Anti-Family Content

Books Banned for Anti-Family Content

6 books · 418 total challenges

BANNED 96 challenges

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

by J.K. Rowling

The first Harry Potter novel, the most challenged book of the 21st century, banned primarily for themes of witchcraft an...

Occult/SupernaturalReligious ObjectionsAnti-Family Content
BANNED 85 challenges

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Novel

by Dav Pilkey

Dav Pilkey's beloved children's series about two fourth-graders who hypnotize their principal into becoming a superhero,...

Age InappropriatenessViolenceAnti-Family Content
BANNED 75 challenges

The Catcher in the Rye

by J.D. Salinger

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 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 58 challenges

And Tango Makes Three

by Justin Richardson & Peter Parnell

A children's picture book about two male penguins who raise a chick together, based on a true story from the Central Par...

LGBTQ+ ThemesAnti-Family ContentAge Inappropriateness
BANNED 31 challenges

The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins

Suzanne Collins' dystopian novel about children forced to fight to the death, challenged for violence, anti-government t...

ViolenceAge InappropriatenessPolitical Content