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This list of the most commonly challenged books in the United States refers to books sought to be removed or otherwise restricted from public access, typically from a library or a school curriculum. This list is primarily based on U.S. data gathered by the American Library Association 's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF), which gathers data ...
A Washington Post analysis of 986 books challenged in school libraries between 2021 and 2022 found that nearly 42% of the books challenged had LGBTQ+ themes or characters and 28% had characters of ...
Other targeted books deal with race. The American Library Assn. reports that in 2022 a record 1,269 demands were made to restrict or ban books and other materials in schools and libraries — up ...
The association tracks attempts to censor books and materials in public, school, and academic libraries, noting that there were 414 attempts to censor library materials and services during the ...
The Fort Worth Independent School District is in the process of returning books back to library shelves that were pulled eight months ago for review of sexual or violent content.
School districts in South Carolina have already banned certain books, including in September when 17 were deemed inappropriate by the Lexington 2 school district after complaints from parents were ...
The Wake County chapter of Moms for Liberty filed challenges against 20 books that it says are not appropriate to be in school libraries.. The county school system has rejected all 189 challenges ...
The extensive list of books was released a week after parents and community members spoke out against library books that they considered inappropriate at the district’s Board of Education ...