Occult/Supernatural

Books Banned for Occult/Supernatural

17 books · 339 total challenges

BANNED 124 challenges

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

by Alvin Schwartz

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz was the most challenged book in America from 1990 to 1999, targeted ...

ViolenceOccult/SupernaturalAge Inappropriateness
BANNED 42 challenges

The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials)

by Philip Pullman

Philip Pullman's fantasy novel about a girl in a parallel universe, challenged for anti-religious themes and criticized ...

Religious ObjectionsPolitical ContentOccult/Supernatural
BANNED 42 challenges

Where the Wild Things Are

by Maurice Sendak

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak has been challenged and banned since 1963 for being too dark and frightening...

Occult/SupernaturalAge InappropriatenessViolence
BANNED 40 challenges

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle is a beloved science fantasy novel challenged for decades by both religious conse...

Religious ObjectionsOccult/Supernatural
BANNED 20 challenges

James and the Giant Peach

by Roald Dahl

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl is a children's fantasy about a boy who escapes his cruel aunts inside a magical...

Occult/SupernaturalProfanityDrug/Alcohol Content
BANNED 17 challenges

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

by Gregory Maguire

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West...

Sexual ContentViolenceOccult/Supernatural
BANNED 7 challenges

Pet Sematary

by Stephen King

Pet Sematary...

ViolenceProfanityOccult/Supernatural
BANNED 7 challenges

Shiver

by Maggie Stiefvater

Maggie Stiefvater's novel about Grace, who has been watched by a yellow-eyed wolf for years, and Sam, who is that wolf, ...

Sexual ContentOccult/Supernatural
BANNED 7 challenges

Stardust

by Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman's fantasy novel about young Tristran Thorn, who ventures beyond the wall of his English village into the mag...

Sexual ContentViolenceOccult/Supernatural
BANNED 5 challenges

Salem's Lot

by Stephen King

Salem's Lot...

ViolenceSexual ContentOccult/Supernatural
BANNED 5 challenges

Soul Eater, Vol. 1

by Atsushi Ohkubo

Soul Eater, Vol. 1...

ViolenceOccult/SupernaturalSexual Content
BANNED 4 challenges

Frostbite

by Richelle Mead

Frostbite...

Sexual ContentOccult/SupernaturalViolence
BANNED 4 challenges

Needful Things

by Stephen King

Needful Things...

ViolenceSexual ContentOccult/Supernatural
BANNED 4 challenges

Shadow Kiss

by Richelle Mead

Shadow Kiss...

Sexual ContentOccult/SupernaturalViolence
BANNED 4 challenges

The Eyes of the Dragon

by Stephen King

The Eyes of the Dragon...

ViolenceOccult/Supernatural
BANNED 4 challenges

Thinner

by Stephen King

Thinner...

ViolenceProfanityOccult/Supernatural
BANNED 3 challenges

Blood Promise

by Richelle Mead

Blood Promise...

Sexual ContentOccult/SupernaturalViolence