Banned/Challenged Books of 2025-2026 – Author List
- Andrews, Jesse – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
- Armentrout, Jennifer L. – Storm and Fury
- Arnold, Elana K. – Damsel
- Atwood, Margaret – The Handmaid’s Tale
- Burgess, Anthony – A Clockwork Orange
- Chbosky, Stephen – The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- Frank, Anne – The Diary of a Young Girl
- Green, John – Looking for Alaska
- Hopkins, Ellen – Identical
- Hopkins, Ellen – Tilt
- Hopkins, Ellen – Tricks
- Hosseini, Khaled – The Kite Runner
- Hurston, Zora Neale – Their Eyes Were Watching God
- Keplinger, Kody – The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend
- Kobabe, Maia – Gender Queer: A Memoir
- Lo. Malinda – Last Night at the Telegraph Club
- Maas, Sarah J. – A Court of Thorns and Roses
- Maas, Sarah J. – Empire of Storms
- Maas, Sarah J. – Kingdom of Ash
- Maguire, Gregory – Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
- McCormick, Patricia – Sold
- Morrison, Toni – The Bluest Eye
- Silverstein, Shel – A Light in the Attic
- Walker, Alice – The Color Purple
- Whitehead, Colson – The Underground Railroad
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A CHALLENGED book has been requested to be removed from a library, classroom, etc.
For additional information contact
Ron Titus, titus@marshall.edu
304-696-6575
Last updated
August 7, 2026