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This article lists notable banned books and works, giving a brief context for the reason that each book was prohibited. Banned books include fictional works such as novels, poems and plays and non-fiction works such as biographies and dictionaries.
Starting in 2021, there have been a considerable number of books banned or challenged in parts of the United States. Most of the targeted books have to do with race, gender, and sexuality.
As part of Banned Book Week, the American Library Association (ALA) combed through censorship reports from the past ten years to determine the top 100 books requested to be banished from...
To prepare, check out this interactive list of every book that’s been banned or challenged in the U.S. since the start of the 2022 school year, compiled and presented by Harper’s Bazaar. Click here to browse the lists and learn more.
The American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) has released new data documenting book challenges throughout the United States, finding that challenges of unique titles surged 65% in 2023 compared to 2022 numbers, reaching the highest level ever documented by ALA.
Reproduced here, the PEN list covers books that were banned or challenged during the first half of the 2022 school year—the most recent data available.
Learn about the most challenged books of 2023. Censorship by the Numbers. Censorship data paints a vivid picture of attempts to ban or restrict library books and resources across the U.S. Banned Books Week. Banned Books Week is September 22-28, 2024.
A Brief History of Banned Books in America. Attempts to restrict what kids in school can read are on the rise. But American book banning started with the Puritans, 140 years before the...
Today, the American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) released the Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books from the past decade. The list’s release launches Banned Books Week, Sept. 27 – Oct. 3, a vibrant week of programming to rally readers to the cause of First Amendment protections and remind them to ...
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.