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Book bans are on the rise in America.
In the 2022–23 school year, PEN America recorded 3,362 instances of books banned, from those centering racial inequality and LGBTQ+ themes to classics like The Great Gatsby and Moby Dick. These bans were driven by new laws and regulations limiting the kinds of books that children can access.
We at Penguin Random House fervently oppose these attempts at censorship because we believe that books make us better, and students in particular deserve access to a wide range of perspectives. Our Book Resumes – resources everyone can use to justify keeping frequently challenged books on shelves and in the hands of readers – can be used to fight against the banning of a specific title.
We stand with our authors and are committed to publishing diverse stories and rich, wide-spanning perspectives. We stand with teachers and librarians and trust their expertise on what books to share with young readers. And we stand with our readers, because everyone deserves to see themselves in a book.
Keep scrolling to learn what we’re doing – and what you can do – to protect the freedom to read.
What We're Doing
From protecting books in court to partnering with authors, teachers, librarians, parents and caregivers, and other industry leaders, we’re committed to getting books back on shelves and into the hands of readers who want and need them most.
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Organizations We’re Supporting
Learn more about our partners in the fight against censorship.
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How We’re Supporting Authors and Creators
Learn more about programming that’s available to PRH authors.
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How We’re Supporting Teachers and Librarians
See how we’re bolstering those on the front lines.
Learn MoreWhat You Can Do
Whether your child (or your book, or your district) is directly affected by book bans or you simply want to learn more about the issue, we’ve partnered with experts on the front lines – authors, teachers, librarians, parents, students, and booksellers – to highlight some of the most impactful ways you can get involved.
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Resources for Everyone
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Resources for Authors and Creators
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Resources for Parents
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Resources for Students
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Resources for Teachers and Librarians
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Resources for Booksellers
Learn MoreBook Resumes
Learn more about frequently challenged books and get the tools to justify keeping these titles on shelves – including resources for many of the books listed below. See more →
Read Banned Books
We’ve curated a collection of books, grouped by category, that are currently under attack in America. This is only a sampling of the hundreds of titles that are challenged daily and we’ll rotate the books regularly. For a more extensive real-time list, visit our partners at PEN America.
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Banned for Featuring Characters of Color or Themes of Race and Racism
Banned for Featuring Characters of Color or Themes of Race and Racism
![The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9781524768287?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![The Day You Begin](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780399246531?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Full Disclosure](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9781984829986?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Darius the Great Deserves Better](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593108253?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780385382946?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![What Lane?](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780525518457?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Juliet Takes a Breath](https://images2.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593108192?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9781524700515?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Before We Were Free](https://images2.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780399555497?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Harbor Me](https://images2.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780399252525?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Antiracist Baby Board Book](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593110416?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![All Are Welcome (An All Are Welcome Book)](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780525579649?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![The Name Jar](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780440417996?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![The 1619 Project: Born on the Water](https://images2.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593307359?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593382639?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![This Is Your Time](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593378526?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Sing a Song](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593530580?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Brown Girl Dreaming](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780147515827?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Dear Martin](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9781101939499?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Pet](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593175446?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Odd One Out](https://images2.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9781101939567?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![This Is My America](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593118795?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks](https://images2.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9781400052189?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![A Raisin in the Sun](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780679755333?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Beloved](https://images2.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780525659273?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Invisible Man](https://images2.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780679732761?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Persepolis](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780375714573?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![The Bluest Eye](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780307278449?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![The House on Mango Street](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780679433354?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![A Thousand Splendid Suns Illustrated Edition](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9781594488887?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Black Like Me](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780451208644?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Bless Me, Ultima](https://images2.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780143137221?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Fences (Movie tie-in)](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780735216686?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Red at the Bone](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780525535287?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Siddhartha](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780143124337?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780141199573?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![The Adventures of Tom Sawyer](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780143107330?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![The Color Purple](https://images2.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780143137047?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![The Kite Runner](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9781594631931?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Things Fall Apart](https://images2.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780385474542?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780525580454?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![The 1619 Project](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593230572?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Born a Crime](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780399588198?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![How to Be an Antiracist](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780525509301?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780812980028?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![The Autobiography of Malcolm X](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780345379757?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Uncle Tom's Cabin](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780375756931?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Fresh Ink](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9781524766313?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
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Banned for Featuring LGBTQ+ Characters or Themes
Banned for Featuring LGBTQ+ Characters or Themes
![Calvin](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593108673?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Obie Is Man Enough](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593379493?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Families, Families, Families!](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780553499384?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Almost Flying](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593112946?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Let's Talk About It](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9781984893147?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Lily and Dunkin](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780553536775?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Wide Awake](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780375834677?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Full Disclosure](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9781984829986?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![I'll Give You the Sun](https://images2.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780142425763?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![From Here](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593354452?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Man o' War](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593353707?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Flight of the Puffin](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9781984816085?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Hot Dog Girl](https://images2.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780525516255?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Beyond the Gender Binary](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593094655?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![I Am Jazz](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780803741072?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![My Rainbow](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9781984814609?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![In Our Mothers' House](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780399250767?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag](https://images2.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780399555312?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Last Night at the Telegraph Club](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780525555278?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Too Bright to See](https://images2.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593111178?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Donovan's Big Day](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9781582463322?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Leaves of Grass](https://images2.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9781984897558?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Rage: A Love Story](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780375844119?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Boy Erased](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780735213463?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Joshua and the City](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780385485692?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Sissy](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780735218840?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![The Picture of Dorian Gray](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780141442464?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![This Is Our Rainbow](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593303979?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Almost Perfect](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780385736657?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Being Jazz](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780399554674?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Fresh Ink](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9781524766313?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Girl Crushed](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9781984897374?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![My Awesome/Awful Popularity Plan](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780375899973?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Odd One Out](https://images2.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9781101939567?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Pet](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593175446?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![The Magic Fish](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593125298?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Two Boys Kissing](https://images2.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780307931917?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
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Banned for Themes of Violence, Sexual Experiences, and Health / Wellbeing
Banned for Themes of Violence, Sexual Experiences, and Health / Wellbeing
![Pink, Blue, and You!](https://images2.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593178638?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![White Bird: A Wonder Story (A Graphic Novel)](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593487785?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![The Baby Tree](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780399257186?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Real Live Boyfriends](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780385734295?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Breathless](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9781524701994?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Wintergirls](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780142415573?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![The Call of the Wild](https://images2.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780141336541?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Looking for Alaska](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780142402511?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![The Complete Maus](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780679406419?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass](https://images2.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780141192468?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![The Diary of a Young Girl](https://images2.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780307594006?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![The Wizard of Oz](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780141341736?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![The Outsiders](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780142407332?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![SHOUT](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780142422205?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![All Quiet on the Western Front](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9781101908082?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Beloved](https://images2.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780525659273?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Leaves of Grass](https://images2.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9781984897558?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Lolita](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780679410430?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![The Bluest Eye](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780307278449?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![The Great Gatsby](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9781101908297?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![The Handmaid's Tale](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780385490818?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![The Sun Also Rises](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593321287?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![1984](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780452284234?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Ulysses](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780679455134?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![A Thousand Splendid Suns Illustrated Edition](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9781594488887?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Animal Farm](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780452284241?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Fences (Movie tie-in)](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780735216686?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Moby-Dick](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780141199603?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Of Mice and Men](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780142000670?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest](https://images2.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780670023233?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Red at the Bone](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780525535287?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Stranger in a Strange Land](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780143111627?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![The Color Purple](https://images2.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780143137047?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![The Grapes of Wrath](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780143039433?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![The Jungle](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780812976236?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![The Kite Runner](https://images1.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9781594631931?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Things Fall Apart](https://images2.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780385474542?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Frankenstein](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780553212471?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![Uncle Tom's Cabin](https://images4.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780375756931?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
![I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings](https://images3.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780812980028?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
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![Slaughterhouse-Five](https://images2.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780385333849?width=400&alt=cover_coming_soon.jpg)
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