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Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2023

"The American Library Association documented 1,247 attempts to censor materials and services at libraries, schools, and universities in 2023. Of the 4,240 unique titles that were challenged or banned in 2023, here are the top 10 most frequently challenged."

Palo Alto City Library

10 items

  1. Reasons: LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit
    BookPortland, OR : Oni Press, May 2020. — 306.7608 KOBABE
  2. Reasons: claimed to be sexually explicit, LGBTQIA+ content, rape, drugs, profanity
    BookNew York : Pocket Books, [1999] — TEEN FICTION CHBOSKY
  3. Reasons: LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit
    Graphic NovelNew York : Henry Holt and Company, 2020. — TEEN GN CURATO
  4. Reasons: rape, incest, claimed to be sexually explicit, EDI content
    BookNew York : Knopf, 1993. — FICTION MORRISON
  5. Reasons: claimed to be sexually explicit, profanity
    BookNew York : Amulet Books, [2012] — TEEN FICTION ANDREWS
  6. Reasons: claimed to be sexually explicit, drugs, rape, LGBTQIA+ content
    BookNew York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2009] — TEEN Fiction Hopkins
  7. 9. Let's Talk About It

    the Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human

    Moen, Erika, 1983-
    Reasons: claimed to be sexually explicit, sex education, LGBTQIA+ content
    BookNew York : RH Graphic, [2021] — TEEN 306.7083 MOEN
  8. Reasons: claimed to be sexually explicit, rape
    BookLos Angeles : Hyperion Paperbacks, 2008. — TEEN FICTION MCCORMICK