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Hot Topics: Book Banning: Home

In the News

Banned : Books on Race and Sexuality are Disappearing from Texas Schools in Record Numbers - NBC
In Burbank Schools, a Book-banning Debate Over How to Teach Antiracism - Los Angeles Times
Book Ban Efforts Spread Across the US - New York Times
Book Bans in Schools are Catching Fire. Black Authors Say Uproar Isn't About Students - NBCBLK
Holocaust Novel 'Maus' Banned in Tennessee School District - PBS
Push grows to ban books on trans topics at schools: Parents need more say over selections, Georgia House lawmaker says. - Atlanta Journal Constitution
US Conservative Parents Push for Book Bans -- And Unintentionally Make Reading Cool Again - The Guardian
“We’re Going to Be Conservative.” Official Orders Books Removed From Schools, Targeting Titles About Transgender People - ProPublica

New Yorker Daily Cartoon, January 31, 2022

Background

Organizations

Statistics

Daily Survey: Book Banning - YouGov
2017 poll of 1000 adults asking their opinions of book banning based on different content and from where the book should be banned.
Adults Are More Likely To Believe There Are Books That Should Be Banned Than Movies, Television Shows, or Video Games - The Harris Poll
2015 poll of more than 2000 adults.
The Topics That Lead Book Ban Requests, According to School Leaders - Education Week

Lists of Banned Books

Top Ten Most Challenged Books Lists -American Library Association
Lists the most challenged books by year from 2001-2020.
Banned and Challenged Classics - American Library Association
Here are the 100 Most Challenged Books of the Decade - PBS

Discussions of Censorship and Banned Books

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