Top Banned Books

Each year, the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom publishes a list of the Top 10 Banned or Challenged books of the year. This list explores some of the most frequently banned books from the past few years -- and the reasons other people don't want you to read them.

Alexie, Sherman – The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian

Blume, Judy – Forever ...

Chbosky, Stephen – The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Collins, Suzanne – The Hunger Games

Cormier, Robert – The Chocolate War

Crutcher, Chris – Whale Talk

Friend, Natasha – Lush

Hopkins, Ellen – Crank

Lee, Harper – To kill a mockingbird

Mackler, Carolyn – The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things

Meyer, Stephenie – Twilight

Myers, Walter Dean – Fallen angels

Myracle, Lauren – ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r

Pullman, Philip – The Golden Compass

Salinger, J. D. – The Catcher in the Rye

Sones, Sonya – What My Mother Doesn't Know

Von Ziegesar, Cecily – Gossip Girl