Banned Books
Several states are banning books in schools
Far-right elected officials ban books that inspire difficult conversations — including ones around racism, the LGBTQ+ community, and the Holocaust. We know, though, that these conversations are critical to societal progress and fixing systemic issues. Here’s a list of books under attack by the far-right:
- Black Girl Unlimited, Echo Brown
- All American Boys, Jason Reynolds and Brenden Kiely
- A People’s History of the United States, Howard Zinn
- A Court of Mist and Fury, Sarah Maas
- A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess
- A Boy Called Bat, Elana K. Arnold
- A Good Kind of Trouble, Lisa Moore Ramee
- A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry
- All Boys Aren’t Blue, George M. Johnson
- And Tango Makes Three, Justin Richardson
- Antiracist Baby, Ibram X. Kendi
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Benjamin Alire Saenz
- Last Night at the Telegraph Club, Malinda Lo
- Between Shades of Gray, Ruta Septeys
- Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Blended, Sharon M. Draper
- Born a Crime, Trevor Noah
- Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
- Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Patterson
- Call Me By Your Name, Andre Aciman
- New Kid, Jerry Craft
- Class Act, Jerry Craft
- Drama, Raina Telegemeier
- Dear Martin, Nic Stone
- Felix Ever After, Kacen Callendar
- Flight of the Puffin, Ann Braden
- Front Desk, Kelly Yang
- FUN HOME: A Family Tragicomic, Alison Bechdel
- Gender Queer: A Memoir, Maia Kobabe
- Hair Love, Cherry, Matthew A. and Vashti Harrison
- Ghost Boys, Parker-Rhodes, Jewell
- They Both Die at the End, Adam Silvera
- Heavy, Kiese Laymon
- Hey Kiddo, Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- How to Be An Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi
- Woke Baby, Mahogany Brown
- Undefeated, Kwame Alexander
- The Poet X, Elizabeth Acevedo
- Something Happened in Our Town, Marianne Celano
- Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race, Jessica Ralli
- Milk and Honey, Rupi Kaur
- The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas
- Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson
- Shout, Laurie Halse Anderson
- Beloved, Toni Morrison
- The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison
- Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck
- Kid Activists, Robin Stevenson
- On the Come Up, Angie Thomas
- Infinity Son, Adam Silvera
- History Is All You Left Me, Adam Silvera
- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Alvin Schwartz
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Jesse Andrews
- Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds
- George (Melissa), Alex Gino
- Maus, Art Spiegelman
- Monster A Graphic Novel, Walter Dean Myers
- Anne Frank: Diary of A Young Girl, Anne Frank
- Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag, Rob Sanderson
- Prince & Knight, Daniel Haack
- Ordinary Hazards, Nikki Grimes,
- Out of Darkness, Ashley Hope Perez
- Separate is Never Equal, Duncan Tonatiuh
- When Aidan Became a Brother, Kyle Lukoff
- The Glass Castle, Jeanette Wall
- This One Summer, Mariko and Jillian Tamaki