Recs if you like The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian...

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.

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

Banned books are books that have been prohibited or had its free access restricted by an authority—the government, school system or religious group—because they object to its content, ideas or themes. Banning a book is a form of censorship. The list is bound to not contain everything since the number is astronomical but feel free to suggest :]

books from all US states and territories. asking for recommendations! these books must a) be written by an author with a strong connection to the state or territory and b) take place largely in the state or territory. i want to try to prioritize, whenever possible, underrepresented voices / voices that america’s regime tries to silence.

please lmk if any of these authors or texts aren’t good representation.

i will comment a list with each state/territory + its associated book!

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

Fiction Stories based on Indigenous/American Indian/Native American culture.

"Turn me over, I'm done on this side!" —St. Lawrence, whilst roasting on a spit

Gallows humor, black comedy, l'humour noir — whatever you call it, this is the place for it. This list includes André Breton's seminal anthology of dark humor, a number of the works excerpted in this anthology, and beyond. You can find a link to the complete contents of Breton's anthology in the comments.

Want more weird humor? Check out my list Nitpicky Neuroticism (Comedy Edition)!

Fiction with LGBTQ characters or themes, published for teens between 1990 and 2009.

Unfortunately here in the US, a lot of books are banned in schools for ridiculous reasons. Here are just a few of them.

List of banned books from index

I'm making a list of authors, the problematic information is very public and easy to find. This list is to inform anyone that doesn't know. The authors are horrible people and I never separated the art from the artist!

Never-ending list that just keeps on growing

Native American/Indigenous classic literature from across Turtle Island🐢🪶

#LANDBACK

so far I’ve tried to stick to works published pre-2020 for the purposes of this list

shoutout to r/IndianCountry for recs

disclaimer: I am not Indigenous myself, just someone who went looking for a list like this and found a gap. I have found the books for this list on Indigenous-run sites and online spaces, including related lists on pb.

Always open to recommendations!

Qwordy's Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do 3.0 8 Word Titles Prompt You must find TEN titles total with the total number words in the title going from one all the way through ten. I'll break these lists down into the total number of words in the title to make planning easier. This is an on going list and always open for recommendations

fiction books that primarily take place in the pnw

This is a list of books for the Read The States Challenge. Read any on each of the state lists and be awarded the pride of knowing you have read all across the US!

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)

Humor and comedy across genres. Funny books that will make you laugh until you genuinely feel better about life.

For those books that makes me think about community