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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
From January 1, 2024 to August 31, 2024, the ALA tracked 414 challenges to library materials, affecting 1,128 unique titles. That’s down slightly from 2023’s data about the same reporting ...
The rise in banned books during the 2023-'24 school year—nearly tripling ... the law prompted thousands of book bans during the 2023-'24 school year, compared with just 14 bans in the state ...