Celebrate Your Right to Read!

Underlined is committed to standing against censorship. This week, we’re highlighting some recently banned and challenged YA books in honor of Banned Books Week.

For more resources to support banned and challenged books, and to learn about more of these titles click here.

Here is a list of just some of the many classic and powerful YA books that have been challenged or banned:

Dear Martin

By Nic Stone

“Powerful, wrenching.” –JOHN GREEN, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down

“Raw and gripping.” –JASON REYNOLDS, New York Times bestselling coauthor of All American Boys

“A must-read!” –ANGIE THOMAS, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give

Raw, captivating, and undeniably real, Nic Stone joins industry giants Jason Reynolds and Walter Dean Myers as she boldly tackles American race relations in this stunning #1 New York Times bestselling debut, a William C. Morris Award Finalist.

Breathless

By Jennifer Niven

Spend your summer with an unforgettable novel about falling in love for the first time from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places.

Two Boys Kissing

By David Levithan

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • STONEWALL HONOR BOOK • LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST

“You have to read this.” —Rainbow Rowell, bestselling author of Eleanor & Park and Carry On

From the New York Times bestselling author of Every Day, this love story of shared humanity and history Hypable calls “an interconnecting web that will leave you emotionally exhausted and absolutely thrilled to have read something so beautiful and unique.”

All the Bright Places Movie Tie-In Edition

By Jennifer Niven

This New York Times bestselling love story about two teens who find each other while standing on the edge is now a Netflix film starring Elle Fanning and Justice Smith!

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

By Erika L. Sánchez

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “stunning” (America Ferrera) YA novel about a teenager coming to terms with losing her sister and finding herself amid the pressures, expectations, and stereotypes of growing up in a Mexican American home.

“Alive and crackling—a gritty tale wrapped in a page-turner. ”—The New York Times

Let's Talk About It

By Erika Moen, Matthew Nolan

Is what I’m feeling normal? Is what my body is doing normal? Am I normal? How do I know what are the right choices to make? How do I know how to behave? How do I fix it when I make a mistake?

Let’s talk about it.

Celebrate Your Right to Read!

Here is a list of just some of the many classic and powerful YA books that have been challenged or banned:

Dear Martin

By Nic Stone

Breathless

By Jennifer Niven

Two Boys Kissing

By David Levithan

All the Bright Places Movie Tie-In Edition

By Jennifer Niven

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

By Erika L. Sánchez

Let's Talk About It

By Erika Moen, Matthew Nolan

For more information on why these books were challenged or banned, click here. Discover more banned and challenged YA books here, and join the Banned Books Week conversation with us at @GetUnderlined!

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