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The Authors Guild Banned Books Club

The Authors Guild Banned Books Club is a free virtual book club on the Fable social reading app. Each month, the Banned Books Club presents a different work of fiction or nonfiction recently barred in one or more U.S. school districts or states.

Readers can log on to Fable anytime throughout the month to access the moderated book discussion as well as valuable resources to help you get the most out of your reading experience. You can also access the commentary and resources for any of the past selections.

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2024–25 Banned Books Club Selections

TitleAuthor
Go Tell It on the MountainJames Baldwin
The GiverLois Lowry
Hood FeminismMikki Kendall
Looking for AlaskaJohn Green
The 1619 ProjectNikole Hannah-Jones
In The Dream HouseCarmen Maria Machado
Long DivisionKiese Laymon
Oryx and CrakeMargaret Atwood
Sister OutsiderAudre Lorde
PushSapphire
My Sister’s KeeperJodi Picoult
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and YouJason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi

2022–23 Banned Books Club Selections

Book discussions from the first year of the Banned Books Club are still available to read in the Fable app.

TitleAuthor
Two Boys KissingDavid Levithan
SpeakLaurie Halse Anderson
Red at the BoneJacqueline Woodson
Lawn BoyJonathan Evison
All American BoysJason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee (led by Sungjoo Yoon)
CrankEllen Hopkins
CasteIsabel Wilkerson
The Girl Who Fell from the SkyHeidi W. Durrow
Out of DarknessAshley Hope Pérez
The Bluest EyeToni Morrison (led by Lydia R. Diamond)

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Our Stop Book Bans Toolkit provides templates and details on how to contact your local school board, write to your state lawmakers, or submit a letter to the editor to your local newspaper or radio station.

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