Banned Books Book Club

for teens and adults

What's all the fuss about banned books? Join our Banned Books Book Club to learn more! Each month, we'll read a book banned by some community in the United States, discuss why it was banned, discuss the book, and hopefully have a good time fighting the good fight against ignorance and fear!

Email Justin at justin@littleshopofstories.com for more info!

For our next meeting, in March, we will meet Thursday, March 21st at 6pm to discuss Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller.

In April, we will meet Thursday, April 18th at 6pm to discuss Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman.

In May, we will meet Thursday, May 16th at 6pm to discuss The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Tropic of Cancer (Miller) By Henry Miller Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780802131782
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Grove Press - January 6th, 1994

Now hailed as an American classic, Tropic of Cancer, Henry Miller's masterpiece, was banned as obscene in this country for twenty-seven years after its first publication in Paris in 1934.


Leaves of Grass: The First (1855) Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) By Walt Whitman, Harold Bloom (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Walt Whitman, Harold Bloom (Introduction by)
$18.00
ISBN: 9780143039273
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Classics - June 28th, 2005

A deluxe edition of Whitman's crowning achievement, with an introductory essay by Harold Bloom

I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.


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The Color Purple: A Novel By Alice Walker Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780143135692
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Books - December 10th, 2019

Read the original inspiration for the new, boldly reimagined film from producers Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg, starring Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, and Fantasia Barrino.