1. Holden Caulfield, The Catcher in the Rye

2. Alaska Young, Looking for Alaska

3. Hester Prynne, The Scarlet Letter

4. Janie Crawford, Their Eyes Were Watching God

5. Harry Potter, Harry Potter series

To celebrate Banned Books Week, Tumblr user Jubliant Antics! created some wonderful thought-provoking mugshots of beloved literary characters.
Banned for: Strong language, sexual references, and for encouraging rebellion.
Banned for: Strong language, drug use, and sexually explicit situations.
Banned for: The book has been called “pornographic and obscene,” yet there is no sex in the book. Really it’s banned because of the plot: Hester's adulterous affair with Arthur Dimmesdale and the resulting pregnancy.
Banned for: Sexual content and explicit language.
Banned for: Promoting witchcraft and un-Christian values. It now has the distinction of being the most banned book(s) in the U.S.