Recs if you like Banned Book Club...

A picture is worth a thousand words, and sometimes that applies to comic books. What could be more effective in learning the history of resistance than via comic books? Especially if you happen to have grown up hearing "comic books aren't REAL books." 🙄

“Censorship is telling a man he can’t have a steak just because a baby can’t chew it.” — Mark Twain

Fiction about book banning, censorship, and intellectual freedom. Bans off our books!!!

Looking for nonfiction? Check out my list The First Condition of Progress!

Graphic Novels of the YA and Adult variety

Books from survivors and experts about the US, activism, and authoritarianism in every stage. We learn from history and we get through this together.

Books about books, bookstores, libraries, and human nature. All genres and ages

I love YA. It can suck pretty bad when the books try to copy each other. But when some of those gems pop up...wowza! Who knew you could tell such a hard-hitting story without having to resort to 1,000 pages & sex?

girls and women being an active agent in their own story 🗡️

If you're missing THE NIB--the award-winning comics journalism magazine that closed in 2023--check out these books by contributors to the magazine and webcomic.