Books Banned in Minnesota

5 banned books

BANNED 88 challenges

To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee

Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about racial injustice in the American South, challenged for its use of racial...

Racial ContentProfanityAge Inappropriateness
BANNED 65 challenges

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

by Mark Twain

Mark Twain's 1884 novel about a boy and an escaped slave on the Mississippi River, one of the most banned books in Ameri...

Racial ContentProfanity
BANNED 52 challenges

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck's Depression-era novella about two migrant workers, challenged for profanity, racial slurs, and its portr...

ProfanityRacial ContentViolence
BANNED 30 challenges

Deenie

by Judy Blume

Deenie by Judy Blume follows a teenager diagnosed with scoliosis who must wear a back brace. Banned for decades because ...

Sexual ContentAge Inappropriateness
BANNED 20 challenges

Lucky

by Alice Sebold

Lucky is Alice Sebold's memoir of being raped as a college freshman and the subsequent criminal trial. It has been chall...

Sexual ContentViolence