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.

Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz Daddy’s Roommate, by Michael Willhoite I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck Forever, by Judy Blume Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson Heather Has Two Mommies, by Leslea Newman The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger The Giver, by Lois Lowry My Brother Sam is Dead, by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier It’s Perfectly Normal, by Robie Harris Alice (series), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Goosebumps (series), by R.L. Stine A Day No Pigs Would Die, by Robert Newton Peck The Color Purple, by Alice Walker Sex, by Madonna Earth’s Children (series), by Jean M. Auel The Great Gilly Hopkins, by Katherine Paterson In the Night Kitchen, by Maurice Sendak The Witches, by Roald Dahl A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle The New Joy of Gay Sex, by Charles Silverstein Go Ask Alice, by Anonymous The Goats, by Brock Cole The Stupids (series), by Harry Allard Anastasia Krupnik (series), by Lois Lowry Final Exit, by Derek Humphry Blubber, by Judy Blume Halloween ABC, by Eve Merriam Julie of the Wolves, by Jean Craighead George Kaffir Boy, by Mark Mathabane The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters, by Lynda Madaras Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton The Pigman, by Paul Zindel To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee We All Fall Down, by Robert Cormier Deenie, by Judy Blume Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes Annie on My Mind, by Nancy Garden Beloved, by Toni Morrison The Boy Who Lost His Face, by Louis Sachar Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat, by Alvin Schwartz Harry Potter (series), by J.K. Rowling Cujo, by Stephen King James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl A Light in the Attic, by Shel Silverstein Ordinary People, by Judith Guest American Psycho, by Bret Easton Ellis Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley Sleeping Beauty Trilogy, by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice) Bumps in the Night, by Harry Allard Asking About Sex and Growing Up, by Joanna Cole What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons, by Lynda Madaras The Anarchist Cookbook, by William Powell Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret, by Judy Blume Boys and Sex, by Wardell Pomeroy Crazy Lady, by Jane Conly Athletic Shorts, by Chris Crutcher Killing Mr. Griffin, by Lois Duncan Fade, by Robert Cormier Guess What?, by Mem Fox Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut Lord of the Flies, by William Golding Native Son, by Richard Wright Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women’s Fantasies, by Nancy Friday Curses, Hexes and Spells, by Daniel Cohen On My Honor, by Marion Dane Bauer The House of Spirits, by Isabel Allende Jack, by A.M. Homes Arizona Kid, by Ron Koertge Family Secrets, by Norma Klein Mommy Laid an Egg, by Babette Cole Bless Me, Ultima, by Rudolfo A. Anaya Where Did I Come From?, by Peter Mayle The Face on the Milk Carton, by Caroline Cooney Carrie, by Stephen King The Dead Zone, by Stephen King The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison Always Running, by Luis Rodriguez Private Parts, by Howard Stern Where’s Waldo?, by Martin Hanford Summer of My German Soldier, by Bette Greene Tiger Eyes, by Judy Blume Little Black Sambo, by Helen Bannerman Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett Running Loose, by Chris Crutcher Sex Education, by Jenny Davis Jumper, by Steven Gould Christine, by Stephen King The Drowning of Stephen Jones, by Bette Greene That Was Then, This is Now, by S.E. Hinton Girls and Sex, by Wardell Pomeroy The Wish Giver, by Bill Brittain Jump Ship to Freedom, by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier