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Explore these frequently challenged or banned books for adults from all over the world!

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  • Carsick

    John Waters Hitchhikes Across America

    Waters, John, 1946-
    This travel novel was challenged in Alberta in 2015 for being sexually explicit. The book was retained.
    Audiobook CD, 2014[New York] : Macmillan Audio, 2014. — 791.4302 WAT 7 CDS
  • This title was included in the Canadian Federation of Library Association's report on Titles, Authors and Programs Challenged in 2023 for being LGBTQIA+ positive.
    Book, 2023Toronto, Ontario : HarperCollinsPublishersLtd, 2023. — 791.4302 PAG
  • This title was included in the Canadian Federation of Library Association's report on Titles, Authors and Programs Challenged in 2023 for being sexually explicit.
    Paperback, 2024Toronto, Ontario : Simon & Schuster Canada, 2024. — STA
  • This title was included in the Canadian Federation of Library Association's report on Titles, Authors and Programs Challenged in 2023 for being LGBTQIA+ positive.
    Book, 2018New York : Crown, 2018. — 973.932 OBA
  • Baby Making for Everybody

    Family Building and Fertility for LGBTQ+ and Solo Parents

    Rachlin, Ray,
    This title was included in the Canadian Federation of Library Association's report on Titles, Authors and Programs Challenged in 2023 for being age LGBTQIA+ positive.
    Book, 2023New York : Balance, 2023. — 618.3008 RAC
  • In 2008 in Toronto, a parent formally complained about the use of this dystopian novel in a Grade 12 English class at Lawrence Park Collegiate. The parent said that the novel’s “profane language,” anti-Christian overtones, “violence” and “sexual…
    Book, 2019Toronto : Emblem, an imprint of McClelland & Stewart, 2019. — ATWOOD
  • This title has been ranked 34th in the "Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books: 2010-2019" by the American Library Association.
    Book, 2009Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. — OBRIEN
  • In 2007, an Edmonton Public Library patron complained about this thriller, stating that it is "just another hate-promoting novel". In the novel, which is set in 2002, a group of powerful Americans secretly plot to provoke a nuclear attack on the…
    Book, 2006New York : Warner Books, 2006. — DEMILLE
  • This title has been ranked 95th in the "Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books: 2010-2019" by the American Library Association.
    Book, 2004Toronto : Anchor Canada, [2004] — HADDON
  • A Child Called "it"

    An Abused Child's Journey From Victim to Victor

    Pelzer, David J.
    This title has been ranked 36th in the "Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books: 2010-2019" by the American Library Association.
    Book, 1995Deerfield Beach, Fla. : Health Communications, [1995] — 362.7609 PEL
  • In 2011, Canadian author Hill received an email from a Roy Groenberg in the Netherlands who said that he and others planned to publicly burn Hill’s novel because they objected to the use of the N-word in the title. On June 22, 2011, Groenberg and…
    Book, 2007Toronto : HarperCollins, [2007] — HILL
  • A library patron challenged this teen graphic novel in an undisclosed Canadian Public Library. The patron felt the book was controversial and questioned the library’s policy about graphic pedophiliac pornography aimed at teens and young adults. The…
    Graphic Novel, 2019St. Louis : Lion Forge Comics, 2019. — KOBABE
  • This title has been ranked 17th in the "Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books: 2010-2019" by the American Library Association.
    Book, 2005New York : Scribner, 2005. — 362.8209 WAL
  • This title has been ranked 26th in the "Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books: 2010-2019" by the American Library Association.
    Book, 2007Toronto : Vintage Canada, 2007. — HUXLEY
  • In August 2022, Alpine School District, Utah’s largest school district, removed 52 books from school shelves and flagged an additional 32 titles for review. Milk and Honey was included among the 52 removed titles. A spokesperson for the school…
    Book, 2015Kansas City, Missouri : Andrews McMeel Publishing, [2015] — 811.6 KAU
  • This title has been ranked 45th in the "Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books: 2010-2019" by the American Library Association.
    Book, 2004New York : Vintage International, 2004. — MORRISO
  • In 1990, parents demanded the removal of this novel from high school reading lists in Essex County, Ontario. They objected to “vulgarity, sexual expressions and sexual innuendoes” in the text. The novel, which is set chiefly in Montreal in the…
    Book, 2005Toronto : Penguin Canada, 2005. — RICHLER
  • This title was included in the Canadian Federation of Library Association's report on Titles, Authors and Programs Challenged in 2023 for being age inappropriate and sexually explicit.
    Graphic Novel, 2007Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2007. — BECHDEL
  • In 2006, after receiving an anonymous letter of a complaint that the novel had sexual content, the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board in Ontario removed this novel about a murder trial from its high school library shelves and the syllabus…
    Book, 1995New York : Vintage Books, 1995.
  • This title has been ranked 50th in the "Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books: 2010-2019" by the American Library Association.
    Book, 2019New York : Penguin Books, 2019. — WALKER