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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.
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] Moon Palace Books, a Minneapolis local bookstore partnering with Iowa anti-censorship organization Annie's Foundation to send banned books to Iowa. [58]
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.
The 1945 allegorical novella has been a target of complaints for decades, according to the ALA. In 1987, "Animal Farm" was one of dozens of books banned in schools in Bay County, Fla. Then 44 ...
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 ...
If the challenge is supported by the reconsideration process, the book will be removed from the library collection, school, etc. [30] A “banned book” is one that has been "removed from a library, classroom, etc." [27] Since 2021, the rise in book challenges nationwide has had a "chilling effect," leading to increased self-censorship (Knox ...
The Waukesha School District maintains a public spreadsheet of books that have been challenged. It lists 101 titles reviewed in the 2021-22 school year, six in the 2022-23 school year and none for ...
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).