📚 LIMITED TIME: Classic Box Including Deluxe Edition 1984

Banned Books Box

Banned Books Delivered Monthly

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What is Banned Books Box?

Simply put, books get banned in schools, libraries, and other institutions in the U.S. when complaints that content is offensive result in their removal from shelves. That's censorship. Unfortunately, it happens often. Books are often targeted for their treatment of race, gender, sexuality, religion, or politics.

Our mission is to celebrate the power of stories that create space for readers to feel seen and understood, expand worldviews, and nurture empathy — by sharing banned books, amplifying marginalized voices, and inspiring both bold and quiet acts of advocacy.

What's in the Box?

Banned Books

One or two banned books (you choose!) written for young adult and/or adult readers that were published during the past decade.

Bookish Items

A few handpicked bookish items we hope you'll either adore for their whimsicality or find particularly useful.

Ban Information

Information on how each featured book was banned, so you know what's happening.

Free Shipping

Free shipping within the United States.

How It Works

1

Choose Your Box

Select from our subscription options to receive banned books monthly or choose a single box for a one-time shipment.

2

We Curate

Our team handpicks banned and challenged books with care and purpose.

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Delivery to Your Door

Subscription boxes ship on the 15th of each month, or shortly thereafter. Single boxes ship within 3 business days.

Our Subscription Boxes

Read banned books. Choose the subscription that fits your reading style.

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Original Monthly Box

Original Monthly Box

$52.00

per month

Banned Books Box is a family-run business aimed at getting censored books into the hands of readers and thinkers. Simply...

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Original Monthly Box

$52.00

per month

Banned Books Box is a family-run business aimed at getting censored books into the hands of readers and thinkers. Simply by buying this box, you'll be standing up for silenced authors and supporting the spread of diverse ideas. Each original box includes two books and a few handpicked bookish goodies.

What's Included:

  • 2 banned books per month
  • Curated bookish goodies
  • Info about book bans

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Slim Monthly Box

Slim Monthly Box

$42.00

per month

The slim box has all the same delights as our original, but with one book a month instead of two — making it less likely...

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Slim Monthly Box

$42.00

per month

The slim box has all the same delights as our original, but with one book a month instead of two — making it less likely to cause an avalanche on your nightstand.

What's Included:

  • 1 banned book per month
  • Curated bookish items
  • Info about book bans

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Literal Monthly Box

Literal Monthly Box

You just want to get down to business, and we respect that. The literal box contains just banned books, no fancy stuff. Choose 1 or 2 books per month.

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Shop Single Boxes

Not ready for a subscription? Purchase individual boxes and books.
Perfect for gifts or trying before you commit.

Classic Box

Classic Box

$47.00

Purchase your box today—supply is limited.

Classic Box

$47.00

one-time purchase

Book bans aren't new—and they're not just coming for today's stories. At Banned Books Box, we typically feature books published within the past decade, focusing on contemporary voices and the challenges they face today. But advocacy is what drives everything we do—and sometimes that means looking back.

That's why we're releasing a limited-time throwback box featuring a deluxe edition of George Orwell's dystopian classic 1984. This elegant edition includes a leatherette cover, gilt edging, and a ribbon marker.

Inside the box, you'll also find:

  • A 1-inch pinback button featuring Joe Biel's Orwell Was Right art
  • A standout sticker from AnneArchy: Do Not Comply With the Whims of the Regime
  • Fight Fascism, an informational zine from Erin Fong Studio in collaboration with Emily Andrews

Since Orwell's fiction still feels a bit too real.

Ships within 3 business days

The Essential Box

The Essential Box

$56.00

What’s Inside:Banned Together — signed by editor Ashley Hope Pérez One additional banned book—a surprise! A few...

The Essential Box

$56.00

one-time purchase

What’s Inside:

  • Banned Together — signed by editor Ashley Hope PĂ©rez

  • One additional banned book—a surprise!

  • A few of our favorite bookish items from past boxes

Banned Together is a book all readers need on their shelf. Whether you’re wondering what’s up with banned books or you’re already a member of the mighty choir, you’ll embrace the value of this straightforward, giftable, captivating anthology of YA fiction, memoir, poetry, graphic narratives, essays, and more by some of the most banned and most loved YA authors or our time, including Elana K. Arnold, Nikki Grimes, Ellen Hopkins, Kelly Jensen, Brendan Kiely, Maia Kobabe, Bill Konigsberg, Kyle Lukoff, MariNaomi, Trung Lê Nguyên, Isabel Quintero, Traci Sorell, and Robin Stevenson. You’ll also find practical resources: insights from teen activists, recommended reading lists, a guide for starting your own Little Free Library, plus way more.

Rounding out the box is a mystery banned book from one of our past boxes plus a curated mix of our favorite readerish goodies—bookmarks, stickers, pins, and other small delights that are sure to enhance your page-turning.

If you’re building up your banned books shelf, gifting someone who loves stories that matter, or just treating yourself, this box is packed with meaning, delight, and stories that matter.

Please note buying this box will not sign you up for recurring shipments—it’s a one-time purchase.

Ships within 3 business days

Banned in Prisons Box

Banned in Prisons Box

$58.00

Prison censorship is the most pervasive form of censorship in the United States, according to PEN America. This special ...

Banned in Prisons Box

$58.00

one-time purchase

Prison censorship is the most pervasive form of censorship in the United States, according to PEN America.

This special edition three-book bundle of books banned in prisons features hip-hop legend Gucci Mane’s triumphant first book—a revealing, insightful autobiography written while serving time in a maximum-security institution.

Plus, you’ll receive Prison Ramen, a collection of recipes and stories from behind bars, by Clifton Collins Jr. and Gustavo “Goose” Alvarez, and The Pocket Guide to Outdoor Knots by Geoffrey Budworth.

Scribbler extraordinaire Robin Morgan designed the “Reading is for Everyone” pin, and Librarian Artist AnneArchy created the hand drawn “Revolution Now” nigella (AKA love-in-a-mist) flower paper sticker.

Ships within 3 business days

What Are Readers Saying?

I enjoy learning about books that I wouldn't usually look into reading, the stories behind their authors and where and why they were banned, and the bookish goodies.

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Erin M.

I enjoy the thoughtfully written and well researched background about each book and why it was banned or challenged.

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Webb L.

I received this subscription as a gift, and it was so unique and thoughtful! I enjoy the surprise of getting new books every month, and I like that they make me hear stories that I might not have found on my own. Keep doing such good work!

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Rachel S.

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