It’s banned books week! In celebration of the freedom to read whatever the hell you want, here is a list of some of my favorite banned books:
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Scary Stories (series) by Alvin Schwartz
Harry Potter (series) by J.K. Rowling
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
ALSO, you should totally go check out the YouTube channel for Banned Books Week, which has lots of cool videos from readers and banned authors (some of whom I mentioned above!) reading and talking about banned books!
Rose Read 