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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.
In 2023, a USA TODAY investigation revealed that a site called BookLooks.org was the resource behind hundreds of book challenges nationwide. Launched in 2022, the site promotes a book-rating ...
PEN America, a free expression advocacy group, has tracked nearly 16,000 book ban attempts in public schools nationwide since 2021. In 2023 alone, the American Library Association (ALA) documented ...
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 ...
More: US public schools banned over 10K books during 2023-2024 academic year, report says The bill would enable the Department of Education to give grants to school districts to cover expenses ...
A 2023 analysis by The Washington Post found that a majority of book challenges in over 100 school districts from the 2021–2022 school year were filed by just 11 people. [3] Based on a survey by PEN , about 10,000 books were banned from US schools by Republican-led censorship laws in the 2023/2024 academic year.
Florida and Texas, by far, challenged the most books in 2023 with a combined total of more than 4,000 titles. A full map of what U.S. states are challenging books can be found online at the ALA's ...
Sept. 22-28 is Banned Books Week. See a list of the top 10 most challenged books, and which state had the most in 2023.