Banned Book Awareness
"Book Bans." Films Media Group, 2023. Films On Demand. Accessed 10 Oct. 2023.
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"Today, state legislators are introducing — and in some cases passing — educational gag orders to censor teachers, proposals to track and monitor teachers, and mechanisms to facilitate book banning in school districts. At the same time, the scale and force of book banning in local communities is escalating dramatically. In recent years PEN America has typically encountered a handful of such cases each year. The findings in this report demonstrate a profound increase in both the number of books."
- PEN America
2023 Most Challenged Books
Gallery
The Bluest Eye
Third on the 2022 Most Challenged Books.
Number of challenges: 73
Challenged for: depiction of sexual abuse, EDI content, claimed to be sexually explicit.
Source: American Library Association, 2023
All Boys Aren't Blue
Second on the 2022 Most Challenged Books.
Number of challenges: 86
Challenged for LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit.
Source: American Library Association, 2023
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Eight on the 2022 Most Challenged Books
Number of challenges: 52
Challenged for: profanity, claimed to be sexually explicit.
Source: American Library Association, 2023
A Court of Mist and Fury
Tied at number ten on the Most Challenged Books.
Number of challenges: 48
Challenged for: claimed to be sexually explicit
Source: American Library Association, 2023
Crank
Tied at number 10 on the 2022 Most Challenged Books.
Number of challenges: 48
Challenged for: drug use, claimed to be sexually explicit.
Source: American Library Association, 2023
Flamer
Fourth on the 2022 Most Challenged Books.
Number of challenges: 62
Challenged for: LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit.
Source: American Library Association, 2023
Gender Queer: a Memoir
2022 Most Challenged Book
Number of challenges: 151
Challenged for: LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit.
Source: American Library Association, 2023
Lawn Boy
Seventh on the 2022 Most Challenged Books
Number of challenges: 54
Challenged for: LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit.
Source: American Library Association, 2023
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Revised Edition)
Tied at number ten on the 2022 Most Challenged Books.
Number of challenges: 48
Challenged for profanity, claimed to be sexually explicit.
Source: American Library Association, 2023
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Tied at number five on the 2022 Most Challenged Books.
Number of challenges: 55
Challenged for: depiction of sexual abuse, LGBTQIA+ content, drug use, profanity, and claimed to be sexually explicit.
Source: American Library Association, 2023
This Book Is Gay
Tied at number ten on the 2022 Most Challenged Books.
Number of challenges: 48
Challenged for: LGBTQIA+ content, providing sexual education, claimed to be sexually explicit
Source: American Library Association, 2023
Looking for Alaska
Tied at number five on the 2022 Most Challenged Books.
Number of challenges: 55
Challenged for: LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit.
Source: American Library Association, 2023
Out of Darkness
Ninth on the 2022 Most Challenged Books.
Number of challenges: 50
Challenged for: depictions of abuse, claimed to be sexually explicit.
Source: American Library Association, 2023