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Banned Books

A guide to book restrictions and removals in the United States
A gallery of challenged, most-loved award winning books.

Pulitzer Prize, 1906

The Jungle

Pulitzer Prize (Drama), 1937

Of Mice and Men

Pulitzer Prize, 1940

The Grapes of Wrath

Pulitzer Prize, 1940

Native Son

National Book Award Nominee, 1953

Go Tell It on the Mountain

National Book Award, 1953

Invisible Man

Newbery Medal Winner, 1963

A Wrinkle in Time

Pulitzer Prize, 1970

Slaughterhouse-Five

National Book Award Nominee, 1970

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Caldecott Medal, 1971

In the Night Kitchen

Newberry Medal Winner, 1977

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Newbery Medal Winner, 1978

Bridge to Terabithia

Pulitzer Prize, 1983

The Color Purple

Pulitzer Prize, 1988

Beloved

Newbery Medal Winner, 1994

The Giver

Newbery Medal Winner, 1996

The Midwife's Apprentice

National Book Award Nominee, 1999

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Printz Award, 2000

Speak

Pulitzer Prize Nominee, 2002

Bel Canto

Pulitzer Prize, 2003

The Lovely Bones

Pulitzer Prize, 2006

Fun Home

Printz Award, 2006

Looking for Alaska

National Book Award, 2007

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Newbery Medal Winner, 2007

The Higher Power of Lucky

National Book Award, 2012

The Round House

National Book Award, 2013

I Am Malala

Coretta Scott King Award, 2015

Brown Girl Dreaming

Printz Award, 2015

Grasshopper Jungle

National Book Award Nominee, 2015

A Little Life

Pulitzer Prize, 2016

The Sympathizer

Pulitzer Prize, 2016

The Underground Railroad

National Book Award, 2017

The Hate U Give

National Book Award Nominee, 2017

The Orphan's Tale