

350 pages • paperback • 2006

fiction historical literary romance adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky

232 pages • paperback • 1999

fiction contemporary young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

275 pages • paperback • 1969

fiction classics historical literary science fiction dark funny reflective medium-paced
This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson

This Book Is Gay

Juno Dawson

272 pages • paperback • 2014

nonfiction lgbtqia+ self help funny informative medium-paced
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

Nineteen Minutes

Jodi Picoult

457 pages • hardcover • 2007

fiction contemporary dark emotional sad medium-paced