Banned or Challenged Books

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Banned or Challenged Books
2
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
90,024 members
1,559 reviews
½ 4.4
15 Members
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Explanations
aspirit: On ALA top challenged books list
4
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
63,442 members
1,141 reviews
4
14 Members
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5
The Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien
107,545 members
1,302 reviews
½ 4.3
13 Members
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Explanations
aspirit: Burned by a New Mexican church along with TLotR, 2001 (but otherwise *not* known to be censored)
6
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
61,519 members
870 reviews
3.9
13 Members
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Explanations
aspirit: On ALA top challenged books list
7
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
51,094 members
812 reviews
3.8
13 Members
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8
The Giver
by Lois Lowry
46,662 members
1,683 reviews
4.1
13 Members
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9
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
22,599 members
369 reviews
4.1
13 Members
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13
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
44,623 members
724 reviews
3.9
12 Members
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Explanations
aspirit: On ALA top most challenged books list
17
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
57,373 members
817 reviews
½ 3.7
11 Members
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Explanations
aspirit: Challenged by State of Oklahoma officials in 2021 for "possible obscenity"
18
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
45,525 members
1,039 reviews
4
11 Members
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22
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
82,964 members
1,304 reviews
3.8
10 Members
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23
The Two Towers
by J. R. R. Tolkien
56,353 members
357 reviews
½ 4.4
10 Members
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24
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
49,430 members
585 reviews
3.9
10 Members
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Explanations
aspirit: One of the most frequently banned books in the USA
25
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
48,393 members
1,236 reviews
4.1
10 Members
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Explanations
aspirit: On ALA top challenged books list
26
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
38,419 members
369 reviews
3.9
10 Members
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27
In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
26,880 members
517 reviews
4.1
10 Members
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28
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
26,576 members
447 reviews
3.9
10 Members
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Explanations
aspirit: On ALA top challenged books list
29
The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
22,830 members
346 reviews
3.8
10 Members
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30
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou
17,548 members
259 reviews
4
10 Members
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Explanations
aspirit: One of the most frequently banned books in the USA
32
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
by J. K. Rowling
108,732 members
1,642 reviews
½ 4.4
9 Members
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33
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
58,081 members
1,375 reviews
4.2
9 Members
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Explanations
aspirit: On ALA top challenged books list
34
The Return of the King
by J. R. R. Tolkien
54,718 members
337 reviews
½ 4.5
9 Members
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35
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
39,151 members
518 reviews
4.1
9 Members
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36
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath
32,772 members
560 reviews
4
9 Members
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37
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
by Marjane Satrapi
11,460 members
379 reviews
4.2
9 Members
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Explanations
aspirit: Partially banned in Chicago schools, 2013
38
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
76,755 members
3,643 reviews
½ 4.3
8 Members
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Explanations
aspirit: On ALA top challenged books list
39
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
by Mark Haddon
47,920 members
1,395 reviews
3.9
8 Members
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Explanations
aspirit: On ALA top challenged books list
40
Northern Lights
by Philip Pullman
40,139 members
792 reviews
4.1
8 Members
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41
The Satanic Verses
by Salman Rushdie
13,529 members
153 reviews
½ 3.7
8 Members
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Explanations
aspirit: Banned/burned within at least 13 countries. The author and multiple translators have been physically attacked, presumably because of 1989 "fatwa" (ruling in Islamic law) to kill Rushdie. The Japanese translator was murdered in 1991 (with the case officially unresolved). Bookstores carrying the book have been attacked.
42
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
by Alison Bechdel
9,309 members
392 reviews
4.2
8 Members
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Explanations
aspirit: On ALA top challenged books list
44
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
49,202 members
777 reviews
4.1
7 Members
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45
The Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold
38,597 members
974 reviews
½ 3.7
7 Members
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46
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov
35,295 members
635 reviews
4.1
7 Members
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47
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
26,041 members
477 reviews
½ 4.3
7 Members
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48
Candide
by Voltaire
23,142 members
344 reviews
3.8
7 Members
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49
For Whom the Bell Tolls
by Ernest Hemingway
21,576 members
222 reviews
3.9
7 Members
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50
The Bluest Eye
by Toni Morrison
15,936 members
271 reviews
3.9
7 Members
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Explanations
aspirit: On ALA top challenged books list
51
Lady Chatterley's Lover
by D. H. Lawrence
15,328 members
242 reviews
½ 3.5
7 Members
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52
The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair
13,306 members
146 reviews
3.8
7 Members
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53
And Tango Makes Three
by Justin Richardson
3,012 members
323 reviews
½ 4.5
7 Members
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Explanations
aspirit: Children's picture book based on real events on ALA and CLA most challenged books lists
54
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert
29,832 members
428 reviews
½ 3.7
6 Members
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55
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
28,676 members
416 reviews
4
6 Members
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56
Ulysses
by James Joyce
27,454 members
377 reviews
4
6 Members
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57
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
26,712 members
319 reviews
4.1
6 Members
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58
The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer
25,028 members
185 reviews
½ 3.7
6 Members
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59
James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl
23,749 members
386 reviews
3.9
6 Members
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60
The Glass Castle: A Memoir
by Jeannette Walls
23,102 members
846 reviews
4.2
6 Members
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Explanations
aspirit: On ALA top challenged books list
61
Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston
22,334 members
385 reviews
4
6 Members
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62
The Origin of Species
by Charles Darwin
16,609 members
133 reviews
4.1
6 Members
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63
Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller
14,267 members
138 reviews
½ 3.6
6 Members
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64
A Separate Peace
by John Knowles
14,267 members
205 reviews
½ 3.6
6 Members
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65
Go Ask Alice
by Beatrice Sparks
9,675 members
236 reviews
½ 3.4
6 Members
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66
A Thousand Acres
by Jane Smiley
6,641 members
143 reviews
½ 3.7
6 Members
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68
In the Night Kitchen
by Maurice Sendak
3,174 members
124 reviews
3.9
6 Members
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69
If I Ran the Zoo
by Dr. Seuss
2,425 members
49 reviews
3.9
6 Members
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Explanations
aethercowboy: In 2021, the Seuss estate ceased publication of this book. Auction site eBay subsequently banned the book from sale on their platform.
70
A Day In the Life of Marlon Bundo
by Jill Twiss
1,518 members
56 reviews
½ 4.5
6 Members
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Explanations
aspirit: On ALA top challenged books list
71
Heather Has Two Mommies
by Lesléa Newman
1,046 members
78 reviews
4
6 Members
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Explanations
aspirit: On ALA's list of most frequently challenged books in the 1990s
72
Gulliver's Travels [Dover Thrift Editions]
by Jonathan Swift
411 members
6 reviews
½ 3.5
6 Members
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73
Twilight
by Stephenie Meyer
65,281 members
2,352 reviews
½ 3.7
5 Members
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Explanations
aspirit: On ALA top challenged books list
74
The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame
27,793 members
368 reviews
4.1
5 Members
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75
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway
25,718 members
374 reviews
3.8
5 Members
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76
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky
24,266 members
812 reviews
4
5 Members
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Explanations
aspirit: On ALA and CLA most challenged books lists
77
Black Beauty
by Anna Sewell
21,393 members
232 reviews
3.9
5 Members
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78
Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes
18,652 members
438 reviews
4.1
5 Members
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79
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
18,417 members
231 reviews
4
5 Members
LucindaLibri, Rennee, alex68, kara.shamy, Julie_in_the_Library
80
The Holy Bible: King James Version
by King James Version
16,205 members
211 reviews
4
5 Members
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Explanations
aspirit: On ALA top challenged books list
81
A Passage to India
by E. M. Forster
13,965 members
167 reviews
3.8
5 Members
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82
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie
13,236 members
825 reviews
½ 4.3
5 Members
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Explanations
aspirit: On ALA top challenged books list
83
Orlando: A Biography
by Virginia Woolf
12,406 members
203 reviews
3.9
5 Members
PuddinTame, alex68, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
84
The Hate U Give
by Angie Thomas
12,131 members
524 reviews
½ 4.5
5 Members
dara85, ahef1963, aspirit, tbaughman89, grrlofhighart
Explanations
aspirit: On ALA top challenged books list
85
The Awakening
by Kate Chopin
10,247 members
208 reviews
½ 3.6
5 Members
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86
This Book Is Gay
by Juno Dawson
1,099 members
23 reviews
½ 3.7
5 Members
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Explanations
aspirit: Challenged in a New Jersey school district and censored in a Wisconsin school district, 2021
87
King and King
by Linda de Haan
476 members
45 reviews
3.8
5 Members
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Explanations
aspirit: Challenged and restricted in multiple states, USA, 2004—07
88
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
44,368 members
578 reviews
4.1
4 Members
LucindaLibri, alex68, ahef1963, teeteto
89
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
29,749 members
494 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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90
The Subtle Knife
by Philip Pullman
27,310 members
376 reviews
4.1
4 Members
PuddinTame, jasmaynard, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
91
Neverwhere
by Neil Gaiman
26,656 members
632 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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Explanations
aspirit: New Mexico schools, 2013
92
The Amber Spyglass
by Philip Pullman
26,056 members
428 reviews
4
4 Members
PuddinTame, jasmaynard, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
93
A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway
25,689 members
281 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
LucindaLibri, alex68, ahef1963, jimmyob
94
Looking for Alaska
by John Green
22,898 members
801 reviews
4
4 Members
ahef1963, aspirit, ManWithAnAgenda, grrlofhighart
Explanations
aspirit: On ALA top challenged books list
95
To the Lighthouse
by Virginia Woolf
20,425 members
312 reviews
3.9
4 Members
alex68, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, teeteto
96
As I Lay Dying
by William Faulkner
16,871 members
238 reviews
3.9
4 Members
LucindaLibri, alex68, HeavyH2O, steller0707
97
Franny and Zooey
by J. D. Salinger
16,163 members
196 reviews
4
4 Members
PuddinTame, alex68, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda
98
Thirteen Reasons Why
by Jay Asher
14,982 members
790 reviews
3.8
4 Members
aspirit, Brandy1411, tbaughman89, grrlofhighart
Explanations
aspirit: On ALA top challenged books list
99
Brideshead Revisited
by Evelyn Waugh
14,117 members
286 reviews
4
4 Members
LucindaLibri, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
100
Snow Falling on Cedars
by David Guterson
13,895 members
198 reviews
3.8
4 Members
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