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Banned and Challenged Books

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Author

Dewey Number

Description

Invisible Man

Ellison, Ralph

FIC ELL

Won the 1953 National Book Award and has become a classic.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Stowe, Harriet Beecher

FIC STO

Controversial  when she wrote it and still getting banned.

Of Mice and Men

Steinbeck, John

FIC STE

Often read by high school students, but also often banned.

The Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

FIC STE

Another oft banned book that has become a classic by Steinbeck.

Leaves of Grass

Whitman, Walt

811 WHI

Poetry banned.

In Cold Blood

Capote, Truman

FIC CAP

It probably delighted Truman to have his book banned.

To Kill A Mockingbird

Lee, Harper

FIC LEE

Lee has her own book banned, after working closely with Truman on his.

Gone With the Wind

Mitchell, Margaret

FIC MIT

This classic won the 1937 Pulitzer and has also been banned.

The Great Gatsby

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

FIC FIT

Another classic on the list.

Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret

Blume, Judy

J FIC BLU

A number of Judy Blume’s books for children have been banned.

A Wrinkle in Time

L’Engle, Madeleine

J FIC LEN

Won the Newbery and makes the list of top 100 banned.

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Hurston, Nora Zeale

FIC HUR

Don’t know this author? You should.

The Things They Carried

O’Brien, Tim

FIC OBR

Story of a young soldier in Vietnam by an award-winning author

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Taylor, Mildred

J FIC TAY

This won the Newbery in 1977.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Kesey, Ken

FIC KES

Both an allegory of individualism and a heart-tearing psychological drama, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest manages to be uplifting without giving an inch to the seductions of sentimentality.

The Kite Runner

Hosseini, Khaled

FIC HOS

Well known book about modern Afghanistan.

Snow Falling on Cedars

Guterson, David

FIC GUT

Tale of Japanese Americans during WWII.

The Outsiders

Hinton, S.E.

FIC HIN

You’ve read Catcher in the Rye, but have you read The Outsiders?

The Handmaid’s Tale

Atwood, Margaret

FIC ATW

Now a popular television show as well as a banned book.

Beloved

Morrison, Toni

FIC MOR

 Morrison’s award-winning  books get banned regularly.

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Angelou, Maya

92 ANG

Memoir by the poet and author.

Bridge to Terabithia

Paterson, Katherine

J FIC PAT

A Vermont author, Paterson has a few books on the banned list.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Twain, Mark

FIC TWA

Classic.

The Giver

Lowry, Lois

J FIC LOW

Award-winning children’s author and also on the banned list.