List of most commonly challenged books in the United States explained

This list of the most commonly challenged books in the United States refers to books sought to be removed or otherwise restricted from public access, typically from a library or a school curriculum. This list is primarily based on U.S. data gathered by the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF), which gathers data from media reports, and from reports from librarians and teachers.^[1]

As of 2020, the top ten reasons books were challenged and banned included sexual content (92.5% percent of books on the list); offensive language (61.5%); unsuited to age group (49%); religious viewpoint (26%); LGBTQIA+ content (23.5%); violence (19%); racism (16.5%); drugs, alcohol, and smoking (12.5%); "anti-family" content (7%); and political viewpoint (6.5%).^{[2] [3]}

List

Since 2001, the American Library Association has posted the top ten most frequently challenged books per year on their website.^[4] Using the Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century, ALA has also noted banned and challenged classics.^[5]

The ALA does not claim comprehensiveness in recording challenges. Research suggests that for each challenge reported there are as many as four or five which go unreported.^[6]

The list is sorted alphabetically by default. Included is each book's rank in the ALA's lists of top 100 challenged books by decade (if applicable).

Title	Author	Reason(s) for Challenge	Year(s) published	ALA rank
				2010 - 2019^[7]	2000 - 2009^[8]	1990 - 1999^[9]
	Sherman Alexie	Content regarding alcohol, bullying, violence; sexual references; profanity and slurs; allegations against the author	2007	1
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	Mark Twain	Coarse language, racial stereotypes and use of the N-word	1884	33	14	5
	Dav Pilkey	Encouraging poor spelling	2002	41	47
	Mark Twain	Coarse language, racial stereotypes	1876			83
Alice (series)	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor	Sexual content	data-sort-value="1985"	1985–2013	21	2	14
All American Boys	Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely	Profanity, drug use, and alcoholism; thought to promote anti-police views, contain divisive topics, and be “too much of a sensitive matter right now”^[10]	2015
All the King's Men	Robert Penn Warren	Depicting a "depressing view of life" and "immoral situations"	1946
Almost Perfect	Brian Katcher	LGBT content	2009	81
Always Running	Luis J. Rodriguez	Gang violence, drug use and sexual references	1993		68	85
America	E. R. Frank	Sexual references, drug and alcohol use	2002		100
American Psycho	Bret Easton Ellis	Sexual references, violence toward women	1991			53
	Theodore Dreiser	Sexual content, abortion, murder	1925
	William Powell	Content related to the manufacturing of illicit narcotics and explosives	1971			59
Anastasia Krupnik (series)	Lois Lowry	References to beer, Playboy magazine, and suicide	data-sort-value="1979"	1979–1995		75	28
And Tango Makes Three	Peter Parnell, Justin Richardson	Content regarding homosexuality and same-sex marriage	2005	6	4
Animal Farm	George Orwell	Political (Communist) commentary	1945
Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl	Anne Frank	Discussions of puberty and teenage sexuality	1946	62
Annie on My Mind	Nancy Garden	LGBT content	1982			44
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging	Louise Rennison	Crude language, sexual content, LGBT content	1999		35
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.	Judy Blume	Content dealing with menstrual cycles and feminine hygiene	1970		99	60
	Ron Koertge	LGBT content	1988			75
Arming America The Origins of a National Gun Culture	Michael A. Bellesiles	Content dealing with firearms, later proven to have been fabricated	2000		38
As I Lay Dying	William Faulkner	Dealing with issues of death; abortion	1930
Asking About Sex and Growing Up	Joanna Cole	Sexual education	1988			57
	Chris Crutcher	Content dealing with eating disorders, child abuse, racism, LGBT themes and AIDS	1991		44	63
	Kate Chopin	Sexual content	1899	82
	Tanya Lee Stone	Crude language, sexual content, mature themes	2006	44
Bad Kitty (series)	Nick Bruel	Crude language^[11]	2005–2021	37
Beloved	Toni Morrison	Themes regarding slavery and violence	1987	45	26	45
	Susan Kuklin	Anti-family, offensive language, homosexuality, sex education, political viewpoint, religious viewpoint, unsuited for age group, and other ("wants to remove from collection to ward off complaints")	2014	27
Big Hard Sex Criminals	Matt Fraction, illustrated by Chip Zdarsky	Sexually explicit	2015
Black Boy	Richard Wright	Themes of communism, sexual content, racism and atheism	1946		81
Bless Me, Ultima	Rudolfo Anaya	Profanity, crude language and violence	1972	63	32	78
Blood and Chocolate	Annette Curtis Klause	Sexual content; supernatural themes	1997		57
Blubber	Judy Blume	Content dealing with the issue of bullying	1974		43	30
	Toni Morrison	Themes of racism, incest and child sexual abuse	1970	10	15	34
Bone (series)	Jeff Smith	References to smoking, drinking and gambling	data-sort-value="1991"	1991–2004	16
	Louis Sachar	Themes of the occult, sexuality and bullying; profanity	1989		92	46
Boys and Sex	Wardell Pomeroy	Sexual education	1968			61
Brave New World	Aldous Huxley	Anti-religion and anti-family themes, sexual content	1931	26	36	54
Brideshead Revisited	Evelyn Waugh	Themes of homosexuality, alcoholism, infidelity	1945
Bridge to Terabithia	Katherine Paterson	Allegations that the book promotes secular humanism, New Age religion, occultism, and Satanism	1977		28	8
Bumps in the Night	Harry Allard	Supernatural and occult themes, anti-family, encourages disobedience	1979		93	56
Burned	Ellen Hopkins	Supernatural and occult themes, anti-family, encourages disobedience	2006	83
	Jack London	Author's pro-Socialism views	1903
Captain Underpants (series)	Dav Pilkey	Offensive language, unsuited for age group, violence	data-sort-value="1997"	1997–2015	2	13
Carrie	Stephen King	Violence, anti-religious themes, sexual themes	1974			81
Cat's Cradle	Kurt Vonnegut	Language, animal abuse, anti-religious themes, and scatological humor	1963
Catch-22	Joseph Heller	Obscene language	1961
	J. D. Salinger	Offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group	1951	49	19	10
	Dave Pelzer	Child abuse	1995	36
	Robert Cormier	Nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group	1974		3	4
Christine	Stephen King	Obscene language, sexual themes	1983			95
	Anthony Burgess	Obscene language	1962	80
	Alice Walker	Offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group	1982	50	17	17
(trilogy)	Tong-hwa Kim	Nudity, sex education, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group	2009
Crank	Ellen Hopkins	Drugs, offensive language, sexually explicit	2004	38
Crazy	Benjamin Lebert	Obscene language, sexual themes	2000		77
Crazy Lady!	Jane Leslie Conly	Offensive language	1993		45	62
Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat	Alvin Schwartz	Supernatural themes	1974			47
Cujo	Stephen King	Violence, obscene language, explicit sex scenes	1983			49
	Mark Haddon	Offensive language, religious viewpoint, unsuited for age group, and other ("profanity and atheism")	2003	51
Curses, Hexes and Spells	Daniel Cohen	Supernatural themes, references to the Bible	1974			71
Cut	Patricia McCormick	References to cutting and self-harm	2000		86
Daddy's Roommate	Michael Willhoite	LGBT themes	1991			2
Daughters of Eve	Lois Duncan	Obscene language, sexual content, and violence	1979		51
	Jill Twiss	LGBTQIA+ content, political and religious viewpoints	2018	19
	Robert Newton Peck	References to animal slaughter and animal mating	1972		80	16
	Stephen King	Obscene language	1979			82
Deal with It!: A Whole New Approach to Your Body, Brain, and Life as a gURL	Esther Drill	Explicit sexual content and LGBT themes	1999		82
Deenie	Judy Blume	References to masturbation	1973			42
Detour for Emmy	Marilyn Reynolds	Sexual content and references to teen pregnancy	1993		83
	Amy Timberlake		2003	60
Drama	Raina Telgemeier	Includes LGBT characters, was deemed sexually explicit, and was considered to have an offensive political viewpoint	2012	7
Draw Me a Star	Eric Carle		1992	65
Dreaming in Cuban	Cristina García	Sexual content and nude drawings of Adam and Eve	1992	64	61
	Bette Greene	LGBT themes	1991			96
	Carolyn Mackler	Offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group	2003		34
Earth's Children (series)	Jean M. Auel	Graphic sexual content	data-sort-value="1980"	1980–2011			19
Eleanor & Park	Rainbow Rowell	Offensive language	2013	54
Ender's Game	Orson Scott Card		1985	84
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close	Jonathan Safran Foer		2005	55
	Caroline B. Cooney	Sexual content, challenging authority, and unsuitable for age group	1990		29	80
	Brock Cole	Sexual content, violence	1997		54
Fade	Robert Cormier	References to child sexual abuse, and violence	1988			65
Fahrenheit 451	Ray Bradbury	Obscene language, references to smoking and drinking, violence, and religious themes	1953		69
Fallen Angels	Walter Dean Myers	Offensive language, racism, violence	1988	85	11	36
	Todd Parr		2003	67
Family Secrets	Norma Klein	Sexual content, obscene language, references to adultery, smoking, and implied incest	1985			76
	Ernest Hemingway	Sexual content	1929
Fat Kid Rules the World	KL Going	Obscene language, sexual themes, and drug use	2003		58
Feed	M.T. Anderson		2002	68
Fight Club	Chuck Palahniuk	Sexually explicit, violence, anarchist themes, smoking, drinking	1996
Fifty Shades of Grey (series)	E. L. James	Sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, and other ("poorly written," "concerns that a group of teenagers will want to try it")	2011	8
	Avi	Obscene language	1984		42
Final Exit	Derek Humphry	References to assisted suicide	1991			29
Flashcards of My Life	Charise Mericle Harper	Sexual content and unsuitable to age group	2006
Flowers for Algernon	Daniel Keyes	Sexual content	1966			43
For Whom the Bell Tolls	Ernest Hemingway	Pro-Communist views	1940
Forever...	Judy Blume	Offensive language, sexual content	1975		16	7
Friday Night Lights	H. G. Bissinger	Obscene language, sexual content, and racism	1990		89
Fun Home	Alison Bechdel	Violence and other ("graphic images").	2006	31
Melissa	Alex Gino	Includes a transgender child, and the "sexuality was not appropriate at elementary levels"	2015	5
	Lois Lowry	Obscene language, sexual content, violence, and unsuitable to age group	1993	61	23	11
Girls and Sex	Wardell Pomeroy	Sex education	1970			98
Glass	Ellen Hopkins	Drugs	2007	86
	Jeannette Walls	Offensive language, sexually explicit	2005	17
Go Ask Alice	Anonymous	Drugs	1971		18	25
Go Tell It on the Mountain	James Baldwin	Obscene language, explicit sex, references to masturbation, rape, violence and sexism	1953
Go the Fuck to Sleep	Adam Mansbach	Offensive language	2011	69
	Brock Cole	Obscene language and a scene describing the rescue of a naked woman	1987			26
Gone with the Wind	Margaret Mitchell	Several uses of racial slurs, the book's portrayal of slavery, and references to rape	1936
Goosebumps (series)	R. L. Stine	Supernatural themes, violence, and encouraging disobedience	data-sort-value="1992"	1992–1997	46	94	15
Gossip Girl (series)	Cecily von Ziegesar	Drugs, offensive language, sexually explicit	data-sort-value="2002"	2002–2011	56	22
	John Steinbeck	Portrays Kern County, California in a negative light	1939
	F. Scott Fitzgerald	Language and sexual references	1925
	Katherine Paterson	Obscene language and racism	1978		52	20
Grendel	John Gardner	Depictions of torture and mutilation	1971		96
Guess What?	Mem Fox	Supernatural things and references to punk rock	1990			66
Habibi	Craig Thompson	Nudity, sexually explicit, and unsuited for age group	2011	70
Halloween ABC	Eve Merriam	Possible Satanic and cult references, as well as violence	1987			31
	Margaret Atwood	Sexuality, profanity, suicide, violence, anti-Christian themes	1985	29	88	37
Harris and Me	Gary Paulsen	Obscene language	1993		70
Harry Potter (series)	J. K. Rowling	Unsuited to age group, witchcraft, religious viewpoint, anti-family, darkness/scariness/violence, and for "setting bad examples"	data-sort-value="1997"	1997–2007		1	48
	Angie Thomas	Profanity, violence, "thought to promote an anti-police message and indoctrination of a social agenda	2017	30
Heather Has Two Mommies	Lesléa Newman	Homosexuality	1989	87		9
His Dark Materials (series)	Philip Pullman	Political viewpoint, religious viewpoint, violence	data-sort-value="1995"	1995–2000		8
	various	Religious viewpoint, violence	data-sort-value="300"	Canon est. ca. 3rd century A.D.	52
House of Night (series)	P.C. Cast		2007–2014	57
	Isabel Allende	Sexual content	1982	71	97	73
(series)	Suzanne Collins	Religious viewpoint, dark themes/violence, unsuited to age group	data-sort-value="2008"	2008–2010	12
I Am Jazz	Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings	Inaccurate, homosexuality, sex education, religious viewpoint, and unsuited for age group	2014	13
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings	Maya Angelou	Incest, Sexual Content	1969	88	6	3
I Saw Esau	Iona Opie, Peter Opie	Obscene language	2000		98
In Cold Blood	Truman Capote	Violence, sexual content, and obscene language	1966
In Our Mother's House	Patricia Polacco		2009	47
In the Night Kitchen	Maurice Sendak	Nudity and sexual references exploiting a toddler	1970		24	21
Internet Girls (series)	Lauren Myracle	Offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group	data-sort-value="2004"	2004–2007	9	9
Invisible Man	Ralph Ellison	Obscene language and sexual content	1952
It's A Book	Lane Smith		2010	32
It's Perfectly Normal Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health	Robie Harris	Nudity, sex education, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group. Additional reasons: "alleges it is child pornography"	1994	22	12	13
It's So Amazing	Robie Harris	Sex education, sexual content	1999		37
Jack	A. M. Homes	LGBT themes and references to divorce and domestic violence	1990			74
Jacob's New Dress	Sarah Hoffman	LGBT content	2014	72
James and the Giant Peach	Roald Dahl	Supernatural themes and references to drug use	1961			50
	Charles Silverstein, Edmund White	LGBT themes and explicit sexual content	1977		78
Julie of the Wolves	Jean Craighead George	Unsuited to age group, violence	1972		91	32
Jump Ship to Freedom	James Lincoln Collier, Christopher Collier	Obscene language, violence, and racism	1981			100
Jumper	Steven Gould	References to physical and sexual abuse towards children	1992			94
	Upton Sinclair	Author's pro-Socialism and anti-Communism views	1906
Junie B. Jones (series)	Barbara Park	Encouraging disobedience	data-sort-value="1992"	1992–2011		71
Kaffir Boy	Mark Mathabane	References to male prostitution and sexual abuse	1986		39	33
Killing Mr. Griffin	Lois Duncan	Violence and obscene language	1978		25	64
King & King	Linda De Haan, Stern Nijland	Homosexuality	2002		20
Kingdom of Little Wounds	Susann Cokal	Sexual content, homosexuality	2013	78
	Khaled Hosseini	Offensive language, unsuited to age group, violence	2003	11	50
Lady Chatterley's Lover	D. H. Lawrence	Sexual content	1928
Less than Zero	Bret Easton Ellis	Drug abuse, sexual content, language and a bisexual main character	1985
	Jeanette Winter	Violence, unsuited to age group, promotion of Islam, "un-American" content^[12]	2005	96
Life is Funny	E.R. Frank	Sexual content	2000		40
	Shel Silverstein	Violence and encouraging disobedience	1981			51
Little Bill (children book series)	Bill Cosby, illustrated by Varnette P. Honeywood	Criminal sexual allegations against the author	data-sort-value="1997"	1997–2000
Lolita	Vladimir Nabokov	References to pedophillia and sexual abuse	1955	73
Looking for Alaska	John Green	Offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited for age group.	2005	4
Lord of the Flies	William Golding	Obscene language, violence, and animal cruelty	1954			68
	J. R. R. Tolkien	Supernatural themes	1954
	Alice Sebold	Religious themes	2002		74
Lush	Natasha Friend	Drugs, offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group	2006	48
Madeline and the Gypsies	Ludwig Bemelmans	Slur	1958	89
Make Something Up: Stories You Can't Unread	Chuck Palahniuk	Profanity, sexual explicitness, and being "disgusting and all around offensive"	2015
Mein Kampf	Adolf Hitler	Glorification of militant nationalism, Nazism and anti-semitism	1925
Monster	Walter Dean Myers		1999	74
Mick Harte Was Here	Barbara Park	Obscene language and references to death	1996		64
Mummy Laid an Egg	Babette Cole	Sex education	1994			77
My Brother Sam Is Dead	James Lincoln Collier, Christopher Collier	Obscene language and violence	1974		27	12
My Mom's Having a Baby!	Dori Hillestad Butler	Nudity, sex education, sexual content, and unsuitable for age group	2005	58
My Princess Boy	Cheryl Kilodavis	LGBT content	2009	90
My Sister's Keeper	Jodi Picoult	Homosexuality, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexism, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, violence	2004
	Norman Mailer	Obscene language	1948
Naked Lunch	William S. Burroughs	Sexual content	1959
Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan	Jeanette Winter	Religious viewpoint, unsuited to age group, and violence	2009	75
Native Son	Richard Wright	Violence and sexual content	1940			69
Neonomicon	Alan Moore	Ritualistic sex, psychiatric disorders	2010	59
	Charles Silverstein, Edmund White, Felice Picano	LGBT themes and sexual content	1993			24
Nickel and Dimed On (Not) Getting By in America	Barbara Ehrenreich	Drugs, inaccurate, offensive language, political viewpoint, religious viewpoint	2001	39
Nineteen Eighty-Four	George Orwell	Pro- and anti-Communist views, sexual content, and violence	1949	79
Nineteen Minutes	Jodi Picoult		2007	23
Of Mice and Men	John Steinbeck	Offensive language, racism, violence	1937	28	5	6
Olive's Ocean	Kevin Henkes	Obscene language and sexual content	2003		59
On My Honor	Marion Dane Bauer	References divorce, death, suicide, and defeat	1986			72
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Ken Kesey	Obscene language, violence, and references to mental illness	1962		49
Ordinary People	Judith Guest	Obscene language and sexual content	1976			52
	S. E. Hinton	Obscene language, gang violence, underage smoking and drinking, strong language/slang, and family dysfunction, legitimisation of murder and anti-religious content	1967			38
	Stephen Chbosky	Drugs/alcohol/smoking, homosexuality, offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group. Additional reasons: "date rape and masturbation"	1999	14	10
Persepolis (series)	Marjane Satrapi	Gambling, offensive language, political viewpoint. Additional reasons: "politically, racially, and socially offensive," "graphic depictions"	data-sort-value="2000"	2000–2003	40
	Paul Zindel	Obscene language	1968		39
	Ken Follett	Sexual content and references to violence toward women	1989			91
	John Irving	Anti-religion and criticism of the Vietnam War and the Iran-Contra incident	1989		76
Prince & Knight	Daniel Haack, illustrated by Stevie Lewis	LGBTQIA+ content; featuring a gay marriage; being “a deliberate attempt to indoctrinate young children” with the potential to cause confusion, curiosity, and gender dysphoria; conflicting with a religious viewpoint	2018	91
Private Parts	Howard Stern	Sexual content	1993			86
Rabbit, Run	John Updike	Sexual content	1960
Rainbow Boys	Alex Sánchez	LGBT themes, sexual content	2001		48
Revolutionary Voices	Amy Sonnie	Homosexuality, sexually explicit	2000	92
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry	Mildred D. Taylor	Offensive language	1976		66
Running Loose	Chris Crutcher	Racial slurs, sexual content	1983			92
	Bret Easton Ellis	Graphic sexual content, strong suicide scene, language, LGBTQ+ themes	1987
Saga (series)	Brian K. Vaughan	Anti-family, nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited for age group	data-sort-value="2012"	2012–present	76
	Salman Rushdie	Portrayal of Muhammad in a negative light	1988
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (series)	Alvin Schwartz	Unsuited for age group, violence	data-sort-value="1981"	1981–1991	24	7	1
	John Knowles	Sexual content	1959
Sex	Madonna	Sexual content	1992			18
Sex Education	Jenny Davis	Sexual content	1995			93
Sex is a Funny Word	Cory Silverberg, illustrated by Fiona Smyth	LGBTQIA+ content, discussing gender identity and sex education, concerns that the title and illustrations were “inappropriate,” believed to lead children to “want to have sex or ask questions about sex”	2015	20
Shade's Children	Garth Nix	Sexual content and nudity	1997		95
Skippyjon Jones (series)	Judy Schachner	Depicting stereotypes of Mexican culture	2001–present	93
Slaughterhouse-Five	Kurt Vonnegut	Sexual content, anti-religious content, violence	1969		46	67
(series)	Anne Rice	Sexual content	data-sort-value="1983"	1983–2015			55
Snow Falling on Cedars	David Guterson	Sexual content	1994		33
So Far from the Bamboo Grove	Yoko Kawashima Watkins	References to rape and violence against women	1986	94	84
Something Happened in Our Town A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice	Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard, illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin	"Divisive language", thought to promote anti-police views	2018
Song of Solomon	Toni Morrison	Sexual content, bestiality, and racism	1977		72	84
Sons and Lovers	D. H. Lawrence	Sexual content and incest	1913
Sophie's Choice	William Styron	Sexual content	1979
Speak	Laurie Halse Anderson	References to rape	1999	25	60
	Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds	Author's public statements, and because of claims that the book contains “selective storytelling incidents” and does not encompass racism against all people.	2020
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes	Chris Crutcher	Obscene language, sexual content	1993		85
	Jaycee Dugard	Drugs/alcohol/smoking, offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group	2011
	Helen Bannerman	Racism	1899			90
Stuck in the Middle: 17 Comics from an Unpleasant Age	Ariel Schrag		2007	77
(series)	Harry Allard, James Marshall	Promoting negative behavior, references to death, and obscene language	data-sort-value="1974"	1974–1989		62	27
Summer of My German Soldier	Bette Greene	Offensive language, racism, sexually explicit	1973		55	88
	Ernest Hemingway	Sexual content	1926
Taming the Star Runner	S. E. Hinton	Offensive language	1988
	Caroline B. Cooney	Portrays Muslims in a negative light	1997		63
That Was Then, This Is Now	S. E. Hinton	Violence, drug use, obscene language	1971			97
Their Eyes Were Watching God	Zora Neale Hurston	Author's political views	1937
	Tim O'Brien	Violence, animal abuse, obscene language, and criticism of the Vietnam War	1990	34	65
Thirteen Reasons Why	Jay Asher	Drugs/alcohol/smoking, sexually explicit, suicide, unsuited for age group	2007	3
This Book Is Gay	Juno Dawson	LGBTQIA+ content, provides sexual education	2014	53
This Day in June	Gayle E. Pitman, illustrated by Kristyna Litten	LGBT content	2013	42
This One Summer	Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Jillian Tamaki	Includes LGBT characters, drug use and profanity, and considered sexually explicit with mature themes	2014	43
Tiger Eyes	Judy Blume	Sexual content, drug use, and language	1981		87	89
	John Grisham	References to slavery, rape, and the text includes racial slurs	1989		67
To Kill a Mockingbird	Harper Lee	Offensive language, racism, unsuited to age group	1960	15	21	40
Tricks	Ellen Hopkins		2009	98
Tropic of Cancer	Henry Miller	Sexual content	1934
Twilight (series)	Stephenie Meyer	Religious viewpoint, violence, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group	data-sort-value="2005"	2005–2008
Two Boys Kissing	David Levithan	Homosexuality and other ("condones public displays of affection"). Also considered to include sexually explicit LGBT content	2013	18
Ulysses	James Joyce	References to masturbation	1922
Uncle Bobby's Wedding	Sarah S. Brannen	LGBT themes	2008	99
	Johanna Reiss	Obscene language and references to the Holocaust	1972		79
(series)	Robert Kirkman	Graphic content, violence, harsh language, and sexual content.	2004–2019	97
We All Fall Down	Robert Cormier	Offensive language, sexual content	1991		30	41
Whale Talk	Chris Crutcher	Racism, offensive language	2001		41
What My Mother Doesn't Know	Sonya Sones	Nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit, sexism, unsuited to age group	2001	35	31
What's Happening to My Body? Book for Boys	Lynda Madaras	Sex education	data-sort-value="1987"	1987/2007			58
What's Happening to My Body? Book for Girls	Lynda Madaras	Sex education	data-sort-value="1987"	1987/2007		73	35
When Dad Killed Mom	Julius Lester	Violence, sexual content	2001		56
Where Did I Come From?	Peter Mayle	Sex education	1973			79
Where's Waldo?	Martin Handford	Nudity	1987			87
	Bill Brittain	Supernatural themes	1983			99
	Roald Dahl	Misogyny, encouraging disobedience, violence, animal cruelty, obscene language, and supernatural themes	1983			22
Women in Love	D. H. Lawrence	Sexual content and misogyny	1920
Women on Top	Nancy Friday	Sexual content	1991			70
	Madeleine L'Engle	Supernatural themes and religious themes	1963		90	23
Year of Wonders	Geraldine Brooks		2001	100
You Hear Me?	Betsy Franco	Obscene language and topics	2000		53

See also

• Book banning in the United States (2021–present)
• List of books banned by governments

External links

• Banned & Challenged Books at the American Library Association website.
• Rescuing Banned Books (archive) (2/10/2024; Washington Post).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Banned & Challenged Books . American Library Association . www.ala.org . January 26, 2016 . January 29, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160129213310/http://www.ala.org/bbooks/ . live .
2. Web site: About Banned & Challenged Books. www.ala.org. American Library Association. January 26, 2016. April 8, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140408084921/http://www.ala.org/bbooks/about. live.
3. Web site: Top Ten Challenged Books: Resources & Graphics. www.ala.org. 26 March 2013. American Library Association. 2017-10-18. 2017-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20171018085000/http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/statistics. live.
4. Web site: Banned & Challenged Books. 2013-03-26. Top 10 Most Challenged Books Lists. live. 2021-05-03. Office for Intellectual Freedom. en. 2017-07-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20170724195723/http://www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10.
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