Books Banned in Mississippi

16 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 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 35 challenges

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck follows the Joad family's migration from Oklahoma to California during the Dust Bo...

ProfanitySexual ContentPolitical Content
BANNED 34 challenges

Fahrenheit 451

by Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury's dystopian novel about a future where books are burned by the government — itself repeatedly banned and ce...

ProfanityReligious ObjectionsViolence
BANNED 10 challenges

Dear Martin

by Nic Stone

After a racially-motivated incident with police, Justyce McAllister starts writing letters to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....

Race and Racism
BANNED 5 challenges

Queer, There and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World

by Sarah Prager

'Queer, There and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World...

LGBTQ+ Themes
BANNED 2 challenges

Love, Hate & Other Filters

by Samira Ahmed

'Love, Hate & Other Filters...

Sexual Content
BANNED 2 challenges

The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

by Frederick Joseph

'The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person...

Race and Racism
BANNED 1 challenges

American Born Chinese

by Gene Luen Yang

'American Born Chinese...

Sexual Content
BANNED 1 challenges

Discovering Wes Moore

by Wes Moore

'Discovering Wes Moore...

Sexual Content
BANNED 1 challenges

Let Me Hear a Rhyme

by Tiffany D. Jackson

'Let Me Hear a Rhyme...

Sexual Content
BANNED 1 challenges

Piecing Me Together

by Renée Watson

'Piecing Me Together...

Sexual Content
BANNED 1 challenges

The Benefits of Being an Octopus

by Ann Braden

'The Benefits of Being an Octopus...

Sexual Content
BANNED 1 challenges

Touching Spirit Bear (Spirit Bear Series)

by Ben Mikaelsen

'Touching Spirit Bear (Spirit Bear Series)...

Sexual Content
BANNED 1 challenges

Uglies (Uglies Series)

by Scott Westerfeld

'Uglies (Uglies Series)...

Sexual Content