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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.
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 ...
It’s another provocative work by Hopkins, who had four books on the ALA’'s list of the top 100 banned or challenged books between 2010 and 2019. (21 bans) (21 bans) 10.
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.
[8] [10] On January 24, 2025, the Trump Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights dismissed 11 cases regarding challenged books in schools and eliminated an oversight position for investigating such issues. They then issued a press release stating that they had ended what they referred to as "Biden's Book Ban Hoax".
Banned in the UK 1985–1988 for revealing secrets. Wright was a former MI5 intelligence officer and his book was banned before it was even published in 1987. [274] [275] Lord Horror: David Britton: 1990 1991 1992 Novel Banned in England in 1991 where it was found obscene; it is currently the last book to be banned in the UK.
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 ...
It's Banned Books Week, an annual effort by the American Library Association to raise awareness about censorship.. Each year, the ALA creates a top 10 list of the most challenged books filed by ...