when they ban books in schools, we un-ban them in the community

Across the United States, books are being banned from schools at an unprecedented rate. These bans are unfairly targeting authors and stories from diverse backgrounds, races, sexual orientations & gender identities. We’re not here for that.

The Unbanned Book Club is a movement made up of individuals determined to get banned and challenged books back into affected communities. We’re doing it during this summer break. And we’re doing it by mobilizing people like you and our partners.

JOIN THE MOVEMENT

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BUY A BOOK FROM OUR SUMMER READING LIST

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SUPPORT LITTLE FREE LIBRARY’S EFFORTS TO FIGHT BOOK BANS

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SPREAD THE WORD ON SOCIAL

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The summer reading lisT

The Unbanned Book Club Summer Reading List is a great way to get involved. Our curated list makes finding a banned or challenged book easy.

And 15% of the proceeds go to distributing banned and challenged books back into affected communities with our partners at Little Free Library.

That's a win-win for you and the community.

  • The Hate U Give

    By Angie Thomas

  • Invisible Man

    by Ralph Ellison

  • something happened In our town

    by Marianne Celanno & Marietta Collins

  • Lawn Boy

    By Jonathan Evison

  • The house on Mango St

    By Sandra Cisneros

  • Mexican White Boy

    By Matt de la Peña

  • Infinity Son

    By Adam Silvera

  • Felix Ever After

    By Kacen Callender

  • The Born on the Water

    By Nikole Hannah-Jones & Renée Watson

  • The Bluest Eye

    By Toni Morrison

  • Gender Queer

    By Maia Kobabe

  • I Am Jazz

    By Jessica Herthel & Jazz Jennings

  • When Aidan Became a Brother

    By Kyle Lukoff

  • Ghost Boys

    By Jewell Parker Rhodes

  • Front Desk

    By Kelly Yang

  • Persepolis

    By Marjane Satrapi

  • This day in june

    By Gayle E. Pitman

  • This Book is Gay

    By Juno Dawson

  • Love That Dog

    By Sharon Creech

  • Beyond Magenta

    By Susan Kuklin

  • Far From the Tree

    By Robin Benway

  • Bridge to Terabithia

    By Katherine Paterson

  • Melissa

    By Alex Gino

  • a Good Kind of Trouble

    By Lisa Moore Ramée

  • All American Boys

    By Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely

  • All Boys Aren't Blue

    By George M. Johnson

  • Dear Martin

    By Nic Stone

  • Monday's Not Coming

    By Tiffany D. Jackson

  • The Complete Maus

    By Art Spiegelman

  • New Kid

    By Jerry Craft

  • The Poet x

    By Elizabeth Acevedo

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Expanding book access for all is a core component of the Little Free Library mission.

Learn more about our efforts to combat the book bans impacting local communities across the U.S.

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Spread The word

Show your feed and the world where you stand with our social toolkit. Share the artwork on your social feed with the hashtags #UnbanBooks #UnbannedBookClub.

“One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

Sometimes “disobeying” looks a lot like reading a book.