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Iowa Banned Books List

These are just a FRACTION of titles that were recently Banned (removed) &/or Challenged (attempted removal) by Iowa Schools under Senate File 496! We do not abide by the removal of literature, so we are bringing them straight to you! Our source? The Des Moines Register Database of Library Books Removed in Iowa School Districts.

13 Reasons Why

Asher, Jay
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THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Featuring cover art from the Netflix original series executive produced by Selena Gomez! You can...

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1984

Orwell, George
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Written 75 years ago, 1984 was George Orwell's chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, his dystopian vision of a gove...

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A Court of Frost and Starlight

Maas, Sarah J.
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A Court of Thorns and Roses, Book #4 A tender addition to the #1 bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas, bridging the events...

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A Court of Mist and Fury

Maas, Sarah J.
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A Court of Thorns and Roses, Book #2 The seductive and stunning #1 bestselling sequel to Sarah J. Maas's spellbinding A Court of Thorns and Roses. ...

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A Court of Silver Flames

Maas, Sarah J.
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A Court of Thorns and Roses, Book #5 Sarah J. Maas's sexy, richly imagined series continues with the journey of Feyre's fiery sister, Nesta. Nesta ...

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A Court of Thorns and Roses

Maas, Sarah J.
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A Court of Thorns and Roses, Book #1 The sexy, action-packed first book in the #1 bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series from global phenomen...

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A Court of Wings and Ruin

Maas, Sarah J.
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A Court of Thorns and Roses, Book #3 The epic third novel in the #1 bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series by global phenomenon Sarah J. Maas...

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A Game of Thrones

Martin, George R.R.
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A Song of Ice and Fire, Book #1 NOW THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONES - THE MASTERPIECE THAT BECAME A CULTURAL PHENOMENON In a land where su...

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A Scatter of Light

Lo, Malinda
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An Instant New York Times Bestseller "Full of yearning, ponderances about art and what it means to be an artist, and self-revelation, A Scatter of ...

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A Thousand Splendid Suns

Hosseini, Khaled
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Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, the #1 New York Times bestseller A Thousand Spl...

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Alice Austen Lived Here

Gino, Alex
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From the award-winning author of Melissa, a phenomenal novel about queerness past, present, and future. Sam is very in touch with their own queer i...

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All Boys Aren't Blue

Johnson, George M.
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A New York Times Bestseller! Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News, Today Show, and MSNBC feature stories. In a series of personal essays, promine...

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All the Things We Do in the Dark

Mitchell, Saundra
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Sadie meets Girl in Pieces in this dark, emotional thriller by acclaimed author Saundra Mitchell. Something happened to Ava. The curving scar on he...

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And Tango Makes Three

Richardson, Justin ; Parnell, Peter
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Selected as an ALA Notable Children's Book Nominee and a Lambda Literary Award Finalist And Tango Makes Three is the heartwarming true story of two...

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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Sáenz, Benjamin Alire
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Now a major motion picture starring Max Pelayo, Reese Gonzales, and Eva Longoria!A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021) Aristotle is an angry teen ...

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Beach Read

Henry, Emily
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A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everythi...

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Beloved

Morrison, Toni
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PULITZER PRIZE WINNER - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A spellbinding novel that transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate...

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Bitter

Emezi, Akwaeke
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From National Book Award finalist Akwaeke Emezi comes a companion novel to the critically acclaimed Pet that explores both the importance and cost ...

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Blood Water Paint

McCullough, Joy
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Her mother died when she was twelve, and suddenly Artemisia Gentileschi had a stark choice: a life as a nun in a convent or a life grinding pigment...

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Book Lovers

Henry, Emily
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A by the book literary agent must decide if happily ever after is worth changing her whole life for in this insightful, delightful new novel from t...

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Clap When You Land

Acevedo, Elizabeth
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In a novel-in-verse that brims with grief and love, National Book Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo (The Poet X...

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Concrete Rose

Thomas, Angie
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International phenomenon Angie Thomas revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the events of The Hate U Give in this searing and poignant exp...

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Crushing It

Levy, Joanne
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A girl tells her best friend just what to say to woo the boy next door, only to be left wondering if she really wanted him for herself in this midd...

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Empire of Storms

Maas, Sarah J.
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Throne of Glass, Book #5 Only the greatest sacrifice can turn the tide of war. War is brewing in the fifth book of the #1 bestselling Throne of Gla...

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