According to PEN America, the books below were the most commonly banned books during the 2023-2024 school year. Clearly some of these, like “The Color Purple,” are considered classics in literature. The rest are by well-established and popular authors.
Our philosophy behind banned books lists such as these is that they make for great shopping lists.
- Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
- Author: Picoult, Jodi.
- Publisher: Atria Books
- Pages: 464
- Publication Date: 2007-03-05
- Edition: First Edition
- Looking for Alaska by John Green
- Hardcover Book
- Green, John (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 368 Pages – 01/13/2015 (Publication Date) – Dutton Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- Excellent gift item
- It is made up of premium quality material.
- Chbosky, Stephen (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- Sold by Patricia McCormick
- McCormick, Patricia (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 263 Pages – 04/01/2008 (Publication Date) – Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
- Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
- Author: Jay Asher.
- Publisher: Razorbill
- Pages: 288
- Publication Date: 2011-06-14
- Edition: 1st
- Crank by Ellen Hopkins
- Used Book in Good Condition
- Hopkins, Ellen (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 576 Pages – 08/06/2013 (Publication Date) – Margaret K. McElderry Books (Publisher)
- Identical by Ellen Hopkins
- Hopkins, Ellen (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 592 Pages – 12/21/2010 (Publication Date) – Margaret K. McElderry Books (Publisher)
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- Khaled Hosseini (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 400 Pages – 03/05/2013 (Publication Date) – Riverhead Books (Publisher)
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Great product!
- Atwood, Margaret (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 311 Pages – 03/16/1998 (Publication Date) – Vintage (Publisher)
- Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
- Tricks by Ellen Hopkins
- Hopkins, Ellen (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 656 Pages – 01/24/2017 (Publication Date) – Margaret K. McElderry Books (Publisher)
- A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
- Maas, Sarah J. (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 448 Pages – 06/02/2020 (Publication Date) – Bloomsbury Publishing (Publisher)
- Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas
- Maas, Sarah J. (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 720 Pages – 02/14/2023 (Publication Date) – Bloomsbury Publishing (Publisher)
- A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
- Audible Audiobook
- Sarah J. Maas (Author) – Jennifer Ikeda (Narrator)
- English (Publication Language)
- 05/03/2016 (Publication Date) – Recorded Books (Publisher)
- A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas
- Maas, Sarah J. (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 736 Pages – 06/02/2020 (Publication Date) – Bloomsbury Publishing (Publisher)
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
- Great product!
- Alexie, Sherman (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 288 Pages – 04/01/2009 (Publication Date) – Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- Morrison, Toni (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 206 Pages – 05/08/2007 (Publication Date) – Vintage (Publisher)
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- Walker, Alice (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 304 Pages – 12/10/2019 (Publication Date) – Penguin Books (Publisher)
- A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas
- Maas, Sarah J. (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 272 Pages – 06/02/2020 (Publication Date) – Bloomsbury Publishing (Publisher)