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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.
Banned books is a contentious debate in courts, classrooms and libraries. Here's an overview of the national debate and the most banned books. It's Banned Books Week: Most challenged titles and ...
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.
The ALA does not claim comprehensiveness in recording challenges. Research suggests that for each challenge reported there are as many as four or five which go unreported. [6] The list is sorted alphabetically by default. Included is each book's rank in the ALA's lists of top 100 challenged books by decade (if applicable).
PHOTO: In this Oct. 7, 2023, file photo, a Banned Books Week display is shown at the Mott Haven branch of the New York Public Library in the Bronx, New York. (Ted Shaffrey/AP, FILE)
According to PEN America, which tracks book bans, more than 4,000 instances of school book bans were recorded in fall 2023, far more than the 1,800 the organization tracked in the previous spring ...
The home ministry said these books have been banned under Section 7(1) of Act 301 as they are considered ‘undesirable publications’ on the 21st of January 2025, and was later publicly announced on the 8th of February. Koleksi Puisi Masturbasi Benz Ali 2015 Poetry Banned for its suggestive name and immoral content.
What: Actor, author and "Reading Rainbow" founder LeVar Burton joins the L.A. Times Book Club to discuss the State of Banned Books with Times editor Steve Padilla. When: May 24 at 7 p.m. Pacific .