Religious Objections

Books Banned for Religious Objections

9 books · 752 total challenges

BANNED 187 challenges

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

by Sherman Alexie

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is Sherman Alexie's semi-autobiographical novel about Arnold Spirit Jr.,...

Sexual ContentLanguageRacial Content
BANNED 153 challenges

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

Brave New World is Aldous Huxley's dystopian novel depicting a future society where humans are genetically engineered, c...

Sexual ContentDrug/Alcohol UsePolitical Content
BANNED 148 challenges

The Kite Runner

by Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner follows Amir, the son of a wealthy Kabul businessman, and his complicated relationship with Hassan, the ...

Sexual ContentViolenceReligious Objections
BANNED 143 challenges

The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has replaced the U...

Sexual ContentPolitical ContentReligious Objections
BANNED 40 challenges

Wicked

by Gregory Maguire

Wicked reimagines the Land of Oz from the perspective of the Wicked Witch of the West, Elphaba, exploring themes of good...

Sexual ContentPolitical ContentReligious Objections
BANNED 25 challenges

Burned

by Ellen Hopkins

Burned tells the story of Pattyn Von Stratten, a seventeen-year-old girl raised in a strict Mormon household who begins ...

Sexual ContentReligious ObjectionsDrug/Alcohol Use
BANNED 22 challenges

Storm and Fury

by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Storm and Fury follows Trinity Marrow, an eighteen-year-old with a dangerous secret, who is caught between warring angel...

Sexual ContentViolenceReligious Objections
BANNED 18 challenges

The Poet X

by Elizabeth Acevedo

The Poet X follows Xiomara Batista, a Dominican American teenager in Harlem who pours her frustrations with her strict r...

Sexual ContentReligious ObjectionsLanguage
BANNED 16 challenges

Vampire Academy

by Richelle Mead

Vampire Academy follows Rose Hathaway, a half-vampire guardian-in-training, and her best friend Lissa, a Moroi vampire p...

Sexual ContentViolenceReligious Objections