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Contents. List of most commonly challenged books in the United States. Judy Blume is the author featured most frequently on this list (five times). Her young adult novels are typically about coming of age issues such as teenage sexuality. The Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling was the most challenged work from 2000 to 2009.
Banned books are books or other printed works such as essays or plays which have been prohibited by law, or to which free access has been restricted by other means. The practice of banning books is a form of censorship, from political, legal, religious, moral, or commercial motives. This article lists notable banned books and works, giving a ...
Book banning in the United States (2021–present) 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. Unlike most book challenges in the past, whereby parents or other stakeholders in the community would ...
Here are 15 books PEN America says were most frequently banned in the first part of the 2022-23 school year. 1. “Gender Queer: A Memoir” by Maia Kobabe. This bestselling 2019 autobiography in ...
The Davis School District voted to ban all 13 books on the list, while Alpine School District banned seven of them, including Maas' series. The books are still available at public libraries.
In the fall of the 2023-24 school year, Florida had banned 3,135 books and Wisconsin 481, according to a PEN America report. A March Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll , showed half of Iowan's ...
These 5 graphics show the significant impact of 3,400 books banned from Iowa schools Key points. The Register surveyed each of Iowa's school districts to find out what books, if any, they had ...
A Banned Books Week "read out" at Shimer College. The event has been held during the last full week of September since 1982. [13] Banned Books Week is intended to encourage readers to examine challenged literary works and to promote intellectual freedom in libraries, schools, and bookstores.