“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” — Benjamin Franklin
A – E
| Author | Title | Year | Genre | Rating | Banned? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jane Austen (1775-1817) | Pride and Prejudice | 1813 | Fiction |  | No |
| Michael Avallone (1924-1999) | The Man From U.N.C.L.E | 1965 | Fiction |  | No |
| James E. Bassett (1912-1978) | Harm’s Way | 1962 | Fiction – War | | No |
| Charles A. Beard (editor) (1874-1948) | Whither Mankind | 1928 | Social Science |  | No |
| M.C. Beaton (1936-2019) | Introducing Agatha Raisin | 2007 | Mystery | | No |
| Henry Bellamann (1882-1945) | Kings Row | 1940 | Fiction | | No |
| Paul Brickhill (1916-1991) | The Dam Busters | 1951 | History | | No |
| Louis Bromfield (1896-1956) | Mrs. Parkington | 1942 | Fiction | | No |
| Jimmy Buffett (1946-2023) | Where is Joe Merchant? | 1992 | Fiction | | No |
| Richard E. Byrd (1888-1957) | Skyward | 1928 | Aviation | | No |
| John Dickson Carr (1906-1977) | The Hollow Man | 1935 | Mystery | | No |
| Bennett Cerf (1898-1971) | At Random: The Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf | 1977 | Biography | | No |
| Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933) | In Secret | 1919 | Fiction – War |  | No |
| Mary Ellen Chase (1887-1973) | The Edge of Darkness | 1957 | Fiction | | No |
| Thomas Childs (?- ) | The Bible and Science | 2014 | Religion | | No |
| Thomas Childs (?- ) | Christian Logic | 2014 | Religion | | No |
| Thomas Childs (?- ) | Was Jesus a Myth? | 2018 | Religion | | No |
| Agatha Christie (1890-1976) | Hickory Dickory Dock | 1955 | Mystery | | No |
| Agatha Christie (1890-1976) | The Man in the Brown Suit | 1924 | Mystery | | No |
| Agatha Christie (1890-1976) | Murder on the Links | 1923 | Mystery | | No |
| Agatha Christie (1890-1976) | The Mysterious Affair at Styles | 1920 | Mystery | | No |
| Agatha Christie (1890-1976) | The Secret Adversary | 1922 | Mystery | | No |
| Marchette Chute (1909-1994) | Shakespeare of London | 1949 | Biography | | No |
| Electa Clark (1910-1989) | The Dagger, The Fish and Casey McKee | 1955 | Fiction – Young Adult | | No |
| P.F. Collier & Son (editors) | Greatest Short Stories, Vol. I | 1940 | Anthology | | No |
| P.F. Collier & Son (editors) | Greatest Short Stories, Vol. II | 1940 | Anthology | | No |
| P.F. Collier & Son (editors) | Greatest Short Stories, Vol. III | 1940 | Anthology | | No |
| P.F. Collier & Son (editors) | Greatest Short Stories, Vol. IV | 1940 | Anthology | | No |
| Lawrence D. Collins (1907-2001) | The 56th Evac Hospital | 1995 | History | | No |
| Norman Collins (1907-1982) | Children of the Archbishop | 1951 | Fiction | | No |
| Ralph Connor (1860-1937) | Glengarry School Days | 1902 | Fiction | | No |
| Ralph Connor (1860-1937) | The Major | 1917 | Fiction | | No |
| Stephen Coonts (1946- ) | The Cannibal Queen | 1992 | Aviation | | No |
| Michael Crichton (1942-2008) | Airframe | 1996 | Fiction | | No |
| A.J. Cronin (1896-1981) | Adventures in Two Worlds | 1952 | Biography | | No |
| A.J. Cronin (1896-1981) | A Thing of Beauty | 1955 | Fiction | | No |
| Walter Cronkite (1916-2009) | A Reporter’s Life | 1996 | Biography | | No |
| William Crosthwait (1873-1962) | The Last Stitch | 1956 | Biography | | No |
| D.K. Publishing (editors) | Haunted Houses | 2020 | Anthology | | No |
| Oliver Darkshire (1994- ) | Once Upon a Tome | 2023 | Biography | | No |
| J. Frank Dobie (1888-1964) | Rattlesnakes | 1965 | Natural Science | | No |
| Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989) | Rule Britannia | 1972 | Fiction |  | No |
| James F. Dunnigan (1943- ) & Albert A. Nofi (1944- ) | Victory at Sea | 1995 | History | | No |
| Mignon G. Eberhart (1899-1996) | Escape the Night | 1944 | Mystery | | No |
| Dwight Eisenhower (1890-1969) | Crusade in Europe | 1948 | History | | No |
| Marshall Everett (1863-1939) | Complete Life of William McKinley | 1901 | Biography | | No |
F – J
| Author | Title | Year | Genre | Rating | Banned? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Fairchild (?-?) | Willie, Waylon, and the Boys | 2024 | Arts | | No |
| John Henry Faulk (1913-1990) | Fear on Trial | 1963 | Social Science | | No |
| Michael Feinstein (1956- ) | The Gershwins and Me | 2012 | Biography | | No |
| Timothy Findley (1930-2002) | The Wars | 1977 | Fiction – War | | No |
| Jack Finney (1911-1995) | Time and Again | 1970 | SciFi | | No |
| Ernest K. Gann (1910-1991) | Fate is the Hunter | 1961 | Aviation | | No |
| Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970) | The Case of the Amorous Aunt | 1963 | Mystery | | No |
| Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970) | The Case of the Dangerous Dowager | 1937 | Mystery | | No |
| Randall Garrett (1927-1987) | Unwise Child | 1962 | SciFi | | No |
| Ira Gershwin (1896-1983) | Lyrics On Several Occasions | 1959 | Arts | | No |
| Raymond Leslie Goldman (1895-1950) | Murder Behind the Mike | 1942 | Mystery | | No |
| Doris Kearns Goodwin (1943- ) | An Unfinished Love Story | 2024 | History | | No |
| Doris Kearns Goodwin (1943- ) | Leadership in Turbulent Times | 2018 | History | | No |
| Duncan Grinnell-Milne (1896-1973) | Wind in the Wires | 1968 | Aviation | | No |
| Winston Groom (1943-2020) | Forrest Gump | 1986 | Fiction | | Yes |
| H. Rider Haggard (1856-1925) | King Solomon’s Mines | 1885 | Fiction | | No |
| William Wister Haines (1908-1989) | Command Decision | 1947 | Fiction – War | | No |
| Margaret Halsey (1910-1997) | Color Blind | 1946 | Social Science | | Yes |
| Margaret Halsey (1910-1997) | Some Of My Best Friends Are Soldiers | 1944 | Fiction | | No |
| Margaret Halsey (1910-1997) | With Malice Toward Some | 1938 | Biography | | No |
| Edmond Hamilton (1904-1977) | Outlaws of the Moon | 1942 | SciFi | | No |
| Henry Sydnor Harrison (1880-1930) | Queed | 1911 | Fiction | | No |
| Bret Harte (1836-1902) | Colonel Starbottle’s Client and Some Other People | 1892 | Fiction – Anthology | | No |
| James Haskins (1941-2005) | Nat King Cole | 1984 | Biography | | No |
| Cameron Hawley (1905-1969) | Executive Suite | 1952 | Fiction | | No |
| William Least Heat-Moon (1939- ) | Here, There, Elsewhere | 2013 | Travel | | No |
| Newell Dwight Hillis (1858-1929) | The Influence of Christ in Modern Life | 1900 | Religion | | No |
| James Hilton (1900-1954) | Nothing So Strange | 1947 | Fiction | | No |
| James Hilton (1900-1954) | So Well Remembered | 1945 | Fiction | | No |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) | The Guardian Angel | 1867 | Fiction | | No |
| Molly Ivins (1944-2007) | Bill of Wrongs | 2007 | History | | No |
| Rona Jaffe (1931-2005) | The Best of Everything | 1958 | Fiction | | No |
| Russell Janney (1884-1963) | Miracle of the Bells | 1946 | Fiction | | No |
| Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927) | Three Men in a Boat | 1889 | Fiction | | No |
| W. Fletcher Johnson (1857-1931) | Life of Sitting Bull | 1891 | History | | No |
| Alexander Johnston (1849-1889) (editor) | American Orations, Vol. 3 | 1884 | History | | No |
K – O
| Author | Title | Year | Genre | Rating | Banned? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Keith (1903-1998) | Rifles for Watie | 1957 | Fiction – Young Adult | | No |
| Matthew Kelly (1973- ) | The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity | 2018 | Religion | | No |
| W.P. Kinsella (1935-2016) | Shoeless Joe | 1982 | Fiction | | No |
| Jim Kjelgaard (1910-1959) | Big Red | 1945 | Young Adult | | No |
| Louis L’Amour (1908-1988) | Hondo | 1953 | Western | | No |
| Erik Larson (1954- ) | Lethal Passage | 1995 | Social Science | | No |
| Keith Laumer (1925-1993) | Night of Delusions | 1972 | Science Fiction | | No |
| Jerome Lawrence (1915-2004) & Robert E. Lee (1918-1994) | Inherit The Wind | 1953 | Fiction | | No |
| T.E. Lawrence (1888-1935) | Revolt in the Desert | 1926 | Biography | | No |
| Beirne Lay, Jr. (1909-1982) & Sy Bartlett (1900-1978) | 12 O’Clock High! | 1948 | Fiction – War | | No |
| Alan Le May (1899-1964) | The Searchers | 1954 | Fiction – Western | | No |
| Harper Lee (1926-2016) | To Kill A Mockingbird | 1960 | Fiction | | Yes |
| Herman Lehmann (1859-1932) | Nine Years Among The Indians | 1927 | Biography | | No |
| Lloyd Lewis (1891-1949) | Myths After Lincoln | 1941 | History | | No |
| Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) | Babbitt | 1922 | Fiction | | No |
| Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) | Dodsworth | 1929 | Fiction | | No |
| Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) | Elmer Gantry | 1927 | Fiction | | No |
| Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) | Hike and the Aeroplane | 1912 | Fiction – Young Adult | | No |
| Jack London (1876-1916) | Best Short Stories of Jack London | 1945 | Fiction | | No |
| Anita Loos (1888-1981) | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | 1925 | Fiction | | No |
| Donald S. Lopez (1923-2008) | Fighter Pilot’s Heaven | 1995 | Aviation | | No |
| Myrna Loy (1905-1993) | Myrna Loy – Being and Becoming | 1987 | Biography | | No |
| Dorothy MacArdle (1889-1958) | The Uninvited | 1944 | Horror | | No |
| Sir William Magnay (1855-1917) | The Red Chancellor | 1901 | Fiction | | No |
| William Manchester (1922-2004) | The Death of a President | 1967 | History | | No |
| John Margulies (Editor) (1900-1975) | Wings Over The World | 1942 | Fiction – Young Adult | | No |
| John P. Marquand (1893-1960) | H.M. Pulham, Esquire | 1941 | Fiction | | No |
| Irving T. Marsh & Edward Ehre (Editors) | Best Sports Stories 1948 | 1948 | Sports | | No |
| Claude Banks Mayo (1885-1951) | Your Navy | 1941 | History | | No |
| Tim McCoy (1891-1978) | Tim McCoy Remembers the West | 1978 | Biography | | No |
| Johnston McCulley (1883-1958) | The Mark of Zorro | 1923 | Fiction – Western | | No |
| Larry McMurtry (1936-2021) | Lonesome Dove | 1985 | Western | | No |
| H.C. McNeile (1888-1937) | Bulldog Drummond’s Third Round | 1923 | Mystery | | No |
| Franklyn E. Meyer (1932-2020) | Me and Caleb | 1962 | Fiction – Young Adult | | No |
| Cleveland Moffett (1863-1926) | The Battle | 1909 | Fiction | | No |
| Ewen Montagu (1901-1985) | The Man Who Never Was | 1954 | History | | No |
| Charles Clark Munn (1848-1917) | The Hermit | 1903 | Fiction | | No |
| Willie Nelson (1933- ) | Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die | 2012 | Biography | | No |
| Charles Nordhoff (1887-1947) & James Norman Hall (1887-1951) | The Bounty Trilogy | 1936 | Fiction | | No |
| P.J. O’Brien (?-?) | Will Rogers | 1935 | Biography | | No |
| Overseas Press Club of America (editors) | Deadline Delayed | 1947 | History | | No |
P – T
| Author | Title | Year | Genre | Rating | Banned? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Sessions Perry (1910-1956) | Texas – A World in Itself | 1942 | History | | No |
| Charles Portis (1933-2020) | True Grit | 1968 | Western | | No |
| Van Powell (1886-1962) | Mystery of the 15 Sounds | 1937 | Fiction – Young Adult | | No |
| Ernie Pyle (1900-1945) | Brave Men | 1944 | History | | No |
| Clinton A. Reed (1891-1969) & V. James Morgan (1895-1968) | Introduction to Business | 1932 | Social Science | | No |
| P.R. Reid (1910-1990) | Escape From Colditz | 1952 | History | | No |
| Quentin Reynolds (1902-1965) | 70,000 to One | 1946 | History | | No |
| Quentin Reynolds (1902-1965) | A London Diary | 1941 | History | | No |
| Hallie Erminie Rives (1874-1956) | The Castaway | 1906 | Fiction | | No |
| Carey Rockwell (?-?) | On the Trail of the Space Pirates | 1953 | SciFi | | No |
| Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) | Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography | 1913 | Biography | | No |
| Thomas H. Russell (1862-1947) | The Great War in Europe | 1916 | History | | No |
| Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) | Storm Over the Land | 1939 | History | | No |
| William Saroyan (1908-1981) | The Human Comedy | 1943 | Fiction | | No |
| William Saroyan (1908-1981) | Peace, It’s Wonderful | 1939 | Fiction – Anthology | | No |
| Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) | Whose Body? | 1923 | Mystery | | No |
| Hank Searls (1922-2017) | The Crowded Sky | 1960 | Fiction | | No |
| Michael Seidel (1943-2025) | Joe DiMaggio and the Summer of 41 | 1988 | Sports | | No |
| Robert Service (1874-1958) | The Spell of the Yukon | 1907 | Poetry | | No |
| William Shirer (1904-1993) | Midcentury Journey | 1952 | History | | No |
| Scott Simon (1952- ) | Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball | 2002 | Sports | | No |
| Frank G. Slaughter (1908-2001) | Countdown | 1970 | Fiction | | No |
| Frank G. Slaughter (1908-2001) | Daybreak | 1958 | Fiction | | No |
| Frank G. Slaughter (1908-2001) | In A Dark Garden | 1946 | Fiction | | No |
| Frank G. Slaughter (1908-2001) | Upon This Rock | 1963 | Fiction | | No |
| Steven C. Smith (?- ) | Music By Max Steiner | 2020 | Biography | | No |
| A.B. Snyder (1872-1956) | Pinnacle Jake | 1951 | Biography | | No |
| Carl Solberg (1915-2003) | Conquest of the Skies | 1979 | Aviation | | No |
| Harry A. Stuhldreher (1901-1965) | Knute Rockne: Man Builder | 1931 | Biography | | No |
| Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) | Year of Decisions | 1955 | Biography | | No |
| Larry Tye (1954- ) | The Jazz Men | 2024 | Arts | | No |
U – Z
| Author | Title | Year | Genre | Rating | Banned? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Underwood (1941- ) (Editor) | The Greatest Flying Stories Ever Told | 2002 | Aviation | | No |
| Ash Warren (1960- ) | The Way of Salt | 2020 | Sports | | No |
| Alan Weisman (1947- ) | The World Without Us | 2007 | Social Science | | No |
| Edward Wellen (1919-2011) | Hijack | 1971 | SciFi | | No |
| Paul I. Wellman (1895-1966) | The Chain | 1949 | Fiction | | No |
| H.G. Wells (1866-1946) | The Soul of a Bishop | 1917 | Fiction | | No |
| Morris L. West (1916-1999) | The Shoes of the Fisherman | 1963 | Fiction | | No |
| Charles S. Whiting (?-?) | Creative Thinking | 1958 | Social Science | | No |
| Major Alford Williams (1896-1958) | Airpower | 1940 | Aviation | | No |
| C.N. Williamson (1857-1920) & A.M. Williamson (1858-1933) | Lord John in New York | 1918 | Mystery | | No |
| Harold Bell Wright (1872-1944) | The Calling of Dan Matthews | 1909 | Fiction | | No |
| Lawrence Wright (1947- ) | Mr. Texas | 2023 | Fiction | | No |