by Orwell, George

Challenged in the Jackson County, FL (1981) because Orwell's novel is "pro-communist and contained explicit sexual matter."

by Knowles, John

Challenged at the McDowell County, NC schools (1996) because of "graphic language."

by Twain, Mark

Banned for "racist language"

by Huxley, Aldous

Removed from the Foley, AL High School Library (2000) pending review, because a parent complained that its characters showed contempt for religion, marriage, and family.

by Bradbury, Ray

Challenged at the Conroe (TX) Independent School District because of the following: “discussion of being drunk, smoking cigarettes, violence, ‘dirty talk’, references to the Bible, and using God’s name in vain.” The novel went against the complainants’ “religious beliefs.”

by Golding, William

Challenged in the Waterloo, IA schools (1992) because of profanity, lurid passages about sex, and statements defamatory to minorities, God, women and the disabled.

by Spiegelman, Art

McMillan Tennessee school district banned due to “inappropriate language” and an illustration of a nude woman

by Andrews, Jesse

Banned and challenged because it was considered sexually explicit and degrading to women

by Vonnegut, Kurt

Banned in Levittown, NY (1975), North Jackson, OH (1979), and Lakeland, FL (1982) because of the "book's explicit sexual scenes, violence, and obscene language."

edited by Hannah-Jones, Nikole

Arkansas and Mississippi bills call the 1619 Project “a racially divisive and revisionist account;” the Iowa bill claims that it “attempts to deny or obfuscate the fundamental principles upon which the United States was founded.”

by Collins, Suzanne

Challenged for "religious viewpoint, unsuited to age group"

by Morrison, Toni

Banned from the Littleon (CO) curriculum and library shelves after complaints about its explicit sex.

by Salinger, J. D.

Removed by a Dorchester District 2 school board member in Summerville, SC (2001) because it "is a filthy, filthy book."

by Walker, Alice

Challenged and banned for containing "profanity and descriptions of drug abuse, sexually explicit conduct, and torture.”

by Sutherland, Tui

Series Challenged for LGBTQ content

by Steinbeck, John

Challenged in the Greenville, SC schools (1991) because the book uses the name of God and Jesus in a "vain and profane manner along with inappropriate sexual references."

by Atwood, Margaret

"Profanity; lurid passages about sex; statements defamatory to minorities, god, women and the disabled; violence; hopelessness; age-inappropriate; graphic sex; vulgar; offensive to Christians; violently graphic and morally corrupt."

by Atwood, Margaret

Banned and challenged for profanity, violence, and because it was thought to promote an anti-police message and indoctrination of a social agenda

by Alexander, Michelle

Banned in North Carolina prisons in February 2017 because it was considered “likely to provoke confrontation between racial groups.”

by Lee, Harper

Challenged at the Santa Cruz, CA Schools (1995) because of its racial themes. Removed from the Southwood High School Library in Caddo Parish, LA (1995) because the book's language and content were objectionable.

by Wright, Richard

Native Son was removed from Irvington High School in Fremont, CA (1998) after a few parents complained the book was unnecessarily violent and sexually explicit.