Banned Books

Some Banned Books by Year:

1982: Slaughterhouse Five – Kurt Vonnegut

1983: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou

1984: The Color Purple – Alice Walker

1985: In the Night Kitchen – Maurice Sendak

1986: Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine Paterson

1987: Forever – Judy Blume

1988: The Chocolate War – Robert Cormier

1989: The Satanic Verses – Salman Rushdie

1990: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark – Alvin Schwartz

1991: Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck

1992: Sex – Madonna

1993: Go Ask Alice – Anonymous

1994: The Bluest Eye – Toni Morrison

1995: To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee

1996: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain

1997: All But Alice – Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

1998: Daddy’s Roomate – Michael Willhoite

1999: Fallen Angels – Walter Dean Myers

2000: Captain Underpants – Dav Pilkey

2001: Catcher in the Rye – J. D. Salinger

2002: Harry Potter Series – J. K. Rowling

2003: The Giver – Lois Lowry

2004: King and King – Linda De Hann

2005: It’s Perfectly Normal – Robie Harris

2006: And Tango Makes Three – Justin Richardson

2007: The Golden Compass – Philip Pullman

2008: Gossip Girl Series – Cecily von Ziegesar

2009: The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky

2010: TTYL – Lauren Myracle

2011: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian – Sherman Alexie

2012: Pedagogy of the Oppressed – Paulo Freire


To see the whole list for a year you can look here.