OUR FAVORITE BANNED BOOKS
From History
Dante’s The Divine Comedy was burned in 1497 on religious grounds
The Bible (Martin Luther’s translation) was burned in 1624 by Papal authority
Shakespeare’s Tragedy of King Richard II was censored by Queen Elizabeth
From This Century
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling (most frequently challenged book of 1999)
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Forever by Judy Blume
most novels by Stephen King
Famous Banned Books by African-American Authors
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
And Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
Go Tell it on the Mountain along with Another Country, Tell Me How Long The Train’s Been Gone, If Beale Street Could Talk, Blues for Mr. Charlie by James Baldwin
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Native Son by Richard Wright
Banned in Texas Last Year
Seconds
BRIAN INNES
The Creature from the Depths
DENENE MILLNER
Hotlanta
LAUREN MYRACLE
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PHYLLIS REYNOLDS NAYLOR
Achingly Alice
PETER PARNELL AND JUSTIN RICHARDSON
And Tango Makes Three
JULIE ANNE PETERS
Far from Xanadu
PATRICIA POLACCO
In Our Mothers’ House
ANNE ROONEY
Zombies on the Loose
R.L. STINE
Eye Candy
Time-Life Magazine
Tom Brown’s Schooldays (multi-media)
ALLISON VAN DIEPEN
Snitch
JAKE WIZNER
Spanking Shakespeare
CECILY CON ZIEGESAR
Would I Lie to You: A Gossip Girl Novel
The History and Methods of Torture
MARK KIDWELL
Restricted Based on Age, Grade Level, or Parental Permission
It’s Not the End of the World
JOHN FARNDON
Dorling Kindersly Visual Encyclopedia
Burned
Crank
Glass
Identical
Impulse
ELLEN HOPKINS
More Horowitz Horror
ANTHONY HOROWITZ
The Creature from the Depths
MARK KIDWELL
It
STEPHEN KING
Born to Rock
GORDON KORMAN
The Scherno! Discoveries
GARY PAULSEN
Las Aventuras del Super-Bebe Panal
DAV PILKEY
Alice on Her Way
PHYLLIS REYNOLDS NAYLOR
And Tango Makes Three
PETER PARNELL AND JUSTIN RICHARDSON
What My Mother Doesn’t Know
SONYA SONES