Banned Book Week

Banned/Challenged Books of 2008-2009 - Title List

• The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens]
• Alice on Her Way by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
• The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
• Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison
• And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
• Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden
• Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anya
• Bling Bling: Hip Hop's Crown Jewels by Minya Oh
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
• The Book of Bunny Suicides: Little Fluffy Rabbits Who Just Don't Want to Live Anymore by Andy Riley
• The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad
• The Boy Book: A Study of Habits and Behaviors, Plus Techniques for Taming Them by E. Lockhart
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
• The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
• Chinese Handcuffs by Chris Crutcher
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker
• The Day After Tomorrow by Robert A. Heinlein
• Dead Folks by Jon A. Jackson
• Deal With It!: A Whole New Approach To Your Body, Brain, And Life As A Gurl by Esther Drill
• Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
• The Fighting Ground by Avi
• The Geography Club by Brent Hartinger
• Girl, Interrupted by Susamma Kaysen
• A Girl's Life Online by Katherine Tarbox
• Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
• The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
• The Golem's Eye by Jonathan Stroud
• The Great Tree Of Avalon: Child of the Dark Prophecy by T. A. Barron
• Grendel by John C. Gardner
• Hang-ups, Hook-ups, and Holding Out: Stuff You Need to Know About Your Bobdy, Sex, and Dating by Melisa Holmes and Trish Hutchison
• Hoops by Walter Dean Myers
• In Country by Bobbie Ann Mason
• It's Perfectly Normal: A Book About Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex and Sexual Health by Robie H. Harris
• The Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein and Felice Picano
• The Joy of Sex by Alex Comfort
• King & King by Linda de Haan and Stern Nijland
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
• The Land by Mildred D. Taylor
• The Lesbian Kama Sutra by Kat Harding
• Looking for Alaska by John Green
• Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
• Me, Penelope by Lisa Jahn-Clough
• Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story by John Berendt
• My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
• My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
• The New Joy of Sex by Alex Comfort
• Night Talk by Elizabeth Cox
• Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
• Notre Dave vs. the Klan: How the Fighting Irish Defeated the Ku Klux Klan by Todd Tucker
• A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
• Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
• Prep: A Novel by Curtis Sittenfeld
• Ptolemy's Gate by Jonathan Stroud
• Sex For Busy People: The Art Of The Quickie For Lovers On The Go by Emily Dubberley
• Sex, Puberty, and All That Stuff: A Guide to Growing Up by Jacqui Bailey and Jan McCafferty
• The Starplace by Vicki Grove
• The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• TTFN by Lauren Myracle
• TTYL by Lauren Myracle
• Twilight Series by Stephenie H. Meyer
• Uncle Bobby's Wedding by Sarah Brannen
• Vamos a Cuba [A Visit to Cuba] by Alta Schreier
• Whispers From the Dead by Joan Lowery Nixon
• Wicked by Gregory Maguire

Material for this page was obtained from the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom and 2009 Banned Books Resource Guide by Robert P. Doyle.

• On these pages, a BANNED book has been removed from a library, classroom, etc.
• A CHALLENGED book has been requested to be removed from a library, classroom, etc.