Banned Book Week has been a staple in my education since as long as I can remember. Here is a list of 21 Must Read Banned Fantasy books. If you’re looking for more banned books to check out, head over to the ALA for lists of banned books over the years. 

Harry Potter
By JK Rowling

Requested to be banned for witch craft.

In The News:

• Nashville Catholic school banning Harry Potter
• Harry Potter among books burned by priests in Poland

Neverwhere
By Neil Gaiman

Requested to be banned for sexual content, profanity.

In The News:

• Neil Gaiman novel banned by New Mexico 

Alice in Wonderland
By Lewis Carroll

Requested to be banned for talking animals.

In The News:

• Banned Books Awareness: Alice in Wonderland

Fahrenheit 451
By Ray Bradbury

Requested to be banned for profanity & themes.

In The News:

• They Tried to Ban Fahrenheit 451 and Replace It With. . . My Book

James and the Giant Peach
By Roald Dahl

Requested to be banned for themes. 

In The New:

• Banned Library List of Bans

The Hunger Games
By Suzanne Collins

Requested to be banned for religious themes.

In The News:

• Banned Books Awareness: “The Hunger Games”

Slaughterhouse-Five
By Kurt Vonnegut

Requested to be banned for profanity, violence, sexual content. 

In The News:

• A note from the author on the banning.
• Slaughterhouse-Five banned by US school

Lord of the Rings
By JRR Tolkien

Requested to be banned due to being satanic.

In The News:

• Banned Books Awareness: “Lord of the Rings”

Animal Farm
By George Orwell

Requested to be banned for promoting rebellions.

In The News:

• ANIMAL FARM: BANNED BY THE SOVIETS, PROMOTED BY THE CIA
• Censorship History of Animal Farm

 

Carrie
By Stephen King

Requested to be banned for violence, profanity, sexual content, and other themes.

In The News:

• Overview on bans on Carrie

His Dark Materials
By Philip Pullman

Requested to be banned for promoting atheism.

In The News:

• The Religious Controversy Surrounding Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials

Frankenstein
By Mary Shelley

Requested to be banned for unnatural content.

In The News:

• The Complex Irony of Frankenstein and Its Impact

Shade’s Children
By Garth Nix

Requested to be banned for being vulgar & obscene.

In The News:

• Banned Library Overview

A Wrinkle in Time
By Madeleine L’Engle

Requested to be banned for Religious Controversy.

In The News:

• ‘A Wrinkle in Time’s’ Long Religious Controversy

Brave New World
By Aldous Huxley

Requested to be banned for language & sexual content.

In The News:

• An Overview

Fight Club
By Chuck Palahniuk

Requested to be banned for violent and sexually explicit.

In The News:

• “FIGHT CLUB” NIXED FROM AP ENGLISH IN TEXAS AFTER PARENTAL COMPLAINTS

The Lorax
By Dr. Seuss

Requested to be banned for challenging the Timber Industry.

In The News:

• About the controversy. 

The Giver
By Lois Lowry

Requested to be banned for violence.

In The News:

• A History of banning.
• Why Do So Many Schools Try to Ban The Giver?

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy 
By Douglas Adams

Requested to be banned for profanity.

In The News:

• An overview of being banned. 

Ender’s Game
By Orson Scott Card

Requested to be banned for being pornographic, & violent. 

In The News:

• Parent files police complaint after teacher reads Ender’s Game to pupils

The Amulet Of Samarkand
By Jonathan Stroud

Requested to be banned for occult themes.

In The News:

• The Challenging of The Amulet of Samarkand