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19 items

• The Handmaid's Tale

  Atwood, Margaret, 1939-

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  Banned and challenged for profanity and for “vulgarity and sexual overtones.”

• The Kite Runner

  Hosseini, Khaled

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  Challenged and banned because it includes sexual violence and was thought to “lead to terrorism” and “promote Islam."

• Beloved

  a Novel

  Morrison, Toni, 1931-2019

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  Challenged for violent content, language, and sexual explicitness.

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

  Haddon, Mark, 1962-

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  Challenged for profanity and religious references.

• Maus

  a Survivor's Tale

  Spiegelman, Art

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  Challenged and banned for "inappropriate language," a nude illustration, and depictions of violence.

• 1984

  a Novel

  Orwell, George, 1903-1950

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  Challenged because the novel was pro-communist and contained explicit sexual matter.

• Gender Queer

  Kobabe, Maia

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  Challenged and banned for LGBTQIA+ content and alleged sexual explicitness,

• The Bluest Eye

  a Novel

  Morrison, Toni, 1931-2019

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  Challenged and banned for sexual content and language.

• The Color Purple

  Walker, Alice, 1944-

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  Challenged for sexual explicitness, profanity, and portrayal of race relations.

• Kafka on the Shore

  Murakami, Haruki, 1949-

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  Challenged for sexual content and violent imagery.

• The Glass Castle

  a Memoir

  Walls, Jeannette

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  Challenged for profanity, substance abuse, and sexual content.

• Fun Home

  a Family Tragicomic

  Bechdel, Alison, 1960-

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  Challenged for nudity, LGBTQIA+ themes, and anti-religious sentiments.

• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

  Foer, Jonathan Safran, 1977-

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  Challenged for sexual content and profanity and violence.

• Lawn Boy

  a Novel

  Evison, Jonathan

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  Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content and because it was considered to be sexually explicit.

• Persepolis

  Satrapi, Marjane, 1969-

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  Challenged and banned for its "graphic" content (violence, political themes, sexual references) and perceived anti-religious/Islamophobic undertones.

• This One Summer

  Tamaki, Mariko

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  Challenged and banned for profanity, sexual references, LGBT characters, drug use, and mature themes.

• The House of the Spirits

  a Novel

  Allende, Isabel

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  Challenged and banned for sexual content, violence, anti-Christian themes, and being deemed inappropriate or pornographic for age groups.

• A Clockwork Orange

  Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993

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  Challenged and banned for graphic depictions of violence, sexual assault, and themes of free will.

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

  Angelou, Maya

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  Challenged and banned for mature themes and explicit language.