Here you can find books, new and old, that someone recently tried to ban, or to retaliate against its creators or supporters. You can find more details on each book's information page.
| Title | Author | First published | Recent incident |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Court of Mist and Fury | Sarah J. Maas | 2016 | 2022 |
| Gender Queer: A Memoir | Maia Kobabe | 2019 | 2023 |
| All Boys Aren't Blue | George M. Johnson | 2020 | 2021 |
| His Name Is George Floyd | Robert Samuels et al. | 2022 | 2023 |
| My Shadow is Purple | Scott Stuart | 2022 | 2023 |
| Ban This Book | Alan Gratz | 2017 | 2024 |
| Wishtree | Katherine Applegate | 2017 | 2024 |
| Oryx and Crake | Margaret Atwood | 2003 | 2024 |
| Between the World and Me | Ta-Nehisi Coates | 2015 | 2023 |
| Angels in America | Tony Kushner | 1992 | 2023 |
| And Tango Makes Three | Justin Richardson et al. | 2005 | 2023 |
| Drama | Raina Telgemeier | 2012 | 2023 |
| A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo | Jill Twiss | 2018 | 2022 |
| Maus | Art Spiegelman | 1986 | 2022 |
| New Kid | Jerry Craft | 2019 | 2021 |
| The Prince and the Dressmaker | Jen Wang | 2018 | 2022 |
| The Bible | 4th century CE | 2023 | |
| The Qur'an | 7th century CE | 2023 | |
| The 1619 Project | Nikole Hannah-Jones (ed.) | 2019 | 2020 |
| Beloved | Toni Morrison | 1987 | 2013 |
| When Aidan Became a Brother | Kyle Lukoff | 2019 | 2025 |
| I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | Maya Angelou | 1969 | 2025 |
| The Bluest Eye | Toni Morrison | 1970 | 2022 |
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