Books Banned in Washington

5 banned books

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 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 75 challenges

The Catcher in the Rye

by J.D. Salinger

J.D. Salinger's classic novel about teenage alienation, the most censored book in American high schools from 1961 to 198...

ProfanitySexual ContentAnti-Family Content
BANNED 26 challenges

Catch-22

by Joseph Heller

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller is a satirical war novel about the absurdity of military bureaucracy. Banned for sexual conten...

Sexual ContentProfanityViolence
BANNED 3 challenges

If I Was Your Girl

by Meredith Russo

'If I Was Your Girl...

LGBTQ+ Themes