Books Banned in Washington
5 banned books
BANNED 124 challenges
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
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
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
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
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
'If I Was Your Girl...
LGBTQ+ Themes