A list I've been putting together as I come across more books that have an important message but could be banned. #humanequality
"A rat in a maze is free to go anywhere, as long as it is in the maze." - Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale
I remember reading this in junior high.
To Kill a Mockingbird
I actually hadn't heard of this one until recently.
The Bluest Eye
And all girls aren't pink 🖤💚
All Boys Aren't Blue
Who hasn't heard of this book?
Fahrenheit 451
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final most essential command." - George Orwell
Nineteen Eighty-Four
"All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others. " - George Orwell
Animal Farm
Imma be stealing books left and right if they start setting things on fire...
The Book Thief
Mental institutions genuinely scare me.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Ken Kesey
Did you even go to school if you haven't read this??
The Diary of a Young Girl
I just want a copy of this, it's one of my favorite stories 🖤
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
This isn't on any banned list, but I started this a couple of years ago and I feel it fits.
The Unincorporated Man
There's more to it then we were taught in history class.
A People's History of the United States
Since they trying to erase it...
Constitution of the United States - Senate.gov
I dont think they would like a book that critiques government control above the people.
A Clockwork Orange
I've heard about this book my entire life, must read.
A Wrinkle in Time
One of my favorite movies, I neeeed the book.
V for Vendetta
Why is there always someone pulling the dang strings?
The Giver
I've seen the movies too many times, now I need the extra book details.
The Hunger Games Book Series
The show was absolutely amazing! The books are probably a must read!
His Dark Materials
Stray golden Ponyboy 💖
The Outsiders (novel)
Offers a vivid portrayal of Afghanistan's culture and political landscape
The Kite Runner
Women have ALWAYS worked. And that's on fact.
Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years - amazon.com
What a wonderful question. And the answer of course: WOMEN
Who Cooked the Last Supper: Women's History
Another Orwell classic societal warning 👀
Animal Farm
In this coming-of-age love story, Claudine Henry is coping with her parents’ divorce and getting ready for college when she meets a local trail guide with a mysterious past.
Breathless by Jennifer Niven
McCormick tells the story of Lakshmi, a 13-year-old girl in Nepal who is sold into prostitution. “The powerful, poignant, bestselling National Book Award Finalist gives voice to a young girl robbed of her childhood yet determined to find the strength...
Sold: McCormick, Patricia
This National Book Award-winning novel is set in 1954, at the height of the Red Scare, when 17-year-old Lily Hu visits a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club.
Last Night at the Telegraph Club - Lo, Malinda
Sarah J. Maas, who skyrocketed to fame with the help of BookTok, was the third most frequently banned author of the 2024-25 school year, according to PEN America’s Index of School Book Bans. This follow-up to A Court of Thorns and Roses offers romanc... I am not a big supported of SJM, but she does write a good book.
A Court of Mist and Fury: Maas, Sarah J.: Books
This book that speaks directly to our current moment, contextualizing the systems of race and caste within which we operate today. It reveals long-glossed-over truths around our nation’s founding and construction—and the way that the legacy of slaver...
The 1619 Project by Nicole Hannah-Jones
The Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression, a book that galvanized—and sometimes outraged—millions of readers. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
The Grapes of Wrath: Steinbeck, John
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhoo...
