Iowa Banned Books List

EDGAR(R) AWARD FINALIST - BRAM STOKER(R) AWARD FINALIST - SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD NOMINEE - PHENOMENAL BOOK CLUB PICKONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEA...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER: An "exquisitely wrought memoir" about how "love can flourish even in the harshest climates" - for readers of The Liar's ...

In an exuberant picture book, a glimpse of costumed mermaids leaves one boy flooded with wonder and ready to dazzle the world. While riding the sub...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author and rom-com queen Becky Albertalli comes a buoyant new novel about daring to step out of the shadows and ...

Fans of Wendy Mass and Lisa Greenwald are sure to fall head-over-heels for this sweet story about first crushes, friendship drama, and finding the ...

A 2021 Coretta Scott King Honor Book! Winner of the 2020 National Book Award for Young People's Literature! Winner of the 2020 Boston Globe-Horn Bo...

Throne of Glass, Book #7 Together they will rise. Or together they will fall. The epic finale to the #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series by Sarah...

She was known to the world as Emily Doe when she stunned millions with a letter. Brock Turner had been sentenced to just six months in county jail ...

Winner of the National Book Award Winner of the Stonewall Book Award - Winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature - A Michael L. Pri...

Recipient of the 2019 Alex Award​ "Mike Muñoz Is a Holden Caulfield for a New Millennium - a '10th-generation peasant with a Mexican last name, rai...

The Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human Is what I'm feeling normal? Is what my body is doing normal? Am I normal? How do I know w...

Stonewall Honor Book * A Time Magazine Best YA Book of All Time This is a bighearted, sprawling epic about friendship and love and the revolutionar...

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST KIDS BOOKS OF THE YEAR by NPR - New York Public Library - JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTION - GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS For reader...

Millions of people have read, discussed, debated, cried, and cheered with Little Bee, a Nigerian refugee girl whose violent and courageous journey​...

The award-winning, genre-defining debut from John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and The Fault in Our Stars First dr...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! - A Today Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick - A February 2023 Indie Next Pick An unforgettable debut about a...

A breathtakingly imaginative fantasy series starring Max - a high schooler chosen to become the next "Magical Girl." There's just one catch . . . h...

The unforgettable debut from Stonewall Award Winner Alex Gino. BE WHO YOU ARE. When people look at Melissa, they think they see a boy named George...

A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel tells with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confession...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - An enormously engaging portrait of a most beguiling Southern city: "Elegant and wicked.... [This] might be the first true-cri...

A deluxe 10th anniversary edition of the bestselling poetry collection milk and honey, including an exclusive new chapter of poetry, a new introduc...

A ripped-from-the-headlines novel of ambition, music, and innocence lost, perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo and Jason Reynolds! Be bold. Get se...

Don't miss the latest Natchez Burning novel, SOUTHERN MAN From #1 New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles comes the first novel in his Natchez ...

One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels When it was first published in 1940, Native Son established Richard Wright as a literary star. In the d...