🚫 TOP 10 MOST CHALLENGED BOOKS - According to ala.org
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- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie - 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022
- ✓ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain - 2002, 2007
- Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor - 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011
- All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely - 2020
- All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson - 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell - 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2019
- Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture by Michael Bellesailes - 2003, 2004
- Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher - 2006
- A Bad Boy Can Be Good for A Girl by Tanya Lee Stone - 2013
- Beloved by Toni Morrison - 2006, 2012
- Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin - 2015, 2019, 2021
- Big Hard Sex Criminals written by Matt Fraction and illustrated by Chip Zdarsky - 2016
- Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya - 2008, 2013
- Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Claus - 2001
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison - 2006, 2024, 2013, 2014, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- ✓ Bone (series) by Jeff Smith - 2013
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley - 2010, 2011
- ✓ Bridge to Terabithia by Katherin Paterson - 2002, 2003
- Captain Underpants (series) by Dav Pilkey - 2002, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2018
- The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger - 2001, 2005, 2009
- ✓ The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier - 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
- ✓ The Color Purple by Alice Walker - 2007, 2009
- The Color of Earth by Km Dong Hwa - 2011
- A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas - 2022
- Crank by Ellen Hopkins - 2010, 2022, 2024
- Crazy Lady! by Jane Leslie Conly - 2005
- ✓ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon - 2015
- ✓ A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss, illustrated by EG Keller - 2018, 2019
- Detour for Emmy - 2005
- Drama written and illustrated by Raina Telgemeier - 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
- The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler - 2006, 2009
- Eleanor & Park written by Rainbow Rowell - 2016
- Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers - 2001, 2003
- ✓ Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James - 2012, 2013, 2015
- Flashcards of My Life by Charise Mericle Harper - 2008
- Flamer by Mike Curato - 2022, 2023, 2024
- ✓ Forever by Judy Blume - 2005
- Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel - 2015
- Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe - 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls -2012
- ✓ Go Ask Alice by Anonymous - 2001, 2003
- Gossip Girls (series) by Cecily Reynolds Ziegesar - 2006, 2008, 2011
- Habibi, by Craig Thompson - 2015
- ✓ The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood - 2019
- The Hate U Give written by Angie Thomas - 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021
- ✓ Harry Potter (series) by J.K. Rowling - 2001, 2002, 2003, 2019
- ✓ His Dark Materials (series) by Phillip Pullman - 2007, 2008
- The Holy Bible - 2015
- The Hunger Games (trilogy) by Suzanne Collins - 2010, 2011, 2013
- I Am Jazz, by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings and illustrated by Shelagh McNicholas - 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings bu Maya Angelou - 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007
- In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak - 2004
- It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex and Sexual Health by Robie H Harris - 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014
- It's So Amazing! A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies and Families by Robie H Harris - 2005
- Julie of the Wolves - Jean Craighead George - 2002
- King & King by Linda de Haan - 2003, 2004
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini - 2008, 2012, 2014, 2017,
- Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison - 2021, 2022
- Let’s Talk About It by Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan - 2023
- Little Bill (series) written by Bill Cosby and and illustrated by Varnette P. Honeywood - 2016
- Looking for Alaska by John Green - 2024, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2022
- Lush, by Natasha Friend - 2010
- Make Something Up: Stories You Can’t Unread written by Chuck Palahniuk - 2016
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews - 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- Melissa (previously published as George) written by Alex Gino - 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
- My Mom's Having A Baby! A Kid's Month-by-Month Guide to Pregnancy by Dori Hillestad Butler - 201
- My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult - 2009
- Nasreen’s Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan, by Jeanette Winter - 2015
- Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich - 2010
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck -2001, 2003, 2004, 2020
- Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes - 2007
- Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez - 2021
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky - 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2022, 2023, 2024
- Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi - 2014
- Prince & Knight by Daniel Haack, illustrated by Stevie Lewis - 2019
- Revolutionary Voices, edited by Amy Sonnie - 2010
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D Taylor - 2002
- ✓ Saga by Brian Vaughan and Fiona Staples - 2014
- Scary Stories (series) by Alvin Schwartz - 2006, 2008, 2012
- Sex is a Funny Word written by Cory Silverberg and illustrated by Fiona Smyth - 2017, 2019
- Skippyjon Jones series written and illustrated by Judy Schachner -2018
- Sold by Patricia McCormick - 2023, 2024
- Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard, illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin - 2020
- Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson 2020
- Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds - 2020
- A Stolen Life, Jaycee Dugard - 2014
- Summer of my German Soldier by Bette Greene - 2001
- Taming the Star Runner by SE Hinton - 2002
- Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher - 2012, 2017, 2018
- This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson - 2021, 2022, 2023
- This Day in June by Gayle E. Pitman, illustrated by Kristyna Litten - 2018
- This One Summer written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Jillian Tamaki - 2016, 2018
- ✓ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - 2009, 2011, 2017, 2020
- Tricks by Ellen Hopkins - 2023, 2024
- ttyl; ttfn; l8r; g8r (series) by Lauren Myracle - 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
- ✓ Twilight (series) by Stephanie Meyer - 2009, 2010
- Two Boys Kissing, by David Levithan - 2015, 2016, 2018
- Uncle Bobby's Wedding by Sarah S Brannen - 2008
- We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier - 2003
- Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher - 2005
- What Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones - 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011