The Most Banned Books in America
From the list compiled by PEN America from the 2023–2024 school year. Each book on this list has at least four bans somewhere in the United States. Where entire series have been banned, only the first book of the series has been added.
created by heathersdesk
last updated March, 2026
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347 books is INSANE....
To list? Or to ban?
To ban!
There were over 4000 books on the list. These are just the ones with 4+ challenges.
Thank you for compiling this! What a crazy list - I’m so surprised by some of the things on here! Twilight!? A Mormon woman’s conservative YA novel is too scandalous?
Girl. They banned the Guinness Book of World Records and a dictionary from Merriam-Webster for children. They're not okay.
That’s actually unbelievable 🫨😢
Thank you for making this!! 🙌🏼
Thank you for letting me know that there still are people banning books. It's the most useless effort ever. I suppose they feel all too good with themselves after condemning a book.
They can't ban people, so they do the next best thing.
I appreciate you for compiling this list!
I had to make a display for my job at the library. The theme wasn’t banned books and yet I think three or four books on this list ended up on the display 😂
Is this a realistic list. From the UK and the idea of banned books is so weird. It just makes me think of book burnings
