A Utah Reading List

Thanks to a post from Utah Parents United (who I will affectionately reference as Q-UTiP), we now have access to a fantastic reading list on books about marginalized and oppressed identities, particularly books dealing with race and LGBT issues.

Books on this list are Teacher’s Picks, finalists and winners of awards for National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, Stonewall Book Award, and the Pura Belpré Award. Many of these books are on the New York Times bestseller list. Several have been adapted to film.

DONATE BOOKS HERE: I’m providing a link to the Q-UTiP Banned Books list on amazon.com, where you can purchase any of these books for distribution to Little Free Libraries in our community, and to any 501(c)3 organizations based in Utah that are willing to accept book donations.

BUY YOUR OWN BOOKS HERE: You can peruse the list of Q-UTiP’s “banned” books below, sorted alphabetically by title. The links in the table go to the amazon.com page where you can purchase the book for yourself, if desired.

Title / Link to amazon.comAuthor
33 SnowfishAdam Rapp
A Court of Mist and FurySarah J. Maas
All Boys Aren’t BlueGeorge M. Johnson
Almost PerfectBrian Katcher
Beyond MagentaSusan Kuklin
Call Me By Your NameAndre Aciman
City of Heavenly FireCassandra Clare
Clockwork PrincessCassandra Clare
CrankEllen Hopkins
Deogratias: A Tale of RwandaJ.P. Stassen
Drama: A Graphic NovelRaina Telgemeier
Dreaming in CubanChristina Garcia
Dumplin’Julie Murphy
Eleanor & ParkRainbow Rowell
Extremely Loud and Incredibly CloseJonathan Foer
Forever for a YearB.T. Gottfred
Gender Queer: A MemoirMaia Kobabe
GeorgeAlex Gino
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican DaughterErika L Sanchez
It’s Perfectly NormalRobie H. Harris
Juliet Takes a BreathGabby Rivera
l8r, g8rLauren Myracle
Lawn BoyJonathan Evison
Leah on the OffbeatBecky Albertall
LolitaVladimir Nobokov
Looking for AlaskaJohn Green
Love is LoveIDW Publishing
Marriage of a  Thousand LiesSJ Sindu
Me and Earl and the Dying GirlJesse Andrews
Monday’s Not ComingTiffany D. Jackson
My Friend DahmerDerf Backderf
Nineteen MinutesJodi Picoult
Not Otherwise SpecifiedHannah Moskowitz
Out of DarknessAshley Hope Perez
Perfectly Good White BoyCarrie Mesrobian
Perks of Being a WallflowerStephen Chbosky
Rainbow HighAlex Sanchez
Real Live BoyfriendsE. Lockhart
SOLDPatricia McCormick
SpeakLaurie Halse Anderson
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time IndianSherman Alexie
The Art of Racing in the RainGarth Stein
The Bluest EyeToni Morrison
The Carnival at BrayJessie Ann Foley
The Handmaid’s TaleMargaret Atwood
The Handsome Girl and Her Beautiful BoyB.T. Gottfred
The Hate U GiveAngie Thomas
The House on Mango StreetSandra Cisneros
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRueV.E. Schwab
The Kite RunnerKhaled Hosseini
The Kite Runner Graphic NovelKhaled Hosseini
The Music of What HappensBill Konigsberg
The Poet XElizabeth Acevedo
The Truth About AliceJennifer Mathieu
Thirteen Reasons WhyJay Asher
Two Boys KissingDavid Levithan

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