Who Wrote It?
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Who was Steig Larsson?
Sancho Panza
What is Don Quixote?
2021: Nebula Award winner, Mexican Gothic
Who is Silvia Moreno-Garcia?
Banned for being "unsuitable for age group", this Sandra Cisneros novel tells the story of Esperanza Cordero.
What is The House on Mango Street?
2000: Daughter of Fortune
Who is Isabel Allende?
Americanah
Who is Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche?
Gregor Samsa
What is The Metamorphosis?
2008: Pulitzer Prize winner, The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Who is Junot Diaz?
This World War II-era journal was banned in 1983 for being "a real downer".
What is The Diary of Anne Frank?
2001: A Fine Balance
Who is Rohinton Mistry?
My Sister the Serial Killer
Who is Oyinkan Braithwaite?
Mama Elena
What is Like Water for Chocolate?
2015: Nebula Award winner, The Three-Body Problem
Who is Cixin Liu?
Banned in Afghanistan for fears of inciting violence, this work of historical fiction includes the rise and fall of the Taliban.
What is The Kite Runner?
1998: Breath, Eyes, Memory
Who is Edwidge Dandicat?
Interpreter of Maladies
Who is Jhumpa Lahiri?
Pi Patel
What is Life of Pi?
2011: Nebula Award winner, Who Fears Death
Who is Nnedi Okarafor?
Banned for everything from "defaming the Catholic faith" to being "immoral and sexually depraved", this Isabel Allende book follows a Chilean family through several generations.
What is The House of the Spirits?
2020: The Girl With the Louding Voice
Who is Abi Daré?
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Who is Marjane Satrapi?
Okonkwo
What is Things Fall Apart?
2016: Pulitzer Prize winner, The Sympathizer
Quite possibly the first banned book,the Roman emperor Caligula worried that this epic Greek poem contained dangerous ideas about freedom.
What is The Odyssey?
2019: Here Comes the Sun
Who is Nicole Dennis-Benn?