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Most Banned or Challenged Books of 2015-16

THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY REPRESENTS BOOKS CHALLENGED, RESTRICTED, REMOVED, OR BANNED IN 2015 AND 2016 as reported in the Newsletter on intellectual Freedom, Journal of intellectual Freedom and PrIvacy, AND American
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
1
Sherman Alexie
Alison Bechdel Fun Home
Alison Bechdel Fun Home
2
City of Thieves (David Benioff)
City of Thieves
3
David Benioff
History Alive! the Medieval World and Beyond. (Bert Bower an Jim Lobdell)
History Alive! the Medieval World and Beyond.
4
Bert Bower an Jim Lobdell
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
5
Stephen Chbosky
Al Capone Does My Shirts (Gennifer Choldenko)
Al Capone Does My Shirts
6
Gennifer Choldenko
Into the River (Ted Dawe)
Into the River
7
Ted Dawe
This Book Is Gay (James Dawson)
This Book Is Gay
8
James Dawson
King and King
King and King
9
Death and the Maiden (Ariel Dorfman)
Death and the Maiden
10
Ariel Dorfman
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
11
Jonathan Safran Foer
Just One Day (Gayle Forman)
Just One Day
12
Gayle Forman
Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories
Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories
13
The Absolute Sandman Vol 2 (Neil Gaiman)
The Absolute Sandman Vol 2
14
Neil Gaiman
Looking for Alaska (John Green)
Looking for Alaska
15
John Green
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
16
Mark Haddon
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Kathryn Harper)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
17
Kathryn Harper
For Every Child a Better World (Jim Henson)
For Every Child a Better World
18
Jim Henson
Tintin in America (Hergé)
Tintin in America
19
Hergé
I Am Jazz (Jessica Herthel, Jazz Jennings)
I Am Jazz
20
Jessica Herthel, Jazz Jennings
Glass (Ellen Hopkins)
Glass
21
Ellen Hopkins
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
22
Khalid Hosseini
The Disappearing Spoon (Sam Kean)
The Disappearing Spoon
23
Sam Kean
My Princess Boy: A Mom's Story About a Young Boy That Likes to Dress Up (Cheryl Kilodavis)
My Princess Boy: A Mom's Story About a Young Boy That Likes to Dress Up
24
Cheryl Kilodavis
Dead Poets Society (N.H. Kleinbaum)
Dead Poets Society
25
N.H. Kleinbaum
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
26
Jhumpa Lahiri
Cal (Bernard MacLaverty)
Cal
27
Bernard MacLaverty
Daughter of the Forest (Juliet Marillier)
Daughter of the Forest
28
Juliet Marillier
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
29
Toni Morrison
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
30
Tim O'Brien
Piccolo Uovo (Francesca Pardi and F. Altan Tullo)
Piccolo Uovo
31
Francesca Pardi and F. Altan Tullo
Amityville (John Perritano)
Amityville
32
John Perritano
This Day in June (Gayle E. Pittman)
This Day in June
33
Gayle E. Pittman
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
34
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
35
Rebecca Skloot
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
36
John Steinbeck
Art History 18th to 21st Century Art (Marilyn Stokstad)
Art History 18th to 21st Century Art
37
Marilyn Stokstad
Some Girls Are (Courtney Summers)
Some Girls Are
38
Courtney Summers
This One Summer (Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki)
This One Summer
39
Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki
Jean a Deux Mamans (Orphelie Texier)
Jean a Deux Mamans
40
Orphelie Texier
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