Banned Books list

Now that we’ve told you about what banned books are and what the top 10 banned books were in 2008, we’d like to share with you a list of the banned and challenged books that we have at the Sullivan Lexington Library. Please ask at the reference desk if you want to check out one of these books, and someone will be glad to assist you.

• 1984 by George Orwell; 824.912 O79n
• And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell; JF R
• Beloved by Toni Morrison; DVD 791.43 B452
• Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger; 813.54 S165c
• Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. Going; JF G
• Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling; JF R
• Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov; 813.54 N117l
• Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil; DVD 791.43 M6296
• Olive’s Ocean by Kevin Henkes; JF H
• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor; JF T
• Song of Soloman by Toni Morrison; 813.54 M882s
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain; DVD 813.4 T969a
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker; 813.54 W759c and DVD 791.43 C719
• The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler; JF M
• The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck; 813.52 S819g
• The Jungle by Upton Sinclair; 813.52 S616j
• The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien; 823.912 T649l
• The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway; 813.52 H488s
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee; 813 L478 and DVD 813.54 T627