To everyone in red states where book bans are likely to take place soon, here’s some lists for you <3
As a history student going into library science, people way under hype how crazy book banning is
Multiple lists of books already banned in schools/libraries or ones that likely will be:
Banned Books Week 2024: 100 of the Most Challenged Books
Colorado Banned Book List
The Complete List of Banned & Challenged Books by State
Banned Books from the University of Pennsylvia Online Books Page
Top 10 Most Challenged Books in 2023
PEN America Index Of School Book Bans – 2023-2024
Challenged and Banned Books
Places to order books other than Amazon:
Libby (free with library card)
Places to support that fight against book banning:
American Library Association
Unite Against Banned Books
National Coalition Against Censorship
There’s a reason politicians fight so hard to limit knowledge and it should scare you.
Some recs below based on reviews I’ve seen
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sing by Maya Angelou
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson
Looking for Alaska by John Green
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
All Boys Aren't Blue by George Matthew Johnson
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds
And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Let's Talk About It: The Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human by Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan
Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
This Day in June by Gayle E. Pitman
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds
Sex is a Funny Word by Cory Silverberg
Prince & Knight by Daniel Haack
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Drama by Raina Telgemeier
This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
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