Here are books that some people have banned or attempted to ban for their discussion or depiction of sex. They are sometimes discussed alongside those dealing with LGBT people or pregnancy.
| 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 |
| Oryx and Crake | Margaret Atwood | 2003 | 2024 |
| Ulysses | James Joyce | 1922 | 1920 |
| Candide | Voltaire | 1759 | 1944 |
| Leaves of Grass | Walt Whitman | 1855 | 1881 |
| Lysistrata | Aristophanes | 411 BCE | 1967 |
| The Canterbury Tales | Geoffrey Chaucer | 1476 | 1995 |
| Beloved | Toni Morrison | 1987 | 2013 |
| Brave New World | Aldous Huxley | 1932 | 2025 |
| On the Road | Jack Kerouac | 1957 | 2025 |
| Speak | Laurie Halse Anderson | 1999 | 2023 |
| Wicked | Gregory Maguire | 1995 | 2026 |
| Deogratias | Jean-Philippe Stassen | 2000 | 2025 |
| I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | Maya Angelou | 1969 | 2025 |
| Flowers for Algernon | Daniel Keyes | 1959 | 2025 |
| The Bluest Eye | Toni Morrison | 1970 | 2022 |
| Sold | Patricia McCormick | 2006 | 2023 |
Edited by John Mark Ockerbloom (onlinebooks@pobox.upenn.edu), who is solely responsible for its content.
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