Banned/Challenged Books of 2025-2026 – Title List
- The Bluest Eye – Toni Morrison
- A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess
- The Color Purple – Alice Walker
- A Court of Thorns and Roses – Sarah J. Maas
- Damsel – Elana K. Arnold
- The Diary of a Young Girl – Anne Frank
- The Duff: Designated Ugly Fat Friend – Maia Kobabe
- Empire of Storms – Sarah J. Maas
- Gender Queer: A Memoir – Maia Kobabe
- The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
- Identical – Ellen Hopkins
- Kingdom of Ash – Sarah J. Maas
- The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
- Last Night at the Telegraph Club – Malinda Lo
- A Light in the Attic – Shel Silverstein
- Looking for Alaska – John Green
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl: A Novel – Jesse Andrews
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky
- Sold – Patricia McCormick
- Storm and Fury – Jennifer L. Armentrout
- Their Eyes Were Watching God – Zora Neale Hurston
- Tilt – Ellen Hopkins
- Tricks – Ellen Hopkins
- The Underground Railroad – Colson Whitehead
- Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West – Gregory Maguire
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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.
For additional information contact
Ron Titus, titus@marshall.edu
304-696-6575
Last updated
August 10, 2026