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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
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Flamer
Mike Curato
Banned for: LGBTQIA+ representation and claimed to be sexually explicit
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Jesse Andrews
Banned and challenged for profanity and because it was claimed to be sexually explicit and degrading to women
This Book is Gay
Juno Dawson
Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content, providing sexual education, and because it was claimed to be sexually explicit
The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas
Banned and challenged for profanity, violence, and because it was thought to promote an anti-police message and indoctrination of a social agenda
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out
Susan Kuklin
Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content and because it was considered to be sexually explicit.