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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.
Elmer Gantry was banned in the Irish Free State. [167] The House of Gold: Liam O'Flaherty: 1929 Novel The first book to be banned by the Irish Free State for alleged "indecency". Republished in 2013. [168] A Farewell to Arms: Ernest Hemingway: 1929 Novel Suppressed in the Irish Free State. [166] Marriage and Morals: Bertrand Russell: 1929 Non ...
PEN America, a free speech advocacy group, found that book bans nearly tripled during the 2023-2024 academic year with over 10,000 books banned in public schools.
Banned Books Week, an annual awareness campaign that draws attention to banned and challenged books [56] Freedom to Read Foundation, a non-profit anti-censorship organization that has been active in First Amendment-based challenges to book removals from libraries [57]
That state was Tennessee, where a school board banned "Maus" in January, as reported by the (Nashville) Tennessean. "Some high school libraries own Mein Kampf in Texas," the #FReadom librarian wrote.
Banned Books Week offers a moment to reflect on the power of the free word. Launched in 1982, the observance served as an answer to a rising number of book challenges across libraries, bookstores ...
Books Unbanned is a United States library program that issues library cards nationwide from regional libraries in order to give electronic access to the library's digital and audio collections to teens and young adults living in U.S. locations where books are being challenged.
What state reported the most challenged books? The ALA revealed in an earlier news release this year that 17 U.S. states challenged more than 100 book titles in 2023.