{"id":200563,"date":"2026-05-23T10:07:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T10:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/200563\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T10:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T10:07:12","slug":"book-bans-pros-cons-debate-arguments-controversy-education-libraries-and-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/200563\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Bans | Pros, Cons, Debate, Arguments, Controversy, Education, Libraries, and Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"

1 Scary Stories (series)
Alvin Schwartz Harry Potter<\/a> (series)
J.K. Rowling<\/a> The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie<\/a> 2 Daddy\u2019s Roommate
Michael Willhoite Alice (series)
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Captain Underpants (series)
Dav Pilkey 3 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings<\/a>
Maya Angelou<\/a> The Chocolate War
Robert Cormier Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher 4 The Chocolate War
Robert Cormier And Tango Makes Three
Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell Looking for Alaska
John Green<\/a> 5 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn<\/a>
Mark Twain<\/a> Of Mice and Men<\/a>
John Steinbeck<\/a> George
Alex Gino 6 Of Mice and Men<\/a>
John Steinbeck<\/a> I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings<\/a>
Maya Angelou<\/a> And Tango Makes Three
Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell 7 Forever
Judy Blume<\/a> Scary Stories (series)
Alvin Schwartz Drama
Raina Telgemeier 8 Bridge to Terabithia
Katherine Paterson His Dark Materials<\/a> (series)
Philip Pullman<\/a> Fifty Shades of Grey
E. L. James 9 Heather Has Two Mommies
Leslea Newman ttyl; ttfn; l8r g8r (series)
Lauren Myracle Internet Girls (series)
Lauren Myracle 10 The Catcher in the Rye<\/a>
J.D. Salinger<\/a> The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky The Bluest Eye<\/a>
Toni Morrison<\/a> 11 The Giver
Lois Lowry<\/a> Fallen Angels
Walter Dean Myers<\/a> The Kite Runner<\/a>
Khaled Hosseini<\/a> 12 My Brother Sam is Dead
James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier It\u2019s Perfectly Normal
Robie Harris Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins 13 It\u2019s Perfectly Normal
Robie Harris Captain Underpants (series)
Dav Pilkey I Am Jazz
Jazz Jennings and Jessica Herthel 14 Alice (series)
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn<\/a>
Mark Twain<\/a> The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky 15 Goosebumps<\/a> (series)
R.L. Stine<\/a> The Bluest Eye<\/a>
Toni Morrison<\/a> To Kill a Mockingbird<\/a>
Harper Lee<\/a> 16 A Day No Pigs Would Die
Robert Newton Peck Forever
Judy Blume<\/a> Bone (series)
Jeff Smith 17 The Color Purple<\/a>
Alice Walker<\/a> The Color Purple<\/a>
Alice Walker<\/a> The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls 18 Sex
Madonna<\/a> Go Ask Alice
Anonymous Two Boys Kissing
David Levithan 19 Earth\u2019s Children (series)
Jean M. Auel<\/a> The Catcher in the Rye<\/a>
J.D. Salinger<\/a> A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo
Jill Twiss 20 The Great Gilly Hopkins
Katherine Paterson King and King
Linda de Haan Sex is a Funny Word
Cory Silverberg 21 In the Night Kitchen
Maurice Sendak<\/a> To Kill a Mockingbird<\/a>
Harper Lee<\/a> Alice McKinley (series)
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 22 The Witches
Roald Dahl<\/a> Gossip Girl (series)
Cecily von Ziegesar It\u2019s Perfectly Normal
Robie H. Harris 23 A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L\u2019Engle<\/a> The Giver
Lois Lowry<\/a> Nineteen Minutes
Jodi Picoult 24 The New Joy of Gay Sex
Charles Silverstein In the Night Kitchen
Maurice Sendak<\/a> Scary Stories (series)
Alvin Schwartz 25 Go Ask Alice
Anonymous Killing Mr. Griffen
Lois Duncan Speak
Laurie Halse Anderson 26 The Goats
Brock Cole Beloved<\/a>
Toni Morrison<\/a> Brave New World<\/a>
Aldous Huxley<\/a> 27 The Stupids (series)
Harry Allard My Brother Sam Is Dead
James Lincoln Collier Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out
Susan Kuklin 28 Anastasia Krupnik (series)
Lois Lowry Bridge To Terabithia
Katherine Paterson Of Mice and Men<\/a>
John Steinbeck<\/a> 29 Final Exit
Derek Humphry The Face on the Milk Carton
Caroline B. Cooney The Handmaid\u2019s Tale
Margaret Atwood<\/a> 30 Blubber
Judy Blume<\/a> We All Fall Down
Robert Cormier The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas<\/a> 31 Halloween ABC
Eve Merriam What My Mother Doesn\u2019t Know
Sonya Sones Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Alison Bechdel<\/a> 32 Julie of the Wolves
Jean Craighead George Bless Me, Ultima
Rudolfo A. Anaya<\/a> It\u2019s a Book
Lane Smith 33 Kaffir Boy
Mark Mathabane Snow Falling on Cedars
David Guterson The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn<\/a>
Mark Twain<\/a> 34 The Bluest Eye<\/a>
Toni Morrison<\/a> The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things
Carolyn Mackler The Things They Carried
Tim O\u2019Brien<\/a> 35 What\u2019s Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters
Lynda Madaras Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging
Louise Rennison What My Mother Doesn\u2019t Know
Sonya Sones 36 Fallen Angels
Walter Dean Myers<\/a> Brave New World<\/a>
Aldous Huxley<\/a> A Child Called “It”
Dave Pelzer 37 The Handmaid\u2019s Tale
Margaret Atwood<\/a> It\u2019s So Amazing
Robie Harris Bad Kitty (series)
Nick Bruel 38 The Outsiders<\/a>
S.E. Hinton<\/a> Arming America
Michael Bellasiles Crank
Ellen Hopkins 39 The Pigman
Paul Zindel Kaffir Boy
Mark Mathabane Nickel and Dimed
Barbara Ehrenreich 40 To Kill a Mockingbird<\/a>
Harper Lee<\/a> Life is Funny
E.R. Frank Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi<\/a> 41 We All Fall Down
Robert Cormier Whale Talk
Chris Crutcher The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby
Dav Pilkey 42 Deenie
Judy Blume<\/a> The Fighting Ground
Avi This Day in June
Gayle E. Pitman 43 Flowers for Algernon<\/a>
Daniel Keyes Blubber
Judy Blume<\/a> This One Summer
Mariko Tamaki 44 Annie on My Mind
Nancy Garden Athletic Shorts
Chris Crutcher A Bad Boy Can Be Good For A Girl
Tanya Lee Stone 45 Beloved<\/a>
Toni Morrison<\/a> Crazy Lady
Jane Leslie Conly Beloved<\/a>
Toni Morrison<\/a> 46 The Boy Who Lost His Face
Louis Sachar Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut<\/a> Goosebumps<\/a> (series)
R.L. Stine<\/a> 47 Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat
Alvin Schwartz The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby
Dav Pilkey In Our Mothers\u2019 House
Patricia Polacco 48 Harry Potter<\/a> (series)
J.K. Rowling<\/a> Rainbow Boys
Alex Sanchez Lush
Natasha Friend 49 Cujo
Stephen King<\/a> One Flew Over the Cuckoo\u2019s Nest<\/a>
Ken Kesey<\/a> The Catcher in the Rye<\/a>
J.D. Salinger<\/a> 50 James and the Giant Peach
Roald Dahl<\/a> The Kite Runner<\/a>
Khaled Hosseini<\/a> The Color Purple<\/a>
Alice Walker<\/a> 51 A Light in the Attic
Shel Silverstein<\/a> Daughters of Eve
Lois Duncan The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon 52 Ordinary People
Judith Guest The Great Gilly Hopkins
Katherine Paterson The Holy Bible<\/a> 53 American Psycho<\/a>
Bret Easton Ellis<\/a> You Hear Me?
Betsy Franco This Book is Gay
Juno Dawson 54 Brave New World<\/a>
Aldous Huxley<\/a> The Facts Speak for Themselves
Brock Cole Eleanor & Park
Rainbow Rowell 55 Sleeping Beauty Trilogy
A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice<\/a>) Summer of My German Soldier
Bette Green Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Jonathan Safran Foer 56 Bumps in the Night
Harry Allard When Dad Killed Mom
Julius Lester Gossip Girl (series)
Cecily von Ziegesar 57 Asking About Sex and Growing Up
Joanna Cole Blood and Chocolate
Annette Curtis Klause House of Night (series)
P.C. Cast 58 What\u2019s Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons
Lynda Madaras Fat Kid Rules the World
K.L. Going My Mom\u2019s Having A Baby
Dori Hillestad Butler 59 The Anarchist Cookbook
William Powell Olive\u2019s Ocean
Kevin Henkes Neonomicon
Alan Moore<\/a> 60 Are You There, God? It\u2019s Me, Margaret
Judy Blume<\/a> Speak
Laurie Halse Anderson The Dirty Cowboy
Amy Timberlake 61 Boys and Sex
Wardell Pomeroy Draw Me A Star
Eric Carle The Giver
Lois Lowry<\/a> 62 Crazy Lady
Jane Conly The Stupids (series)
Harry Allard Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl<\/a>
Anne Frank<\/a> 63 Athletic Shorts
Chris Crutcher The Terrorist
Caroline B. Cooney Bless Me, Ultima
Rudolfo A. Anaya<\/a> 64 Killing Mr. Griffin
Lois Duncan Mick Harte Was Here
Barbara Park Draw Me a Star
Eric Carle 65 Fade
Robert Cormier The Things They Carried
Tim O\u2019Brien<\/a> Dreaming In Cuban
Cristina Garcia 66 Guess What?
Mem Fox Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Mildred Taylor Fade
Lisa McMann 67 Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut<\/a> A Time to Kill
John Grisham<\/a> The Family Book
Todd Parr 68 Lord of the Flies<\/a>
William Golding<\/a> Always Running
Luis Rodriguez Feed
M.T. Anderson 69 Native Son<\/a>
Richard Wright<\/a> Fahrenheit 451<\/a>
Ray Bradbury<\/a> Go the **** to Sleep
Adam Mansbach 70 Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women\u2019s Fantasies
Nancy Friday Harris and Me
Gary Paulsen Habibi
Craig Thompson 71 Curses, Hexes and Spells
Daniel Cohen Junie B. Jones (series)
Barbara Park The House of Spirits
Isabel Allende<\/a> 72 On My Honor Marion
Dane Bauer Song of Solomon<\/a>
Toni Morrison<\/a> Jacob\u2019s New Dress
Sarah Hoffman 73 The House of Spirits
Isabel Allende<\/a> What\u2019s Happening to My Body Book
Lynda Madaras Lolita<\/a>
Vladimir Nabokov<\/a> 74 Jack
A.M. Homes The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold Monster
Walter Dean Myers<\/a> 75 Arizona Kid
Ron Koertge Anastasia (series)
Lois Lowry Nasreen\u2019s Secret School
Jeanette Winter 76 Family Secrets
Norma Klein A Prayer for Owen Meany
John Irving<\/a> Saga
Brian K. Vaughan 77 Mommy Laid an Egg
Babette Cole Crazy
Benjamin Lebert Stuck in the Middle
Ariel Schrag 78 Bless Me, Ultima
Rudolfo A. Anaya<\/a> The Joy of Gay Sex
Charles Silverstein The Kingdom of Little Wounds
Susann Cokal 79 Where Did I Come From?
Peter Mayle The Upstairs Room
Johanna Reiss 1984<\/a>
George Orwell<\/a> 80 The Face on the Milk Carton
Caroline Cooney A Day No Pigs Would Die
Robert Newton Peck A Clockwork Orange<\/a>
Anthony Burgess<\/a> 81 Carrie
Stephen King<\/a> Black Boy
Richard Wright<\/a> Almost Perfect
Brian Katcher 82 The Dead Zone
Stephen King<\/a> Deal With It!
Esther Drill The Awakening<\/a>
Kate Chopin<\/a> 83 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer<\/a>
Mark Twain<\/a> Detour for Emmy
Marilyn Reynolds Burned
Ellen Hopkins 84 Song of Solomon<\/a>
Toni Morrison<\/a> So Far From the Bamboo Grove
Yoko Watkins Ender\u2019s Game
Orson Scott Card 85 Always Running
Luis Rodriguez Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
Chris Crutcher Fallen Angels
Walter Dean Myers<\/a> 86 Private Parts
Howard Stern<\/a> Cut
Patricia McCormick Glass
Ellen Hopkins 87 Where\u2019s Waldo?
Martin Hanford Tiger Eyes
Judy Blume<\/a> Heather Has Two Mommies
Lesle\u00b4a Newman 88 Summer of My German Soldier
Bette Greene The Handmaid\u2019s Tale
Margaret Atwood<\/a> I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings<\/a>
Maya Angelou<\/a> 89 Tiger Eyes
Judy Blume<\/a> Friday Night Lights
H.G. Bissenger Madeline and the Gypsies
Ludwig Bemelmans 90 Little Black Sambo
Helen Bannerman A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L\u2019Engle<\/a> My Princess Boy
Cheryl Kilodavis 91 Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett Julie of the Wolves
Jean Craighead George Prince and Knight
Daniel Haack 92 Running Loose
Chris Crutcher The Boy Who Lost His Face
Louis Sachar Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology
Amy Sonnie 93 Sex Education
Jenny Davis Bumps in the Night
Harry Allard Skippyjon Jones (series)
Judith Schachner 94 Jumper
Steven Gould Goosebumps<\/a> (series)
R.L. Stine<\/a> So Far from the Bamboo Grove
Yoko Kawashima Watkins 95 Christine
Stephen King<\/a> Shade\u2019s Children
Garth Nix The Color of Earth (series)
Tong-hwa Kim 96 The Drowning of Stephen Jones
Bette Greene Grendel<\/a>
John Gardner<\/a> The Librarian of Basra
Jeanette Winter 97 That Was Then, This is Now
S.E. Hinton<\/a> The House of Spirits
Isabel Allende<\/a> The Walking Dead (series)
Robert Kirkman 98 Girls and Sex
Wardell Pomeroy I Saw Esau
Iona Opte Tricks
Ellen Hopkins 99 The Wish Giver
Bill Brittain Are You There, God? It\u2019s Me, Margaret
Judy Blume<\/a> Uncle Bobby\u2019s Wedding
Sarah S Brannen 100 Jump Ship to Freedom
James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier America
E.R. Frank Year of Wonders
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