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Despite the opposition from the American Library Association (ALA), books continue to be banned by school and public libraries across the United States. This is usually the result of complaints from parents, who find particular books not appropriate for their children (e.g., books with depictions of LGBTQ+ individuals, like Gender Queer: A Memoir).
Since 2001, the American Library Association has posted the top ten most frequently challenged books per year on their website. [4] Using the Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century, ALA has also noted banned and challenged classics. [5] The ALA does not claim comprehensiveness in recording challenges.
The New York Times reported in January 2022 that "parents, activists, school board officials and lawmakers around the country are challenging books at a pace not seen in decades". [9] In April 2022, nonprofit organization PEN America found that 1,586 book bans targeting 1,145 unique books had occurred in the past nine months. [10]
In connection with Banned Books Week, the ALA has released preliminary data documenting attempts to censor books during the first eight months of 2024, in settings including school libraries ...
Here are 15 books PEN America says were most frequently banned in the first part of the 2022-23 school year. 1. “Gender Queer: A Memoir” by Maia Kobabe.
The American Library Association included “Flamer” on its list of 2023's most challenged and/or banned books. “We had a lot of conversations about how to interpret the law and not be in ...
This is an index of lists of banned books, which contain books that have been banned or censored by religious authority or government. By country
It’s not how most contraband gets in anyway,” a prisoner at Chillicothe Correctional Center told The Star. ‘A de facto book ban:’ Missouri bars people from sending books to loved ones in ...