The 20 Most Frequently Banned/Challenged Books in America

Discover the 20 most frequently banned or challenged books in America. Explore controversial titles that have sparked debates and censorship attempts across the U.S.

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I Know why the Caged Bird Sings Cover
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I Know why the Caged Bird Sings

by Maya Angelou

The moving and beautiful autobiography of a talented black woman. ". . . I have no words for this achievement, but I know that not …
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The chocolate war

 

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

by Mark Twain

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Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; …
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Blubber

by Judy Blume

Jill goes along with the rest of the fifth-grade class in tormenting a classmate and then finds out what it's like when she, too, becomes …
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Bridge to Terabithia

by Katherine Paterson

A secret world of their own Jess Aaron's greatest ambition is to be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. He's been practicing all summer …
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The Catcher in the Rye

by J.D. Salinger

The "brilliant, funny, meaningful novel" (The New Yorker) that established J. D. Salinger as a leading voice in American literature--and that has instilled in millions …
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The Giver

by Lois Lowry

Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers …
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The Agony of Alice

by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Right from the start, readers know that Alice McKinney is something special. In this, her very first book, Alice is in sixth grade, right on …
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A Day No Pigs Would Die

 

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The Color Purple

by Alice Walker

Set in the period between the world wars, this novel tells of two sisters, their trials, and their survival.
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The Clan of the Cave Bear

by Jean M. Auel

An all-absorbing journey into man's possible past. Jean M. Auel, a storytelling genius, weaves a compellingly readable saga of human survival; an epic that transcends …
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The Great Gilly Hopkins

by Katherine Paterson

Eleven-year-old Gilly has been stuck in more foster families than she can remember, and she's disliked them all. She has a county-wide reputation for being …