Books Banned for Drug/Alcohol Content
10 books · 299 total challenges
Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers follows young soldiers in the Vietnam War. One of the most frequently banned books in...
The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls' memoir of growing up with dysfunctional, nomadic parents, challenged for depictions of alcoholism, sexu...
All American Boys
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely tackles police brutality and racism through two teens' perspective...
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury's dystopian novel about a future where books are burned by the government — itself repeatedly banned and ce...
Shine
Shine by Lauren Myracle follows a teen girl investigating a hate crime against her gay best friend in a small Southern t...
Monster
Monster by Walter Dean Myers follows a 16-year-old Black teenager on trial for felony murder, told through his screenpla...
People Kill People
People Kill People by Ellen Hopkins examines gun violence through six interconnected perspectives. Banned across multipl...
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a classic American novel about wealth, obsession, and the American Dream. Cha...
James and the Giant Peach
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl is a children's fantasy about a boy who escapes his cruel aunts inside a magical...
Nickel and Dimed
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich is an undercover investigation of low-wage work in America. Challenged for promot...