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The Banned Books Archive List

The reason these books were banned, or an attempt was made to ban them range in reasons from being too sexual, too violent, anti-Christian and in one case because it encouraged kids to break dishes so they wouldn't have to wash them.
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A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
1
Anthony Burgess
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
2
Ernest Hemingway
A Light in the Attic (Shel Silverstein)
A Light in the Attic
3
Shel Silverstein
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
4
John Irving
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
5
Madeleine L'engle
Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Huckleberry Finn
6
Mark Twain
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
7
Bret Easton Ellis
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
8
Theodore Dreiser
Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging (Louise Rennison)
Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging
9
Louise Rennison
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
10
George Orwell
Annie on My Mind (Nancy Garden)
Annie on My Mind
11
Nancy Garden
Are You There God? It's Me Margaret (Judy Blume)
Are You There God? It's Me Margaret
12
Judy Blume
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
13
William Faulkner
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
14
Toni Morrison
Blood and Chocolate (Annette Curtis Klause)
Blood and Chocolate
15
Annette Curtis Klause
Bone (Jeff Smith)
Bone
16
Jeff Smith
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
17
Aldous Huxley
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
18
Evelyn Waugh
Bridge to Terabithia (Katherine Paterson)
Bridge to Terabithia
19
Katherine Paterson
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
20
Dee Brown
Captain Underpants (Dav Pilkey)
Captain Underpants
21
Dav Pilkey
Carrie (Stephen King)
Carrie
22
Stephen King
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
23
Kurt Vonnegut
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
24
Joseph Heller
Crank (Ellen Hopkins)
Crank
25
Ellen Hopkins
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
26
Ray Bradbury
Fifty Shades of Grey (E.L. James)
Fifty Shades of Grey
27
E.L. James
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
28
Chuck Palahniuk
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
29
Daniel Keyes
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
30
Alison Bechdel
Go Ask Alice (Anonymous)
Go Ask Alice
31
Anonymous
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
32
James Baldwin
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
33
Margaret Mitchell
Goosebumps
Goosebumps
34
Gossip Girl (Cecily Von Ziegesar)
Gossip Girl
35
Cecily Von Ziegesar
Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
36
J.K. Rowling
Heather Has Two Mommies
Heather Has Two Mommies
37
His Dark Materials (Philip Pullman)
His Dark Materials
38
Philip Pullman
Howl (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl
39
Allen Ginsberg
I Am Jazz (Jessica Herthel, Jazz Jennings)
I Am Jazz
40
Jessica Herthel, Jazz Jennings
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