Frequently Challenged Books with Diverse Content
Frequently Challenged Books with Diverse Content
The ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) receives reports from libraries, schools, and the media on attempts to ban books in communities across the country. We compile lists of challenged books in order to inform the public about censorship efforts that affect libraries and schools. How do we define diversity?
A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest J. Gaines
A Hero Ain’t Nothin But a Sandwich by Alice Childress
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
Always Running by Luis J Rodriguez
Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence by Marion Dane Baue
America by E.R. Frank
And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X and Alex Haley
Baby Be-Bop by Francesca Lia Block
Ball Don’t Lie by Matt De La Pena
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin
Black Boy by Richard Wright
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A Anaya
Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes
Color of Earth by Kim Dong Hwa
Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite
Drama by Raina Telgemeier
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
Families: A Celebration of Diversity, Commitment and Love by Aylette Jenness
Full Spectrum by David Levithan
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Geography Club by Brent Hartinger
George by Alex Gino
Getting It by Alex Sanchez
God Box by Alex Sanchez
Habibi by Craig Thompson
Heather Has Two Mommies by Lesléa Newman
Hold Me Closer by David Levithan
Hoops by Walter Dean Myers
I Am J by Cris Beam
I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Ironman by Chris Crutcher
It’s Perfectly Normal by Robie H Harris
Jazmin’s Notebook by Nikki Grimes
Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
King & King by Linda de Haan
Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Mexican Whiteboy by Matt De La Pena
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchino
My Princess Boy by Cheryl Kilodavis
Nappy Hair by Carolivia Herron
Nasreen’s Secret School by Jeanette Winter
Native Son by Richard Wright
Palestine: A Nation Occupied by Joe Sacco
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez
Rainbow High by Alex Sanchez
Rainbow Road by Alex Sanchez
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D Taylor
Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Scorpions by Walter Dean Myers
So Far From the Bamboo Grove by Yoko Kawashima Watkins
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
The Diary of a Girl by Anne Frank
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Librarian of Basra by Jeanette Winter
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox
This Book is Gay by James Dawson
This Day in June by Gayle Pitman
This One Summer by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki
Tintin in America by Hergé
Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
Tyrell by Coe Booth
Uncle Bobby’s Wedding by Sarah S Brannen
Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
Who’s in a Family? by Robert Skutch
Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty by Greg Neri