The most challenged books in 2022 were “Gender Queer: A Memoir”by Maia Kobabe, “All Boys Aren’t Blue”by George M. Johnson and “The Bluest Eye”by Nobel Prize–winning novelist Toni Morrison. These are the 10 states with the most books banned or challenged at local levels, as meas...
With so much heated rhetoric being lobbed around, it can be easy to forget that these are real books that are being banned and challenged. Books that many of us have never read. So, just what arethe books that are causing such a furor? Here are the most banned and challenged books so...
while her 2009 bookTricksreceived 12 bans. The top books on the list were Maia Kobabe’s 2019 illustrated memoirGender Queer, and Mike Curato’s semi-autobiographical graphic novelFlamer, published in 2020. Each had been banned by 15 school districts. ...
In 2010, it seems, it was modern bestsellers - rather than classics from earlier decades - that provoked the most heat. Banned Books Week 2011 is being observed from Sept. 24 - Oct. 1.Driscoll, Molly
Apple Books Barnes & Noble It ByStephen King The Dead Zonewas ranked 82nd most challenged book (during the period of 1990-1999) in ALA’s banned books list. The novel is about a man named Johnny Smith who falls into a coma for upwards of five years; when he regains consciousness, he...
Summaries and passages from formerly banned books, censored and controversial books. Analysis, criticism and themes from the most challenged literature.
Riverhead Books, February 1 Heather O’Neill’s historical fiction novel combines two of my favorite topics: destructive female friendships and high society snobs behaving badly. Set in 19th-century Montreal, the narrative centers on Marie Antoine, the daughter of the richest man in the city, and...
Many among the top 50 banned books deal with issues of sexual orientation and gender identity, including this one, which was part of book bans six times in the 2021-2022 school year alone. 38. "Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen," by Jazz Jennings ...
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Lessons From History The recent bestselling streak of George Orwell’s1984, first published in 1950, is an interesting illustration of this trend. The dystopian novel wasbannedupon its translation and release in the former USSR due to its implicit critique of Stalinist political ideology. By contr...