BannedBooks2023_v6

At Macmillan Publishers, nothing is more important to us than the power of sharing ideas and stories. We remain steadfast in our commitment to combat book banning.

We proudly stand with authors, librarians, teachers, booksellers, and fellow readers against book banning.

1247

attempts to ban or restrict library materials and services

4240

unique titles targeted for censorship

92 %

increase in titles targeted for censorship at public libraries over the previous year

We are dedicated to fostering open dialogue and promoting the right to read

Legal Advocacy

Championing Literary Freedom

Editors at Macmillan Publishers on book bans and challenges and why the fight for the freedom to read is more important than ever | Read more →

Organizations We Support

American Library Association

The American Library Association (ALA) is the oldest and largest library association in the world.

Founded on October 6, 1876 during the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, the mission of ALA is “to provide leadership for the development, promotion and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all.”

The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression

The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression is the bookseller's voice in the fight against censorship. Founded by the American Booksellers Association in 1990, ABFFE’s mission is to promote and protect the free exchange of ideas, particularly those contained in books, by opposing restrictions on the freedom of speech; issuing statements on significant free expression controversies; participating in legal cases involving First Amendment rights; collaborating with other groups with an interest in free speech; and providing education about the importance of free expression to booksellers, other members of the book industry, politicians, the press and the public.

National Coalition Against Censorship

The National Coalition Against Censorship was formed by a group of activists affiliated with the ACLU in response to the 1973 Supreme Court decision in Miller v. California, which narrowed First Amendment protections for sexual expression and opened the door to obscenity prosecutions. As an alliance of more than 50 national non-profits, including literary, artistic, religious, educational, professional, labor, and civil liberties groups, we have engaged in direct advocacy and education to support First Amendment principles for over 40 years.

PEN America

PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide. We champion the freedom to write, recognizing the power of the word to transform the world. Our mission is to unite writers and their allies to celebrate creative expression and defend the liberties that make it possible.

Unite Against Book Bans

Unite Against Book Bans is an organization representing parents, educators and librarians, students and readers, authors and publishers, community and advocacy organizations, businesses and workers, nonprofits and faith groups, elected officials and civic leaders, and concerned citizens who are united against book bans.

Have questions, comments, or want more information?

What Our Authors Say

200069897

“When I see a book banned, I see the rejection of our ancestors’ past, the silencing of those telling our story in the present, and the eradication of our youths’ future--a future that we refuse to let them be denied."

George M. Johnson

author of All Boys Aren’t Blue
Laurie Halse Anderson

“Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance.”

Laurie Halse Anderson

author of Speak
Mike Curato

“I think the hardest thing about all of the book banning is thinking about the readers who don't have access to the books they need.”

Mike Curato

author of Flamer
200061202

"I read banned books because no individual, no group, no organization has the right to impose their particular sense of morality on others. No individual, no group, no organization has the right to restrict the choice to open a book. Any book."

Nora Roberts

author of Interitance
Mark Oshiro - author photo-1

"I write banned books because I personally know the value and worth of reading the kind of stories that have been banned and censored in the past. I seek to challenge the status quo through storytelling, to provide young readers a chance to see themselves and their peers in fiction, and to create art that is invigorating, thought-provoking, and even uncomfortable. That’s where growth is, and I wouldn’t be who I am today without books that did those very things to me."

Mark Oshiro

author of Each of Us a Desert
200051923

“Banned books are important because they are a safe space for hard conversations. When books are banned these conversations don't stop, they will simply move to a less safe space.”

Lily Williams

author of Go with the Flow
Jas Hammonds - author photo

"My favorite banned book is Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson because stories about misogynoir and rape culture need to be uplifted, not banished away from readers who need them the most."

Jas Hammonds

author of We Deserve Monuments
Katherine Applegate_Horizontal Author Photo copy

“If we ban every book that offends some parent, our libraries will be left with nothing but a dictionary and a copy of Goodnight Moon.”

Katherine Applegate

author of Wishtree
Elana K. Arnold

“People often say “Good for you!” when they hear that one (or several) of my books have been banned. I always reply: No. Not good for me. Shame on them, those fearmongers, those haters of liberty, those who seek to ban books.”

Elana K. Arnold

author of Starla Jean
200053878

"Nothing liberates more than recognizing yourself, your history, your likeness honored in a book; every effort to malign and erase certain people is an assault on our kids themselves, which must be fought with every ounce of determination and love we possess."

Charlotte Sullivan Wild

author of Love, Violet
Dashka Slater

“When I see a book banned it breaks my heart because every child should have a chance to read books that reflect or expand their experience of the world!”

Dashka Slater

author of The 57 Bus

Read Banned & Challenged Books

Explore a curated selection of titles, each embodying the resilience of creativity in the face of adversity.

All
Children’s Literature
Comics
Fiction
Nonfiction
Young Adult Fiction
Young Adult Nonfiction
9780374312718

All Boys Aren't Blue

9780374312718-1

by George M. Johnson

9781250756145_e302f

Flamer

9781250756145

by  Mike Curato

9781596437746_abd4c

This One Summer

 9781596437746

Jillian Tamaki (Illustrated by), Mariko Tamaki

9781626723573_e4fc7

The Breakaways

9781626723573

by Cathy G. Johnson

9780312674397_58e26

Speak

9780312674397

by Laurie Halse Anderson

9780374300289_da13f

Speak: The Graphic Novel

9780374300289

by Laurie Halse Anderson, Emily Carroll (Illustrated by)

9780374303235_35fcf

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

9780374303235

by Dashka Slater

9781250763549_e3185

Black Girl Unlimited : The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard

9781250763549

by Echo Brown

9781250302953_38215

It Feels Good to Be Yourself : A Book About Gender Identity

9781250302953_38215by Theresa Thorn, Noah Grigni (Illustrated by)

9781250311207_9ce01

Woke : A Young Poet's Call to Justice

9781250311207

by Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo, Olivia Gatwood, Theodore Taylor, III (Illustrated by), Jason Reynolds (Contributions by)

9781250143174_3ee60

Go with the Flow

9781250143174

by Karen Schneemann, Lily Williams

9781250203557_bfbcc

We Are Water Protectors

9781250203557

by Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illustrated by)

9781626727465_a2f3b

Fry Bread : A Native American Family Story

9781626727465

by Kevin Noble Maillard, Juana Martinez-Neal (Illustrated by)

9781250171115_4acb0

Snapdragon

9781250171115

by Kat Leyh

9781626722453_214a3

Bad Kitty (Special edition)

9781626722453

by Nick Bruel

9781250811899_655e3

American Born Chinese

9781250811899

by Gene Luen Yang

9781250822871_9f0b9

Moxie : Movie Tie-In Edition (Media tie-in)

9781250822871

by Jennifer Mathieu

9781250080035_c43db

Forever for a Year

9781250080035

by B. T. Gottfred

9781250768889_c6166

Cinder : Book One of the Lunar Chronicles

9781250768889

by Marissa Meyer

9781250800817_c5b84

Ace of Spades

9781250800817

by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

9780374534714_29cad

Cancer Ward : A Novel

9780374534714

by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Nicholas Bethell (Translated by), David Burg (Translated by)

9781250012579_7717d

Eleanor & Park : Exclusive Special Edition

9781250012579

by Rainbow Rowell

9780765378484_7d535

Ender's Game (Media tie-in)

9780765378484

by Orson Scott Card

9781250078414_5ce58

If I Was Your Girl

9781250078414

by Meredith Russo

9781250239136_cb96a

Lobizona : A Novel

9781250239136

by Romina Garber

9780312427733

Middlesex : A Novel

9780312427733

by Jeffrey Eugenides

9781250808318_23094

Nickel and Dimed (20th Anniversary Edition) : On (Not) Getting By in America

9781250808318

by Barbara Ehrenreich

9780312422271_667b1

Running with Scissors : A Memoir

9780312422271

by Augusten Burroughs

9780374530525_9edfd

The Old Gringo : A Novel

9780374530525

by Carlos Fuentes, Margaret Sayers Peden (Translated by)

9781250038449

What Goes Around : Two Books In One: Cracked Up to Be & Some Girls Are

9781250038449

by Courtney Summers

9780312360269_19dcf

Marked : A House of Night Novel

9780312360269-1

by P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast

9780312596293

Betrayed : A House of Night Novel

9780312596293

by P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast

9780312360306

Chosen : A House of Night Novel

9780312360306

by P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast

9780312596309_5c430

Untamed : A House of Night Novel

9780312596309

by P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast

9780312577995

Hunted : A House of Night Novel

9780312577995

by P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast

9780312567484

Tempted : A House of Night Novel

9780312567484

by P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast

9780312606169

Burned : A House of Night Novel

9780312606169

by P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast

9780312650247

Awakened : A House of Night Novel

9780312650247

by P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast

9780312594428

Hidden : A House of Night Novel

9780312594428

by P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast

9780312594435

Revealed : A House of Night Novel

9780312594435

by P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast

9780312594442_d7ebe

Redeemed : A House of Night Novel

9780312594442

by P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast

9780374104092_24ca2_

Annihilation : A Novel

9780374104092

by Jeff VanderMeer

9780374104108_2908a

Authority : A Novel

9780374104108

by Jeff VanderMeer

9780374104115_4ddc8

Acceptance : A Novel

9780374104115

by Jeff VanderMeer

9781250135025_7c36c

Carry On

9781250135025

by Rainbow Rowell

9781250146083_1f5e9

Wayward Son

9781250146083

by Rainbow Rowell

9781250254351_54666

Any Way the Wind Blows

9781250254351

by Rainbow Rowell

9781626726314_2e2e5

Black Is a Rainbow Color

9781626726314

by Angela Joy, Ekua Holmes (Illustrated by)

9781250169228_a1635

Each of Us a Desert

9781250169228

by Mark Oshiro

9781250311320_933e5

It's Okay to Be a Unicorn!

9781250311320

by Jason Tharp

9781250765826_239bb

Cool for the Summer

9781250765826

by Dahlia Adler

9781250126450_fc00f

Court of Lions : A Mirage Novel

9781250126450

by Somaiya Daud

9781250861092_1fd0b

The Dead and the Dark

9781250861092

by Courtney Gould

9780765382948_d4a85

Briar Rose : A Novel of the Holocaust

9780765382948

by Jane Yolen, Terri Windling (From an idea by)

9781250294531_3c135

Broken Beautiful Hearts

9781250294531

by Kami Garcia

9781626728783_44add

The Daughters of Ys

9781626728783

by M. T. Anderson, Jo Rioux (Illustrated by)

9781250254368_26351

Fable : A Novel

9781250254368

by Adrienne Young

9781250030955

Fangirl : A Novel

9781250030955

by Rainbow Rowell

9781250239549_720a8

Foul is Fair : A Novel

9781250239549

by Hannah Capin

9781250317568_f04f3

Friends Forever

9781250317568

by Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illustrated by)

9781250239563_4a1d8

Golden Boys Beware : A Novel

9781250239563

by Hannah Capin

9780805099249_f646f

The Heart of Betrayal : The Remnant Chronicles, Book Two

9780805099249

by Mary E. Pearson

9781250235572_94aec

Himawari House

9781250235572

by Harmony Becker

9781626726765_cd1f7

The Hunting Accident : A True Story of Crime and Poetry

9781626726765

by David L. Carlson, Landis Blair (Illustrated by)

9780765387561_3478f

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

9780765387561

by V. E. Schwab

9780374308377_60413

Jasmine Toguchi, Flamingo Keeper

9780374308377

by Debbi Michiko Florence, Elizabet Vukovic (Illustrated by)

9781596437098_f73bb

Kiss Number 8

9781596437098

by Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illustrated by), Colleen AF Venable

9780805099232_5cb72

The Kiss of Deception : The Remnant Chronicles, Book One

9780805099232

by Mary E. Pearson

9781626722590_3c117

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

9781626722590

by Mariko Tamaki

9781250128898_47ba4

Light It Up

9781250128898

by Kekla Magoon

9780765323118

Little Brother

9780765323118by Cory Doctorow

9781250146687_9ae9d

A Map to the Sun

9781250146687

by Sloane Leong

9781626725003_028a9

Mary's Monster : Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein

9781626725003by Lita Judge

9781250142733_ebea6

Mixed: A Colorful Story

9781250142733_ebea6

by Arree Chung

9781250313072_aa817

Ninth House

9781250313072

by Leigh Bardugo

9781250830081_3e7d2

Perfect on Paper : A Novel

9781250830081

by Sophie Gonzales

9781626723634_a3511

The Prince and the Dressmaker

9781626723634

by Jen Wang

9781250316776_141f6

Red, White & Royal Blue : A Novel

9781250316776

by Casey McQuiston

9781250157362_ec742

Wintersong : A Novel

9781250157362

by S. Jae-Jones

9781250308184_0a3b4

Shadowsong : A Novel

9781250308184

by S. Jae-Jones

9781626720893_258cb

Shattered Warrior

9781626720893

by Sharon Shinn, Molly Knox Ostertag (Illustrated by)

9781250781796_ff1b1

Sloppy Firsts : A Jessica Darling Novel

9781250781796

by Megan McCafferty, Rebecca Serle (Introduction by)

9781250315335_18658

A Song Below Water : A Novel

9781250315335

by Bethany C. Morrow

9781626729407_93460

Spinning

9781626729407

by Tillie Walden, Tillie Walden (Illustrated by)

9781626729247_0cb72

The Phantom Twin

9781626729247

by Lisa Brown

9781250801067_7c673

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy : Racism, Injustice, and How You Can Be a Changemaker

9781250801067

by Emmanuel Acho

9781596435391-1

We March

9781596435391-1

by Shane W. Evans

9781250809636_e2083

You Know Me Well : A Novel

9781250809636

by Nina LaCour, David Levithan

9781250288325_971cd

Inheritance : The Lost Bride Trilogy #1

9781250288325_971cd

by Nora Roberts

9781250284112_7f7b6

Identity : A Novel

9781250284112_7f7b6

by Nora Roberts

9781250848734_66745

Nightwork : A Novel

9781250848734_66745

by Nora Roberts

9781250873804_3cd8d

Come Sundown : A Novel

9781250873804_3cd8d

by Nora Roberts

9781250775016_39d25

Legacy : A Novel

9781250775016_39d25

by Nora Roberts

9781250805140

The Talk

9781250805140

by Darrin Bell

Banned-9781250073570

One Man Guy

9781250073570

by Michael Barakiva

Banned-9781250169440

Call Me by Your Name

9781250169440

by André Aciman

Banned-9781250063021

The Truth About Alice

9781250063021

by Jennifer Mathieu

Banned-9781627798518

The Nerdy and the Dirty

9781627798518

by b. t. gottfred

Banned-9781250189646

Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda

9781250189646

by J.P. Stassen

9780374310684

I'm Not a Girl

9780374310684

by Maddox Lyons and Jessica Verdi; Dana Simpson (Illustrated by)

9780374313722

Love, Violet

9780374313722

by Charlotte Sullivan Wild; Charlene Chua (Illustrated by)

Banned-9781250177964

Check, Please! Book 1: # Hockey

9781250177964

by Ngozi Ukazu

Banned-9781250802644

The Midnight Lie

9781250802644

by Marie Rutkoski

Banned-9781250294500

Let's Talk About Love

9781250294500

by Claire Kann

Banned-9781250129857

Birthday

9781250129857

by Meredith Russo

Banned-9781627798532

The Handsome Girl & Her Beautiful Boy

9781627798532

by b. t. gottfred

Banned-9781626728691

Brazen

9781626728691

by Pénélope Bagieu

Banned-9781250144270

The Art of Being Normal

9781250144270

by Lisa Williamson

Banned-9781250158642

The Love Interest

9781250158642

by Cale Dietrich

Banned-9781250062956

Freakboy

9781250062956

by Kristin Elizabeth Clark

Banned-9781250763280

A High Five for Glenn Burke

9781250763280

by Phil Bildner

Banned-9781250167033

Anger Is a Gift

9781250167033

by Mark Oshiro

Banned-9781250160102

When the Moon Was Ours

9781250160102

by Anna-Marie McLemore

Banned-9781250800473

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man

9781250800473

by Emmanuel Acho

Banned-9781684492848

We Need to Talk About Vaginas

9781684492848

by Dr. Allison K. Rodgers; Annika Le Large (Illustrated by)

Banned-9781596436237

Relish

9781596436237

by Lucy Knisley

Banned-9780374312589

Be Amazing

9780374312589

by Desmond is Amazing; Dylan Glynn (Illustrated by)

Banned-9781250806093

Why?

9781250806093

by Taye Diggs; Shane W. Evans (Illustrated by)

Banned-9781250895554

Gilded

9781250895554_89833

by Marissa Meyer

Banned-9781250847362

I Kissed Shara Wheeler

9781250847362_FC-1

by Casey McQuiston

Banned-9781250294753

White Rabbit

9781250294753

by Caleb Roehrig

Banned-9781250233776

How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

9781250233776

by S. J. Goslee

Banned-9781250787439

Only Mostly Devastated

9781250787439

by Sophie Gonzales

Banned-9781250774767

Miss Rita, Mystery Reader

9781250774767

by Sam Donovan and Kristen Wixted; Violet Tobacco (Illustrated by)

Banned-9780374305529

The Summer of Owen Todd

9780374305529

by Tony Abbott

Banned-9781250802095

Spin with Me

9781250802095

by Ami Polonsky

Banned-9780374380069

Jess, Chunk, and the Road Trip to Infinity

9780374380069

by Kristin Elizabeth Clark

Banned-9780374400118

Annie on My Mind

9780374400118

by Nancy Garden; With an interview by Kathleen T. Hornin

Banned-9781250250322

For Black Girls Like Me

9781250250322

by Mariama J. Lockington

Banned-9781250069153

All the Rage

9781250069153by Courtney Summers

9781626721654

Jane Against the World

9781626721654

by Karen Blumenthal

9780312371463

Boy2Girl

9780312371463

by Terence Blacker

9781250115140

Whatever.

9781250115140

by S. J. Goslee

9781250244499

One Last Stop

9781250244499

by Casey McQuiston

9781596438606

Marco Impossible

9781596438606

by Hannah Moskowitz

9781250239570

I Am Margaret Moore

9781250239570

by Hannah Capin

9781250866042

Icebreaker

9781250866042

by A. L. Graziadei

9781250209122

Late to the Party

9781250209122

by Kelly Quindlen

9781250866493

In the Key of Us

9781250866493

by Mariama J. Lockington

9780374307417

A Place Inside of Me

9780374307417

by Zetta Elliott; illustrated by Noa Denmon

9781250895585

Rise Up!

9781250895585

by Crystal Marie Fleming

Stay in the know! Sign up to receive news from Macmillan Publishers.