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Morrison, Toni
PS 3563 O8749 B55 1994
Reason:
Banned or challenged in many schools for profanity and being sexually explicit.
Huxley, Aldous
PR 6015 U9 B73 1977b
Reason:
Insensitivity, offensive language, racism, and sexually explicit.
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
PR 5397 F7 1994b
Reason:
Obscene material and unnatural acts.
Orwell, George
PR 6029 R8 A65 1993
Reason:
It was considered too controversial to print during World War II because it's themes of corruption and revolution were thought to be too critical of the U.S.S.R.
Angelou, Maya
PS 3551 N464 Z466 1993
Reason:
Sexually explicit, vulgar language, violent imagery.
Sebold, Alice
PS 3619 E26 L68 2002
Reason:
Challenged in schools for graphic violence and frightening content.
Hosseini, Khaled
PS 3608 O832 K58 2003
Reason:
Challenged for homosexuality, offensive language, religious viewpoint, and for being sexually explicit.
Atwood, Margaret
PS 8501 T9 H36
Reason:
Profanity, offensive to Christians, sexually explicit and sexual degradation.
Alexie, Sherman
PS 3551 L35774 A27 2007
Reason:
Vulgar language, references to masturbation, viewed as anti-Christian.
Collins, Suzanne
PZ 3 C5295 2008
Reason:
Violence, unsuited to age group, religious viewpoint, anti-family, anti-ethnic, insensitivity and offensive language.
Rowling, J. K.
PZ 7 R69 H35 2000
Reason:
Promotes the occult, is anti-family, and contains violence.
Robertson, David
E 98 W8 R63 2015
Reason:
Alberta Education listed this as "not recommended for use in the classroom" because of it's “graphic representation of sensitive content”.
Gaiman, Neil
PN 6728 S26 G39 2013
Reason:
Banned for "anti-family themes", "offensive language" and it's material as "unsuited for age groups".
Lemire, Jeff
PN 6733 L45 E87 2009
Reason:
Challenged for offensive language.
Tamaki, Mariko
PN 6733 T363 T55 2014
Reason:
Sexually explicit with mature themes, LGBTQ+ characters, drug use, and profanity. This was American Library Association's most challenged book in 2016
Bechdel, Alison
PN 6727 B3757 Z46 2007
Reason:
Alleged pornographic content, drug use, graphic sexual violence and anti-religious sentiments.
Kobabe, Maia
PZ 3.7 K63 G46 2020
Reason:
The most banned book in the U.S. in 2021 for being pornographic, sexually explicit and having LGBTQ+ characters,
Kirkman, Robert
PN 6728 W352 K57 2015
Reason:
Violence, profanity, and sexually explicit content.
Spiegelman, Art
D 810 J4 S643 1986
Reason:
Anti-ethnic and content unsuitable for younger readers.