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Book challenges, bans, and censorship are on the rise. Having the freedom to read and access to books is fundamental. Fight censorship and read one of these banned books!  All of the books on this list have been challenged (meaning people tried to get the book banned), was banned in the past, or are currently banned & censored in the United States and/or other countries.  This list includes books banned in 2025, as well as books challenged and banned in previous years. This list is compiled from multiple sources, all of which are listed at the bottom of this page. Check back often as this list is updated on a regular basis (as books continue to be challenged and removed from public libraries and schools across the United States). Our list of Sources is at the bottom/end of this list.

 

To learn more about book bans, challenges, and other forms of censorship, we recommend checking out the following resources:

bookcover for Damsel

Damsel

Elana K. Arnold 

$13.99

bookcover for Like a Love Story

Like a Love Story

Abdi Nazemian 

$15.99

$14.87

bookcover for Blankets

Blankets

Craig Thompson 

$29.95

$27.85

bookcover for What Girls Are Made of

What Girls Are Made of

Elana K. Arnold 

$9.99

$9.28

bookcover for Homegoing

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi 

$18.00

$16.74

bookcover for Jesus Land: A Memoir

Jesus Land: A Memoir

Julia Scheeres 

$17.95

$16.69

bookcover for Everything I Never Told You

Everything I Never Told You

Celeste Ng 

$17.00

$15.81

bookcover for Wicked: Volume One in the Wicked Years

Wicked: Volume One in the Wicked Years

Gregory Maguire 

$19.99

$18.59

bookcover for The Sun and Her Flowers

The Sun and Her Flowers

Rupi Kaur 

$16.99

$15.80

bookcover for Call Me by Your Name

Call Me by Your Name

André Aciman 

$18.00

$16.74

bookcover for Water for Elephants

Water for Elephants

Sara Gruen 

$18.99

$17.66

bookcover for Uglies (Reissue)

Uglies (Reissue)

Scott Westerfeld 

$13.99

$13.01

bookcover for A Thousand Splendid Suns

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini 

$18.00

$16.74

bookcover for The Things They Carried

The Things They Carried

Tim O'Brien 

$18.99

$17.66

bookcover for Things Fall Apart

Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe 

$15.00

$13.95

bookcover for Sula

Sula

Toni Morrison 

$16.00

$14.89

bookcover for Their Eyes Were Watching God

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston 

$17.99

$16.73

bookcover for The Tenth Circle

The Tenth Circle

Jodi Picoult 

$18.99

$17.66

bookcover for Stranger in a Strange Land

Stranger in a Strange Land

Robert A. Heinlein 

$19.00

$17.67

bookcover for The Sound of Waves

The Sound of Waves

Yukio Mishima, 

Meredith Weatherby 

$17.00

$15.81

bookcover for Song of Solomon

Song of Solomon

Toni Morrison 

$17.00

$15.81

bookcover for So Far from the Bamboo Grove

So Far from the Bamboo Grove

Yoko Kawashima Watkins 

$9.99

$9.28

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