It would be a shame to encourage folks to use banned book lists to do strange things like
-check them out regularly at the library
-request the library order them if they don’t have them
-buy them
-start or support banned book clubs
-organize a banned book kids story time
A real shame
-check them out regularly at the library
-request the library order them if they don’t have them
-buy them
-start or support banned book clubs
-organize a banned book kids story time
A real shame
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Damn shame.
Banned book lists are the best reading lists! The best novels, the best social commentary, the best real life stories!
TIA
https://bannedbooksweek.org/
Be a shame if people bought them up in heaps and read whatever the heck they wanted without someone telling them they can't.
I lived in a Middle Eastern country for many years, where even the kids school books ( maths) were censored.
https://discover.bklynlibrary.org/?booklist=660189
https://pen.org/banned-books-list-2025/
https://www.bpl.org/books-unbanned/
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18qUDRv5y2/
https://bookwormreads.co/bookclub/1131/Banned-Book-Club!
(This is my current strategy)
I do it, too.
Banned Books have away of becoming Subversive. Think of your own Bible Bashers importing Bibles into Russia China Islamic Countries.
How that went
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Don’t just read 1984 and Handmaid’s Tale; read books like Color of Law and Not All Boys Are Blue 🖤
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"Here, they don't want you read this Holocaust allegory comic, or this book with an LGBT couple. Here's a sample. There's more at the bookstore."
Fiction and none fiction
They are gone now sadly but I thank them for bringing me up on a diet of altruism and compassion for humanity .
https://www.bannedbooksbookclub.com/library
https://authorsguild.org/banned-books-club/
Actually, I have a number of banned books on my shelves already. No one but no one will tell me to not be inquisitive or search for knowledge.
Book bans revoke accessibility, discourage publishers from publishing this content in the future, etc.
https://pen.org/book-bans-frequently-asked-questions/
I happen to have one of those and plan to go banned book shopping soon.