Banned Books List
Since 2023, more than 6,400 books have been pulled from public school shelves across 34 states — removed, restricted, or placed under review in 264 school districts, according to data compiled by PEN America. This catalog tracks every one of them: which book, which district, which state, and — where the record is clear — why.
Browse by author to see whose work gets challenged most often, by state or school district to see where the bans are concentrated, or look up a specific title below to find out whether it's been removed near you and what the objection was.
Latest Additions to ForbiddenBookShop
Petals on the Wind
V. C. Andrews
2 bans
Doctor assisted suicide and the euthanasia movement
Gary E. McCuen
1 ban
How It All Blew Up
Arvin Ahmadi
6 bans
Devious
Cecily von Ziegesar
1 ban
Alex, Approximately
Jenn Bennett
2 bans
Haunted Homes
Barbara Cox
1 ban
Daughter of the Siren Queen
Tricia Levenseller
1 ban
Ben Y and the Ghost in the Machine
K. A. Holt
1 ban
Physician-Assisted Suicide (Point/Counterpoint)
Alan Marzilli
1 ban
Love and other carnivorous plants
Florence Gonsalves
1 ban
Maggot Moon
Sally Gardner
1 ban
Asexual
Jeremy Quist
1 ban