Several states are banning books in schools

Far-right elected officials ban books that inspire difficult conversations — including ones around racism, the LGBTQ+ community, and the Holocaust. We know, though, that these conversations are critical to societal progress and fixing systemic issues. Here’s a list of books under attack by the far-right:

• Black Girl Unlimited, Echo Brown
• All American Boys, Jason Reynolds and Brenden Kiely
• A People’s History of the United States, Howard Zinn 
• A Court of Mist and Fury, Sarah Maas 
• A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess 
• A Boy Called Bat, Elana K. Arnold 
• A Good Kind of Trouble, Lisa Moore Ramee
• A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry
• All Boys Aren’t Blue, George M. Johnson
• And Tango Makes Three, Justin Richardson
• Antiracist Baby, Ibram X. Kendi
• Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Benjamin Alire Saenz
• Last Night at the Telegraph Club, Malinda Lo
• Between Shades of Gray, Ruta Septeys 
• Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates 
• Blended, Sharon M. Draper 
• Born a Crime, Trevor Noah 
• Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
• Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Patterson
• Call Me By Your Name, Andre Aciman 
• New Kid, Jerry Craft
• Class Act, Jerry Craft
• Drama, Raina Telegemeier
• Dear Martin, Nic Stone
• Felix Ever After, Kacen Callendar
• Flight of the Puffin, Ann Braden
• Front Desk, Kelly Yang
• FUN HOME: A Family Tragicomic, Alison Bechdel
• Gender Queer: A Memoir, Maia Kobabe 
• Hair Love, Cherry, Matthew A. and Vashti Harrison
• Ghost Boys, Parker-Rhodes, Jewell
• They Both Die at the End, Adam Silvera
• Heavy, Kiese Laymon
• Hey Kiddo, Jarrett J. Krosoczka
• How to Be An Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi
• Woke Baby, Mahogany Brown
• Undefeated, Kwame Alexander 
• The Poet X, Elizabeth Acevedo 
• Something Happened in Our Town, Marianne Celano
• Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race, Jessica Ralli 
• Milk and Honey, Rupi Kaur  
• The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas 
• Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson 
• Shout, Laurie Halse Anderson 
• Beloved, Toni Morrison
• The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison
• Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck 
• Kid Activists, Robin Stevenson 
• On the Come Up, Angie Thomas 
• Infinity Son, Adam Silvera 
• History Is All You Left Me, Adam Silvera 
• Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Alvin Schwartz 
• Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Jesse Andrews 
• Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds
• George (Melissa), Alex Gino
• Maus, Art Spiegelman
• Monster A Graphic Novel, Walter Dean Myers
• Anne Frank: Diary of A Young Girl, Anne Frank
• Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag, Rob Sanderson
• Prince & Knight, Daniel Haack
• Ordinary Hazards, Nikki Grimes, 
• Out of Darkness, Ashley Hope Perez
• Separate is Never Equal, Duncan Tonatiuh 
• When Aidan Became a Brother, Kyle Lukoff
• The Glass Castle, Jeanette Wall
• This One Summer, Mariko and Jillian Tamaki