The starting wishlist includes 40-50 of the most commonly challenged, restricted, and banned books in the United States in the past few years. I’ve focused on books that will be of interest to kids and teens, since they’re the ones who will have the most difficulty accessing banned books.

Each volunteer can also ask for any books banned in their area that are not on the starting list.

• My Shadow Is Purple by Scott Stuart
• My Shadow Is Pink by Scott Stuart
• Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
• It’s Perfectly Normal by Margot Robie
• What Are My Rights?: Q&A about Teens and the Law (Fourth Edition, Revised) by Thomas A. Jacobs
• Sex Is a Funny Word: A Book about Bodies, Feelings, and You by Cory Silverberg and Fiona Smyth
• The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
• The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Renée Watson, et al.
• The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by The New York Times Magazine, Caitlin Roper, et al.
• The Complete Maus: A Survivor’s Tale by Art Spiegelman
• Maus II: A Survivor’s Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman
• The Little Rock Nine: A Primary Source Exploration of the Battle for School Integration by Brian Krumm
• Let’s Talk about It: The Teen’s Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human (a Graphic Novel) by Matthew Nolan and Erika Moen
• A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
• Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff
• Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
• All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto by George M. Johnson
• Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez
• Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas and Amandla Stenberg
• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
• This Book Is Gay (Revised) by Juno Dawson and David Levithan
• What’s the T?: The Guide to All Things Trans And/Or Nonbinary by Juno Dawson
• Melissa (Previously Published as George) by Alex Gino
• Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin
• Flamer by Mike Curato
• Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts) by L. C. Rosen
• The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
• The Handmaid’s Tale (Graphic Novel) by Margaret Atwood, Renee Nault, et al.
• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
• The Breakaways by Cathy G. Johnson
• All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
• Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
• The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater
• Dear Martin by Nic Stone
• Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings
• Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher
• I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel, Jazz Jennings, et al.
• How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
• Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-Winning Stamped from the Beginning by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
• And Tango Makes Three by Peter Parnell, Justin Richardson, et al.