Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2021
The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked 729 challenges to library, school, and university materials and services in 2021. Of the 1597 books that were targeted, here are the most challenged, along with the reasons cited for censoring the books:
- Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
Reasons: Banned, challenged, and restricted for LGBTQIA+ content, and because it was considered to have sexually explicit images - Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
Reasons: Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content and because it was considered to be sexually explicit - All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
Reasons: Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content, profanity, and because it was considered to be sexually explicit - Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez
Reasons: Banned, challenged, and restricted for depictions of abuse and because it was considered to be sexually explicit - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Reasons: Banned and challenged for profanity, violence, and because it was thought to promote an anti-police message and indoctrination of a social agenda - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Reasons: Banned and challenged for profanity, sexual references and use of a derogatory term - Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
Reasons: Banned and challenged because it was considered sexually explicit and degrading to women - The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Reasons: Banned and challenged because it depicts child sexual abuse and was considered sexually explicit - This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson
Reasons: Banned, challenged, relocated, and restricted for providing sexual education and LGBTQIA+ content. - Beyond Magenta by Susan Kuklin
Reasons: Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content and because it was considered to be sexually explicit.
Source Ala.org
Julan62 
julan62
August 15, 2022 at 1:03 pm
There is a whole lot more too.
Stephan
August 15, 2022 at 1:09 pm
Read Catcher in the rye when I was a teen. Don’t know what all the fuss is about. its just human emotions and acts. …
julan62
August 15, 2022 at 6:46 pm
A most excellent read.
Harry W
August 16, 2022 at 8:20 am
If a book is Banned I read it… Sod it if the powers that be want to censor what we read! Just sod it.
julan62
August 16, 2022 at 8:50 am
nailed it!
Jemima Harrison
August 16, 2022 at 9:42 am
Even the color purple is banned in some states of the Us of hate! the tards!
julan62
August 16, 2022 at 10:19 am
I have read most of them…
Jemima Harrison
August 16, 2022 at 9:43 am
Slaughterhouse Five Or the Childrens… by Kurt Vonnegut. …
1984. by George Orwell. …
Alchemist. by Paulo Coelho. …
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories. by Carmen Maria Machado. …
Norwegian Wood. by Haruki Murakami and Jay Rubin. …
The Left Hand of Darkness. by Ursula K Le Guin. …
The Handmaid’s Tale. …
The Kite Runner
how pathetic to ban these!
Julie Jackson Hunt
August 16, 2022 at 10:25 am
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
banned books
The Giving Tree was banned from a public library in Colorado in 1988 because it was interpreted as being sexist. Some readers believe that the young boy continually takes from the female tree, without ever giving anything in return. As the boy grows up, he always comes back to the tree when he needs something, taking until the tree has nothing left to give him.
So kids cannot choose what they think is good or bad.. bit pathetic if you ask me, considering the garbage that is on Youtube and the media.
julan62
August 16, 2022 at 10:29 am
Don’t know this one. I shall look it up. Thanks for the comment. 🙂
Julie Jackson Hunt
August 16, 2022 at 10:26 am
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
banned books
Dr. Seuss’ environmental kid’s book was banned in 1989 in a California school because it was believed to portray logging in a poor light and would turn children against the foresting industry. Members of the logging community were so upset by Dr. Seuss’ book that they sponsored the publication of a book called The Truax in an attempt to show children the need for foresting. The Lorax has also been criticized for its excessive portrayal of consumerism. The Once-ler represents a greedy America who wants the latest and greatest items, regardless of the consequences.
I loved this book my kids did too… The film was sweet.
julan62
August 16, 2022 at 10:28 am
I adore Dr Seuss’s books; they teach good lessons.. The trouble is there is always someone who finds something sensitive…
Miles Killarny
August 16, 2022 at 10:46 am
The banning of A Handmaidens tale…
Suzanne Nossel, the CEO of PEN America, added, “In the face of a determined effort to censor and silence, this unburnable book is an emblem of our collective resolve to protect books, stories and ideas from those who fear and revile them. We are thankful to be able to deploy the proceeds of this auction to fortify this unprecedented fight for books.”
Filip
October 27, 2022 at 8:11 pm
Nothing should be banned ever!
Jason Lewis
February 4, 2023 at 6:46 pm
I shall read everything that is banned. Every damn thing