Here are books that some people have banned or attempted to ban for their discussion or depiction of sex. They are sometimes discussed alongside those dealing with LGBT people or pregnancy.
| Title | Author | First published | Recent incident |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Boys Aren't Blue | George M. Johnson | 2020 | 2021 |
| The Canterbury Tales | Geoffrey Chaucer | 1476 | 1995 |
| Lysistrata | Aristophanes | 411 BCE | 1967 |
| Oryx and Crake | Margaret Atwood | 2003 | 2024 |
| Leaves of Grass | Walt Whitman | 1855 | 1881 |
| Candide | Voltaire | 1759 | 1944 |
| The Bluest Eye | Toni Morrison | 1970 | 2022 |
| Ulysses | James Joyce | 1922 | 1920 |
| Beloved | Toni Morrison | 1987 | 2013 |
| A Court of Mist and Fury | Sarah J. Maas | 2016 | 2022 |
| Gender Queer: A Memoir | Maia Kobabe | 2019 | 2023 |
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