Recs if you like Speak...

Books recommended by musician Lucy Dacus, a solo artist and member of the band boygenius. Pulled from her goodreads list.

in honor of disability pride month, here is a series on the colours of the flag! our second colour on the disability pride flag is blue, which represents psychiatric disabilities and mental illnesses. numerous examples of those include bipolar disorder, depression, general anxiety disorder, PTSD, PMDD, selective mutism, dissociative identity disorder, and many more. books within this list series will be both fiction and non-fiction literature. as always, feel free to recommend any books!

A collection of books that are banned or challenged. Dive into these controversial works and explore what has been pushed for you to not discover.

books with five letter titles to tuck away for our favourite word guessing game

This list highlights the influential books that have been banned, censored, or widely discouraged at various times and places due to their provocative ideas, controversial content, or challenges to authority. These stories preserve critical thinking, protect intellectual freedom, and remind us why questioning dominant narratives is essential now more than ever.

A list of Banned or Censored books (from around the world) that I want to read and form my own opinions about...

Fuck censorship! This is not in support of this group but to bring awareness of their actions. Started by Cierra Clarke of Twin Falls, Idaho Moms for Liberty has challenged more than 95 books in the districts collection, two of which have been removed. This is a list of the books challenged as of 2026.

YA novels with mental health representation.

Books that are banned/challenged most often in the United States, based on data from the American Library Association. Resist censorship 🛑

No specific theme here I've just found books over time. All books are under 300 pages and I hope you find something you enjoy!

a collection of recommendations from the Made for the Movies forum

Stories of girls and women learning to ask big questions, take up space, and become themselves...again and again.

the reading list of people struggling with their existence. it's mostly girls and women right now but id love more guys included

TRIGGER WARNING explorations of: friendship in the mental ward, eating disorders, suicidal ideation, depression, anxiety, asst. disorders, trauma, etc (SUBMISSIONS WANTED:PLS HELP ME FIND MORE)

i wanna make a series of videos examining this topic as someone that had a voracious appetite for fiction that made me feel seen in my hopelessness in my youth

^^ a walk down memory lane for anyone who might’ve been making collages from images found on photobucket and weheartit in the 2000s ^^

These are books that will help you expand your worldview and understand what people go through. Some books are fictional, diving into the questions of power, relationships, privilege, and struggle. Others are true stories, bearing witness to real events and experiences that happen world-wide. All of these books exemplify the importance of storytelling as a means to understanding each other and our world!

the 100 most frequently challenged/banned books in the US during the 2010s (for series, only the first book is listed)

(also: list is in reverse order because I added them in order from first to last)

Books that are banned or challenged in the US.

small books that have had a big impact on me over the years

Middle grade and YA novels whose main characters are artists. Recommendations are always welcome — the only requirement is that the main character must be some sort of artist (painters, writers, dancers, musicians, chefs, and more are all acceptable) and that their love of art must play a key role in the plot.

for those in middle school in the late ‘00s to early ‘10s