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Overview
An ever growing list of the banned books in the USA and the reasons they’re banned. The reasons they are banned varied from year to year and source to source. Sources include:
American Library Association https://www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10/archive
PEN American
https://pen.org/banned-books-list-2025/
Barnes and Nobles
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/banned-books/_/N-rtm?page=2
Los Angeles Public Library
https://www.lapl.org/banned
Unite Against Book Banes
https://bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org/
*All children’s picture books are bonuses in the challenge.
American Library Association https://www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10/archive
PEN American
https://pen.org/banned-books-list-2025/
Barnes and Nobles
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/banned-books/_/N-rtm?page=2
Los Angeles Public Library
https://www.lapl.org/banned
Unite Against Book Banes
https://bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org/
*All children’s picture books are bonuses in the challenge.
Banned Books in the US
19 participants (40 books)
Overview
An ever growing list of the banned books in the USA and the reasons they’re banned. The reasons they are banned varied from year to year and source to source. Sources include:
American Library Association https://www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10/archive
PEN American
https://pen.org/banned-books-list-2025/
Barnes and Nobles
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/banned-books/_/N-rtm?page=2
Los Angeles Public Library
https://www.lapl.org/banned
Unite Against Book Banes
https://bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org/
*All children’s picture books are bonuses in the challenge.
American Library Association https://www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10/archive
PEN American
https://pen.org/banned-books-list-2025/
Barnes and Nobles
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/banned-books/_/N-rtm?page=2
Los Angeles Public Library
https://www.lapl.org/banned
Unite Against Book Banes
https://bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org/
*All children’s picture books are bonuses in the challenge.
Challenge Books
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison
Banned and challenged for depiction of sexual abuse, EDI content, and because it was claimed to be sexually explicit
Gender Queer: A Memoir
Maia Kobabe
Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content and because it was claimed to be sexually explicit
The Complete Maus
Art Spiegelman
Maus comes in 2 volumes. The title listed above is the complete duology
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
banned and challenged for profanity and for “vulgarity and sexual overtones”
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky
Banned and challenged for depiction of sexual abuse, LGBTQIA+ content, drug use, profanity, and because it was claimed to be sexually explicit
All Boys Aren't Blue
George M. Johnson
Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content and because it was claimed to be sexually explicit
Looking for Alaska
John Green
Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content and because it was claimed to be sexually explicit