Banned/Challenged YA Books
For Banned Books Week 2024, Rebecca shares a selection of Young Adult novels that have been banned or challenged around the world.
Books
Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Children of Blood & Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
Giant Days by John Allison (graphic novel)
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Haters by Jesse Andrews
What Girls are Made of by Elana K. Arnold
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
The Fixer by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
The Heartbreak Bakery by A. R. Capetta
Yolk by Mary H. K. Choi
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn
Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert
Black was the Ink by Michelle Coles
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily Danforth
The Love Interest by Cale Dietrich
Huda F Are You? by Huda Fahmy
I Have Lost My Way by Gayle Forman
All the Bad Apples by Moira Fowley-Doyle
Broken Beautiful Hearts by Kami Garcia
Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin
Girls Like Us by Gail Giles
Code of Honor by Alan Gratz
Icebreaker by A. L. Graziadei
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
Ask the Passengers by A. S. King
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg
19 Love Songs by David Levithan
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Real Live Boyfriends by E. Lockhart
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough
Heroine by Mindy McGinnis
10 Things I Can See From Here by Carrie Mac
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Afterward by Jennifer Mathieu
Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu
Watchmen by Alan Moore
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
l8r, g8r by Lauren Myracle
I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
Girls of Paper & Fire by Natasha Ngan
The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen
Every Hidden Thing by Kenneth Oppel
Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez
Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero
The Boy & Girl Who Broke the World by Amy Lynn Reed
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
Jack of Hearts (& Other Parts) by L. C. Rosen
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
And They Lived by Steven Salvatore
The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe
Infinity Son by Adam Silvera
You Asked for Perfect by Laura Silverman
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
Check Please by Ngozi Ukazu
Punching the Air by Ibi Aanu Zoboi
eBooks
Me, Earl & the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
Red Hood by Elana K. Arnold
I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson
Jay's Gay Agenda by Jason June
Call of the Wild by Jack London
Both Can Be True by Jules Machias
One of Us Is Lying by Karen McManus
Dumplin' by Julie Murphy
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
eAudiobooks
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Only Black Girls in Town by Brandy Colbert
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
Where She Went by Gayle Forman
Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera
The hate U give by Angie Thomas
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