Most famous books banned in schools

Harry Potter series Several schools around the world removed Harry Potter books from library calling the spells and curses used in the book as real and harmful

To Kill A Mockingbird This book by Harper Lee has been banned due to its use of the N-word and other racial epithets

Of Mice and Men This book by John Steinbeck was banned due to its use of profanity

The Hate U Give This book by Angie Thomas was removed from a Texas school district's libraries in 2017 due the book's prafanity

The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" faced criticism and ban from schools, citing a plot that is "centered around negative activity"

The Color Purple The Color Purple by Alice Walker has been deemed "smut" and "X-rated"  by several schools

Animal Farm Animal Farm by George Orwell was banned in 1987

Looking For Alaska John Green's "Looking For Alaska" was one of the most challenged book of 2015 for "offensive language" and "sexually explicit content"