Kansas Book Ban List

Description
In 2021, the Goddard school district in Kansas removed books related to gender, sexuality, and race from school libraries as part of a conservative push against teaching diversity and real American history in schools.
1
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
48,422 members
1,236 reviews
4.1
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2
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky
24,290 members
812 reviews
4
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3
The Bluest Eye
by Toni Morrison
15,950 members
271 reviews
3.9
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4
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie
13,241 members
826 reviews
½ 4.3
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5
The Hate U Give
by Angie Thomas
12,144 members
525 reviews
½ 4.5
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6
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
by Alison Bechdel
9,313 members
392 reviews
4.2
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7
The Testaments
by Margaret Atwood
9,056 members
277 reviews
4.1
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8
Crank
by Ellen Hopkins
5,354 members
240 reviews
4
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9
This One Summer
by Mariko Tamaki
2,362 members
164 reviews
½ 3.7
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10
Gender Queer: A Memoir
by Maia Kobabe
2,213 members
127 reviews
4.2
Member
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11
Fences
by August Wilson
2,169 members
21 reviews
3.8
Member
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12
The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
by Heidi W. Durrow
2,094 members
118 reviews
3.8
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13
Living Dead Girl
by Elizabeth Scott
1,549 members
152 reviews
3.8
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14
All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto
by George M. Johnson
1,482 members
53 reviews
4.1
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15
The 57 Bus
by Dashka Slater
1,434 members
62 reviews
4.2
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16
Heavy: An American Memoir
by Kiese Laymon
1,365 members
48 reviews
½ 4.4
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17
Monday's Not Coming
by Tiffany D. Jackson
1,354 members
54 reviews
4.1
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18
This Book Is Gay
by Juno Dawson
1,099 members
23 reviews
½ 3.7
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19
Blended
by Sharon M. Draper
1,062 members
42 reviews
4
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20
The Handmaid's Tale (Graphic Novel)
by Margaret Atwood
832 members
35 reviews
4.2
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21
Anger Is a Gift
by Mark Oshiro
660 members
21 reviews
4.1
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22
Lily and Dunkin
by Donna Gephart
611 members
23 reviews
4.2
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23
Out of Darkness
by Ashley Hope Pérez
545 members
32 reviews
4
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25
#MurderTrending
by Gretchen McNeil
487 members
21 reviews
½ 3.7
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26
Lawn Boy
by Jonathan Evison
480 members
29 reviews
3.9
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27
Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard
by Echo Brown
305 members
9 reviews
½ 4.3
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28
Trans Mission: My Quest to a Beard
by Alex Bertie
125 members
4 reviews
½ 3.7
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29
Satanism (At Issue Series)
by Tamara L. Roleff
8 members
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