Books Banned in Virginia
29 banned books
1984
1984 is George Orwell's dystopian novel about Winston Smith, a low-ranking member of the ruling Party in the totalitaria...
Gender Queer: A Memoir
Gender Queer is a graphic memoir by Maia Kobabe that explores eir journey with gender identity and sexuality. The book h...
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about racial injustice in the American South, challenged for its use of racial...
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain's 1884 novel about a boy and an escaped slave on the Mississippi River, one of the most banned books in Ameri...
Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers follows young soldiers in the Vietnam War. One of the most frequently banned books in...
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale
Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust, depicting Jews as mice and Nazis as cats, ban...
The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls' memoir of growing up with dysfunctional, nomadic parents, challenged for depictions of alcoholism, sexu...
The Nowhere Girls
The Nowhere Girls by Amy Reed follows three misfit teenagers who take on their school's rape culture. Banned in multiple...
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell is a sweeping Civil War-era novel challenged for racial slurs, romanticized slav...
The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank's diary of hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam, challenged for passages about her body, sexuality, and romanti...
Let's Talk About It
Let's Talk About It by Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan is a graphic guide to sex, relationships, and bodies for teens. One ...
Saga (Volume 1)
Saga (Volume 1) by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples is an epic sci-fi/fantasy comic about star-crossed parents from wa...
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston follows Janie Crawford's search for love and independence in the earl...
Triangles
Three women in their forties navigate crumbling marriages, midlife crises, and the realization that the lives they built...
Little and Lion
Brandy Colbert's novel about Suzette, a bisexual teen who returns home from boarding school to help her stepbrother Lion...
Red, White, and Royal Blue
'Red, White, and Royal Blue...
When Aidan Became a Brother
A picture book about Aidan, a transgender boy, who helps his parents prepare for a new baby sibling, making sure they ge...
Boy Toy
'Boy Toy...
33 Snowfish
A dark, unflinching novel about homeless and runaway teens surviving on society's margins. Following 10-year-old Custis ...
Fences
'Fences...
Seeing Gender: An Illustrated Guide to Identity and Expression
'Seeing Gender: An Illustrated Guide to Identity and Expression...
A Lesson Before Dying
A powerful novel set in 1940s Louisiana about Jefferson, a falsely-accused young Black man on death row, and Grant, a co...
Anatomy of a Boyfriend
'Anatomy of a Boyfriend...
Anatomy of a Single Girl
'Anatomy of a Single Girl...
Call Me By Your Name (Call Me By Your Name Series)
A coming-of-age novel set in 1980s northern Italy following 17-year-old Elio Perlman and his intense summer romance with...
Good Trouble: Lessons from the Civil Rights Playbook
'Good Trouble: Lessons from the Civil Rights Playbook...
I'm A Gay Wizard
'I'm A Gay Wizard...
Tar Baby
'Tar Baby...
The Tale of a Body Thief
'The Tale of a Body Thief...