Why should books be challenged? Books should be challenged for many reasons, the first being race-related. People are bound to get mad over anything about race, this would be a good reason for a challenge. Though I believe racism is not a good thing most authors use words like that for emphasis and would only use it if it makes sense. if there was a book written and it was just a bunch of little kids being racist and doing random stuff it should be banned, on the other hand, if the book does a good job of explaining his reasoning behind the word and actually makes sense I feel there is no reason for the book to be challenged. Flight is a good example of the author using the words wisely because he does not have swear words all over, only when emphasis is needed. Personally, I don’t think books should be banned or challenged because there’s really no reason if you don’t like it, don’t read it. Unless it is something major like directed at someone or a group of people or like terrorism would be good reasoning for a ban, but overall I think if you do not like the book just don’t read it.