Banned Books - 2017

A guide to information about why books are banned, a history of banned books; and, other helpful resources.

Frequently Challenged/Banned Books

The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Satanic Verses
The Glass Castle
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
To Kill a Mockingbird
Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Great Gatsby
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beloved
Leaves of Grass
Howl, and Other Poems
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
In Cold Blood
The Call of the Wild
Gone with the Wind
Lord of the Flies
The Catcher in the Rye
The Jungle
The Scarlet Letter
Catch-22
Slaughterhouse-Five
Invisible Man

Challenged Science and Science Fiction Books

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Our Bodies, Ourselves
The Handmaid's Tale
Frankenstein
Fahrenheit 451
A Wrinkle in Time
Brave New World
A Clockwork Orange

Challenged Children's Books

Harriet the Spy
King & King
The Giver
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
The Giving Tree
Strega Nona
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Where the Wild Things Are
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz