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Banned Books Week 2021: Historically Challenged Books

ALA Banned & Challenged Books Lists

The American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom keeps extensive lists of books that are frequently banned and/or challenged. Feel free to peruse these lists and reports below as well as more extensive lists, and find your next great read!

Banned Books in Our Library

A Wrinkle in Time
Fahrenheit 451
The Giver
In Our Mothers' House
The Working Poor
The Golden Compass
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass
The Handmaid's Tale
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
The Fault in Our Stars
And Tango Makes Three
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Naked Lunch
A Light in the Attic
Fun Home
The Grapes of Wrath
The House on Mango Street
In Cold Blood
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
In the Night Kitchen
Catch-22
The Diary of a Young Girl
A Farewell to Arms
The Lorax
Invisible Man
The Catcher in the Rye
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1984
Women in Love
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Who's in a Family?
All American Boys
Ulysses
To Kill a Mockingbird
This Book Is Gay
An American Tragedy
The Things They Carried
Always Running
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Animal Farm
A Wrinkle in Time Graphic Novel
Sophie's Choice
As I Lay Dying
The Sun Also Rises
The Awakening
Charlotte's Web
A Clockwork Orange
Bless Me, Ultima
The Bluest Eye
Brideshead Revisited
Snow Falling on Cedars
Carrie
The Pillars of the Earth
The Color Purple
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Giving Tree
A Prayer for Owen Meany
The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and Other Stories
Song of Solomon
A Separate Peace
The Satanic Verses
Beloved
Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children's Crusade
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Complete Persepolis
Rabbit, Run
Little House on the Prairie
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Gone with the Wind
Lord of the Flies
Of Mice and Men
Flowers for Algernon
The Great Gatsby
The House of the Spirits
The Lovely Bones
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
The Jungle
The Kite Runner
A Gathering of Old Men
The Naked and the Dead
Like Water for Chocolate
The Bastard of Istanbul
The Tortilla Curtain
The Joy Luck Club
Brave New World
Merriam-Websters Collegiate Dictionary
The Da Vinci Code
Twilight
New Moon
Eclipse
Breaking Dawn
Mein Kampf
Living Dead Girl
Nickel and Dimed
Freakonomics
A People's History of the United States
The Glass Castle
City of Thieves
Siddhartha
Push
The Namesake
Ender's Game
Feed
Message to Aztlán
Paper Towns
Tweak
A Thousand Acres
The Hunger Games
Catching Fire
Mockingjay
A Child Called
Fight Club
The Disappearing Spoon

Jason Reynolds Named Honorary Chair for Banned Books Week 2021

Oscar Wilde Quote

"The books that the world calls immoral are books that show its shame." -Oscar Wilde in The Picture of Dorian Gray

Spanish Banned Books in the Library

Don Quijote de la Mancha
Harry Potter y Las Reliquias de la Muerte
Harry Potter y el Misterio Del Principe
Harry Potter y la Orden Del Fenix
Harry Potter y el Caliz de Fuego
Harry Potter y el Prisionero de Azkaban
Harry Potter y la Camara Secreta
Harry Potter y la Piedra Filosofal
Matar a un Ruiseñor
La Casa de Los Espiritus
El Alquimista
Bendíceme, Ultima
Sinsajo
En Llamas
Los Juegos del Hambre
La Casa en Mango Street
1984
Cien Años de Soledad