Banned Books Week: Most challenged books of 2012

Everything from "kid's" books to erotic romance to classics.



1. Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey Reasons: Offensive language, unsuited for age group

 2. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie Reasons: Offensive language, racism, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group

 3. Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, sexually explicit, suicide, unsuited for age group

 4. Fifty Shades of Grey, by E. L. James. Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit

 5. And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson. Reasons: Homosexuality, unsuited for age group

 6. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini. Reasons: Homosexuality, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit

 7. Looking for Alaska, by John Green. Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group

 8. Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz Reasons: Unsuited for age group, violence

9. The Glass Castle, by Jeanette Walls Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit

 10. Beloved, by Toni Morrison Reasons: Sexually explicit, religious viewpoint, violence Source