Books Banned for Drug Use
28 books · 214 total challenges
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley's 1932 dystopian masterpiece about a future controlled through pleasure has never gone out of print....
Crank
Ellen Hopkins' novel in verse about a teenager's descent into crystal meth addiction became a #1 NYT bestseller....
Identical
Ellen Hopkins' novel about twin sisters and trauma tied for #8 on ALA's 2025 most-challenged books list....
Looking for Alaska
John Green's debut YA novel tied for #8 on ALA's 2025 most-challenged books list and remains one of the most frequently ...
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie's National Book Award winner was #1 ALA 2010-2019 challenge target....
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky's coming-of-age novel placed #2 on ALA's 2025 most-challenged books list and remains a frequent censorsh...
Tricks
Ellen Hopkins' novel in verse about teens in the sex trade became the #1 most-banned book of 2022-23....
Concrete Rose
A prequel to The Hate U Give following Maverick Carter as a 17-year-old in Garden Heights, navigating gang life, fatherh...
Firekeeper's Daughter
An Ojibwe teenager goes undercover to investigate a meth epidemic devastating her tribal community. Challenged for drug ...
One of Us Is Lying
A YA murder mystery about five students who enter detention but only four walk out alive. Challenged for sexual content,...
Go Ask Alice
A controversial diary-format novel about a girl's descent into drug abuse, reportedly based on a real diary....
It's Kind of a Funny Story
Ned Vizzini's darkly comic novel about teen depression and hospitalization became a film and beloved YA classic....
Out of Reach
Carrie Arcos' novel about a runaway teen....
White Smoke
A YA horror novel about a biracial teen who moves into a renovated house in a gentrifying neighborhood and discovers it'...
Every Body Looking
A novel-in-verse about a Nigerian American college freshman navigating her mother's addiction, her father's strict expec...
Patron Saints of Nothing
A Filipino American teenager travels to the Philippines to investigate his cousin's murder in Duterte's war on drugs. Ch...
The Initial Insult
A Poe-inspired YA thriller where a girl bricks up her former best friend in a basement wall to extract the truth about w...
The Midnight Library
A novel about Nora Seed, who finds herself in a library between life and death where she can try out alternate versions ...
Sick Kids in Love
A YA romance about two chronically ill teenagers who fall in love and refuse to be defined by their conditions. Challeng...
The Hand on the Wall
The conclusion of the Truly Devious trilogy, where Stevie Bell solves both a modern murder and a 1930s kidnapping at an ...
Beneath a Meth Moon: An Elegy
'Beneath a Meth Moon: An Elegy...
Love Drugged
'Love Drugged...
Mindy Kim and the Yummy Seaweed Business (Mindy Kim Series)
'Mindy Kim and the Yummy Seaweed Business (Mindy Kim Series)...
Say Something
'Say Something...
Something Happened in Our Town
'Something Happened in Our Town...
Something Like Gravity
'Something Like Gravity...
Something Must Be Wrong with Me: A Boy's Book about Sexual Abuse
'Something Must Be Wrong with Me: A Boy's Book about Sexual Abuse...
Stella Díaz Has Something to Say (Stella Díaz Series)
'Stella Díaz Has Something to Say (Stella Díaz Series)...