Velshi Banned Book Club

1.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,284 ratings
2.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,689,164 ratings
3.
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story 4.61 avg rating — 23,216 ratings
4.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,318,941 ratings
5.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,565 ratings
6.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,641 ratings
7.
The Tempest
The Tempest 3.78 avg rating — 222,560 ratings
8.
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America 4.53 avg rating — 37,884 ratings
9.
How to Be an Antiracist
How to Be an Antiracist 4.37 avg rating — 118,330 ratings
10.
The Complete Maus
The Complete Maus 4.58 avg rating — 245,669 ratings
11.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,966 ratings
12.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating — 288,115 ratings
13.
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) 4.46 avg rating — 986,392 ratings
14.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet 3.74 avg rating — 2,767,761 ratings
15.
Bridge to Terabithia
Bridge to Terabithia 4.06 avg rating — 579,992 ratings
16.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,733,188 ratings
17.
All Boys Aren’t Blue
All Boys Aren’t Blue 4.19 avg rating — 44,457 ratings
18.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,291 ratings
19.
Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)
Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)
by: Nic Stone
4.33 avg rating — 84,057 ratings
20.
Brown Girl Dreaming
Brown Girl Dreaming 4.15 avg rating — 91,858 ratings
21.
New Kid (New Kid #1)
New Kid (New Kid #1) 4.15 avg rating — 60,077 ratings
22.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 224,936 ratings
23.
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones 4.33 avg rating — 1,190,661 ratings
24.
Speak
Speak 4.05 avg rating — 622,701 ratings
25.
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 3.65 avg rating — 194,440 ratings
25.
Nineteen Minutes
Nineteen Minutes 4.17 avg rating — 409,110 ratings
27.
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close 3.97 avg rating — 431,602 ratings
28.
The Satanic Verses
The Satanic Verses 3.71 avg rating — 70,303 ratings
29.
Crank (Crank, #1)
Crank (Crank, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 153,365 ratings
29.
I Am Rosa Parks (Penguin Young Readers, Level 4)
I Am Rosa Parks (Penguin Young Readers, Level 4) 4.03 avg rating — 306 ratings
31.
Fates and Furies
Fates and Furies 3.59 avg rating — 145,776 ratings
32.
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism 4.16 avg rating — 170,217 ratings
33.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 4.30 avg rating — 568,966 ratings
34.
How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 3.62 avg rating — 32,111 ratings
35.
They Called Us Enemy
They Called Us Enemy 4.42 avg rating — 50,176 ratings
36.
Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Novel
Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Novel 4.37 avg rating — 20,122 ratings
37.
Grey Bees
Grey Bees 4.06 avg rating — 7,833 ratings
38.
Lawn Boy
Lawn Boy 3.83 avg rating — 9,684 ratings
38.
The Fire Next Time
The Fire Next Time 4.55 avg rating — 115,155 ratings
40.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower 4.24 avg rating — 1,948,302 ratings
41.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,341 ratings
42.
Whale Talk
Whale Talk 3.97 avg rating — 11,336 ratings
43.
Dragonwings (Golden Mountain Chronicles, #5)
Dragonwings (Golden Mountain Chronicles, #5) 3.56 avg rating — 4,352 ratings
44.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,343 ratings
45.
And Tango Makes Three
And Tango Makes Three 4.35 avg rating — 13,837 ratings
46.
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle 4.32 avg rating — 1,325,673 ratings
47.
Uglies (Uglies, #1)
Uglies (Uglies, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 701,295 ratings
48.
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 4.01 avg rating — 885,838 ratings
49.
Melissa
Melissa
by: Alex Gino
4.09 avg rating — 47,338 ratings
50.
Out of Darkness
Out of Darkness 4.14 avg rating — 8,464 ratings
51.
Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family
Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family 3.62 avg rating — 21,380 ratings
52.
Give a Boy a Gun
Give a Boy a Gun 3.79 avg rating — 8,401 ratings
53.
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 663,139 ratings
54.
White Bird
White Bird 4.50 avg rating — 25,090 ratings
55.
The Friendship Code (Girls Who Code, #1)
The Friendship Code (Girls Who Code, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 817 ratings
56.
Ready or Not (All-American Girl, #2)
Ready or Not (All-American Girl, #2)
by: Meg Cabot
3.42 avg rating — 26,114 ratings
57.
Two Boys Kissing
Two Boys Kissing 4.07 avg rating — 48,445 ratings
58.
A Big Mooncake for Little Star
A Big Mooncake for Little Star
by: Grace Lin
4.20 avg rating — 3,900 ratings
59.
You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation
You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation 4.25 avg rating — 4,257 ratings
60.
This Book Is Gay
This Book Is Gay 3.76 avg rating — 12,448 ratings
61.
The Return of the Taliban: Afghanistan after the Americans Left
The Return of the Taliban: Afghanistan after the Americans Left 4.10 avg rating — 125 ratings
62.
The Best at It
The Best at It 4.14 avg rating — 2,621 ratings
63.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,904 ratings
64.
All the Rivers
All the Rivers 3.76 avg rating — 4,311 ratings
65.
Salvage the Bones
Salvage the Bones 3.96 avg rating — 71,443 ratings
66.
Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land
Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land 4.03 avg rating — 807 ratings
67.
All American Boys
All American Boys 4.29 avg rating — 49,115 ratings
68.
A Kids Book About Israel & Palestine
A Kids Book About Israel & Palestine 3.92 avg rating — 84 ratings
69.
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body 4.17 avg rating — 118,957 ratings
70.
Heavy: An American Memoir
Heavy: An American Memoir 4.47 avg rating — 43,662 ratings
71.
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried 4.14 avg rating — 337,478 ratings
72.
American Street
American Street
by: Ibi Zoboi
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 21,857 ratings
73.
The Fire Next Time
The Fire Next Time 4.55 avg rating — 115,155 ratings
74.
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
The Miseducation of Cameron Post 4.06 avg rating — 58,960 ratings
75.
The Last White Man
The Last White Man 3.43 avg rating — 19,539 ratings
76.
Far from the Tree
Far from the Tree 4.25 avg rating — 48,347 ratings
77.
Heroine
Heroine 4.28 avg rating — 13,097 ratings