Books Banned in Wisconsin

30 banned books

BANNED 78 challenges

It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health

by Robie H. Harris

It's Perfectly Normal by Robie H. Harris is a comprehensive sex education book for young people. It has been one of the ...

Sexual ContentAge InappropriatenessLGBTQ+ Themes
BANNED 73 challenges

Melissa (formerly George)

by Alex Gino

Alex Gino's middle-grade novel about a transgender fourth-grader, the most banned book in America from 2018 to 2020....

LGBTQ+ ThemesSexual ContentAnti-Family Content
BANNED 39 challenges

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

by Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou's memoir of growing up Black in the Jim Crow South, challenged for its depiction of childhood sexual assaul...

Sexual ContentRacial ContentProfanity
BANNED 37 challenges

The Glass Castle

by Jeannette Walls

Jeannette Walls' memoir of growing up with dysfunctional, nomadic parents, challenged for depictions of alcoholism, sexu...

Sexual ContentDrug/Alcohol ContentProfanity
BANNED 30 challenges

Blubber

by Judy Blume

Blubber by Judy Blume depicts schoolyard bullying without a neat moral resolution. Banned for profanity, bullying depict...

ProfanityViolenceAge Inappropriateness
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 22 challenges

Fifty Shades of Grey

by E.L. James

E.L. James' erotic romance novel, removed from public libraries across the country for explicit sexual content and BDSM ...

Sexual ContentAge Inappropriateness
BANNED 20 challenges

James and the Giant Peach

by Roald Dahl

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl is a children's fantasy about a boy who escapes his cruel aunts inside a magical...

Occult/SupernaturalProfanityDrug/Alcohol Content
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 10 challenges

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

by Dashka Slater

The true story of two Oakland teenagers: Sasha, a nonbinary teen, and Richard, a Black teen who set Sasha's skirt on fir...

Violence
BANNED 6 challenges

Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe

by Preston Norton

Cliff, an overweight, bullied teen, forms an unlikely friendship with Aaron, the school's star quarterback who is secret...

Sexual Content
BANNED 6 challenges

Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag

by Rob Sanders

A picture book telling the story of Harvey Milk's fight for LGBTQ+ rights and Gilbert Baker's creation of the rainbow fl...

LGBTQ+ Themes
BANNED 6 challenges

Queer: The Ultimate LGBTQ Guide for Teens

by Kathy Belge

A comprehensive guide for LGBTQ+ teens covering identity, coming out, relationships, health, and finding community....

LGBTQ+ Themes
BANNED 5 challenges

An Abundance of Katherines

by John Green

John Green's novel about Colin Singleton, a child prodigy and serial dater of girls named Katherine, who goes on a road ...

Sexual ContentLanguage
BANNED 5 challenges

Beauty Queens

by Libba Bray

Libba Bray's satirical novel about teen beauty pageant contestants who survive a plane crash on a deserted island and mu...

Sexual ContentLGBTQ+ ContentLanguage
BANNED 5 challenges

Dark Places

by Gillian Flynn

Gillian Flynn's thriller about Libby Day, the sole survivor of a massacre that killed her family, who begins to investig...

ViolenceSexual ContentLanguage
BANNED 5 challenges

Grave Mercy

by Robin LaFevers

Robin LaFevers' historical fantasy about Ismae, a 17-year-old girl in medieval Brittany who escapes an abusive marriage ...

ViolenceSexual Content
BANNED 3 challenges

Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness (Ordinary Terrible Things Series)

by Anastasia Higginbotham

'Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness (Ordinary Terrible Things Series)...

Sexual Content
BANNED 3 challenges

The Baby Tree

by Sophie Blackall

'The Baby Tree...

Sexual Content
BANNED 3 challenges

The Opposite of Innocent

by Sonya Sones

'The Opposite of Innocent...

Sexual Content
BANNED 2 challenges

Love, Hate & Other Filters

by Samira Ahmed

'Love, Hate & Other Filters...

Sexual Content
BANNED 2 challenges

ttfn (Internet Girls Series)

by Lauren Myracle

'ttfn (Internet Girls Series)...

Sexual Content
BANNED 2 challenges

ttyl (Internet Girls Series)

by Lauren Myracle

'ttyl (Internet Girls Series)...

Sexual Content
BANNED 1 challenges

How to Be Bad

by Lauren Myracle

'How to Be Bad...

Sexual Content
BANNED 1 challenges

Let it Snow: Three Holiday Romances

by John Green

'Let it Snow: Three Holiday Romances...

Sexual Content
BANNED 1 challenges

Protest Movements: Then and Now

by Eric Braun

'Protest Movements: Then and Now...

Political Content
BANNED 1 challenges

Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale

by Lauren Myracle

'Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale...

Sexual Content
BANNED 1 challenges

Victor and Nora: A Gotham Love Story

by Lauren Myracle

'Victor and Nora: A Gotham Love Story...

Sexual Content
BANNED 1 challenges

When the Emperor Was Divine

by Julie Otsuka

'When the Emperor Was Divine...

Sexual Content
BANNED 1 challenges

yolo (Internet Girls Series)

by Lauren Myracle

'yolo (Internet Girls Series)...

Sexual Content