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Banned Books Week - October 5-11, 2025: Previous Years

Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read.

Top 10 Most Challenged Books - 2023

Gender Queer: a Memoir by Maia Kobabe
ISBN: 9781549304002
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
ISBN: 9780374312718
This Book Is Gay by James Dawson; David Levithan (Introduction by)
ISBN: 9781492617822
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
ISBN: 9781451696202
Flamer by Mike Curato (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781627796415
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
ISBN: 9780679433736
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
ISBN: 9781419701764
Tricks by Ellen Hopkins
ISBN: 9781416950073
Let's Talk about It by Erika Moen; Matthew Nolan
ISBN: 9781984893147

Publication Date: 2021-03-09
Sold by Patricia McCormick
ISBN: 9780786851713

Publication Date: 2006-09-15

Top 10 Most Challenged Books - 2019

George by Álex Gino
ISBN: 9780545812542
Beyond Magenta by Susan Kuklin (Photographer)
ISBN: 9780763673680
A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twist; Marlon Bundo; E. G. Keller (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781452173801
Sex Is a Funny Word by Cory Silverberg; Fiona Smyth (Artist)
ISBN: 9781609806064
Prince and Knight by Daniel Haack; Stevie Lewis (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781499805529
I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel; Jazz Jennings; Shelagh McNicholas (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780803741072
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
ISBN: 9780385490818
Drama by Raina Telgemeier
ISBN: 9780545326988
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
ISBN: 9780590353427
And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson; Peter Parnell; Henry Cole (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780689878459

Top 10 Most Challenged Books - 2015

Beyond Magenta by Susan Kuklin (Photographer)
ISBN: 9780763673680
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
ISBN: 9780385512107
Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James
ISBN: 9780345803481
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
ISBN: 9780618871711
Habibi by Craig Thompson
ISBN: 9780375424144
Holy Bible by Zondervan Staff
ISBN: 9780310948599
I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel; Jazz Jennings; Shelagh McNicholas (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780803741072
Looking for Alaska by John Green
ISBN: 9780142402511
Nasreen's Secret School by Jeanette Winter (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781416994374
Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
ISBN: 9780307931900

Top 13 Most Challenged Books - 2022

Gender Queer: a Memoir by Maia Kobabe
ISBN: 9781549304002
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
ISBN: 9780374312718
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
ISBN: 9780679433736
Flamer by Mike Curato (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781627796415
Looking for Alaska by John Green
ISBN: 9780142402511
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
ISBN: 9781451696202
Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
ISBN: 9781616202620
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie; Ellen Forney (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780316013680
Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez
ISBN: 9781467742023
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
ISBN: 9781635575576
Crank by Ellen Hopkins
ISBN: 9780689865190
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
ISBN: 9781419701764
This Book Is Gay by James Dawson; David Levithan (Introduction by)
ISBN: 9781492617822

Top 10 Most Challenged Books - 2018

George by Álex Gino
ISBN: 9780545812542
A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twist; Marlon Bundo; E. G. Keller (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781452173801
The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780545499088
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
ISBN: 9780062498533
Drama by Raina Telgemeier
ISBN: 9780545326988
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
ISBN: 9781595141880
This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki; Jillian Tamaki (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781626720947
Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780142404034
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie; Ellen Forney (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780316013680
This Day in June by Gayle E. Pitman; Kristyna Litten (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781433816581
Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
ISBN: 9780307931917

Top 10 Most Challenged Books - 2014

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie; Ellen Forney (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780316013680
And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson; Peter Parnell; Henry Cole (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780689878459
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
ISBN: 9780679433736
Drama by Raina Telgemeier
ISBN: 9780545326988
It's Perfectly Normal by Robie H. Harris; Michael Emberley (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763668716
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
ISBN: 9781594480003
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
ISBN: 9781451696202
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780375422300
Saga by Brian K. Vaughan; Fiona Staples (Artist, Cover Design by)
ISBN: 9781607066019
A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard
ISBN: 9781451629194

Top 10 Most Challenged Books - 2021

Gender Queer: a Memoir by Maia Kobabe
ISBN: 9781549304002
Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
ISBN: 9781616202620
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
ISBN: 9780374312718
Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez
ISBN: 9781467742023
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas; Amandla Stenberg (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9780062498533

Publication Date: 2017-02-28
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie; Ellen Forney (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780316013680
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
ISBN: 9781419701764
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
ISBN: 9780679433736
This Book Is Gay by James Dawson; David Levithan (Introduction by)
ISBN: 9781492617822
Beyond Magenta by Susan Kuklin (Photographer)
ISBN: 9780763673680

Top 10 Most Challenged Books - 2017

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
ISBN: 9781595141880
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie; Ellen Forney (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780316013680
Drama by Raina Telgemeier
ISBN: 9780545326988
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
ISBN: 9781594480003
George by Álex Gino
ISBN: 9780545812542
Sex Is a Funny Word by Cory Silverberg; Fiona Smyth (Artist)
ISBN: 9781609806064
To Kill a Mockingbird by Lee, Harper
ISBN: 9780446310499
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
ISBN: 9780062498533
And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson; Peter Parnell; Henry Cole (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780689878459
I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel; Jazz Jennings; Shelagh McNicholas (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780803741072

Top 10 Most Challenged Books - 2013

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie; Ellen Forney (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780316013680
The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780545499088
A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl by Tanya Lee Stone
ISBN: 9780385747028
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
ISBN: 9780446517836
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
ISBN: 9780679433736
Bone Volume 1 Out from Boneville by Jeff Smith (Artist)
ISBN: 9780963660992
Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James
ISBN: 9780345803481
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
ISBN: 9780439023481
Looking for Alaska by John Green
ISBN: 9780142402511
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
ISBN: 9781451696202

Top 10 Most Challenged Books - 2020

George by Álex Gino
ISBN: 9780545812542
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds; Ibram X. Kendi
ISBN: 9780316453691
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds; Brendan Kiely
ISBN: 9781481463331
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson; L. Anderson
ISBN: 9780142407325
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie; Ellen Forney (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780316013697
Something Happened in Our Town by Marianne Celano; Marietta Collins; Ann Hazzard; Jennifer Zivoin (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781433828546
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
ISBN: 9780060935467
Of mice and men by Steinbeck, John
ISBN: 9780140177398
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
ISBN: 9780679433736
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
ISBN: 9780062498533

Top 10 Most Challenged Books - 2016

This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki; Jillian Tamaki (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781626720947
Drama by Raina Telgemeier
ISBN: 9780545326988
George by Álex Gino
ISBN: 9780545812542
I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel; Jazz Jennings; Shelagh McNicholas (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780803741072
Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
ISBN: 9780307931900
Looking for Alaska by John Green
ISBN: 9780142402511
Big Hard Sex Criminals [e-book] by Matt Fraction
Make Something Up by Chuck Palahniuk
ISBN: 9780385538053
The Meanest Thing to Say by Bill Cosby; Varnette P. Honeywood (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780590137546
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
ISBN: 9781250012579