Every year, the American Library Association records hundreds of attempts to remove books from libraries and classrooms. Help them fight back during #BannedBookWeek – typically at the end of September each year. See complete book lists and learn more at http://www.ala.org/bbooks/banned. Read a sample of the books on their lists below.
Top 13 Most Challenged Books from 2022
Top 10 Most Challenged Books from 2021
Top 10 Most Challenged Books from 2020
Top 10 Most Challenged Books from 2019
Top 11 Most Challenged Books from 2018
Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2017
Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2016
Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2015
Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2014
Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2013
Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2012
Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2011
Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2010
Most Challenged Books from 2001-2009
Frequently Challenged Classics
Frequently Challenged Children’s Books
Frequently Challenged Teen & Young Adult Books
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Many of the top banned books of all time are titles still highly sought-after by lovers of the written word. If you are a reader seeking these titles, you have come to the right place.
Every year, hundreds of books are challenged. If successfully challenged, the books are then banned from classrooms and libraries across the nation. Sometimes, books go on the banned list for a time but are later approved again; it depends on the book! Typically, books are challenged by parents with the intention of protecting their children from content they see as inappropriate.
While banned books are removed from school rooms, you can still find these titles at ThriftBooks. Here, we offer a huge selection of banned stories at discounted prices. Discover some of these banned titles today.
Best Banned Books of All Time: The Classics
You might be familiar with these titles, especially if you read them during your days in school. Whether you’re looking to add them back into your reading collection or you want to give these top banned books as gifts, here are a few of the many titles you can find for discount prices at ThriftBooks:
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- 1984 by George Orwell
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
- A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
These classics aren’t the only titles that have come under fire to be taken off the approved reading lists. There are many frequently challenged children’s books, books for teens, and young adult books. Some of these include:
- Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
- James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
- Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
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