Banned in US Schools 2023-2024
This is pulled from the PEN AMERICA'S INDEX OF SCHOOL BOOK BANS. Linked is the full list for your investigation. This list here will include the top 100 most banned out of the over 4,000 unique titles on the index. Let's read the banned books and discuss our thoughts. Should these be censored from public school libraries? Should they require parent permission? Why are they banned? What themes seem to cause the banning? Does that cause under-representation of students?
#1
2007 • 183 Readers • 455 pages • 3.9
#2
2005 • 1,327 Readers • 263 pages • 3.8
#3
1999 • 1,978 Readers • 240 pages • 4.1
#4
2006 • 69 Readers • 241 pages • 4.1
#5
2007 • 772 Readers • 336 pages • 3.5
#6
#7
2008 • 94 Readers • 565 pages • 4.1
#8
1969 • 1,968 Readers • 401 pages • 4.2
#9
#1 of 3 in The Handmaid's Tale
1985 • 3,424 Readers • 324 pages • 4.1
#10
2006 • 805 Readers • 3.9
#11
#12
#1 of 5 in A Court of Thorns and Roses
2014 • 3,001 Readers • 440 pages • 3.7
#13
#14
#3 of 5 in A Court of Thorns and Roses
2017 • 1,698 Readers • 753 pages • 4.2
#15
2007 • 384 Readers • 301 pages • 4
#16
1970 • 626 Readers • 216 pages • 4
#17
#1 of 3 in The Color Purple Collection
1976 • 1,142 Readers • 288 pages • 4.2
#18
#4 of 5 in A Court of Thorns and Roses
2018 • 1,338 Readers • 272 pages • 3.5
#19
1999 • 76 Readers • 246 pages • 4.1
#20
#21
2012 • 43 Readers • 624 pages • 3.8
#22
1999 • 590 Readers • 212 pages • 3.9
#23
2012 • 234 Readers • 308 pages • 3.5
#24
2008 • 85 Readers • 170 pages • 3.6
#25
#26
2017 • 144 Readers • 354 pages • 3.6
#27
#28
#29
33 Readers • 4.2
#30
#5 of 5 in A Court of Thorns and Roses
2021 • 1,447 Readers • 768 pages • 4.2
#31
#1 of 7 in Maya Angelou's Autobiography
1969 • 715 Readers • 309 pages • 4.2
#32
#33
2020 • 227 Readers • 6 pages • 4.2
#34
2 Last Night at the Telegraph Club
2021 • 524 Readers • 409 pages • 4.4
#35
1975 • 64 Readers • 224 pages • 3.3
#36
2011 • 22 Readers • 380 pages • 3.6
#37
#1 of 4 in The Wicked Years
1995 • 857 Readers • 406 pages • 3.4
#38
2016 • 26 Readers • 352 pages • 3.9
#39
#40
2020 • 40 Readers • 3.5
#41
1900 • 3,553 Readers • 332 pages • 3.9
#42
218 Readers • 526 pages • 4.3
#43
2012 • 108 Readers • 233 pages • 3.6
#44
2014 • 28 Readers • 182 pages • 3
#45
2012 • 2,369 Readers • 332 pages • 3.9
#46
2014 • 11 Readers • 235 pages • 4.7
#47
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#49
2017 • 17 Readers • 208 pages • 3
#50
2002 • 1,067 Readers • 352 pages • 3.6
#51
2014 • 682 Readers • 190 pages • 3.4
#52
#53
2017 • 87 Readers • 408 pages • 4.4
#54
3 The Handmaid’s Tale
2019 • 15 Readers • 224 pages • 4.3
#55
2016 • 135 Readers • 341 pages • 3.9
#56
2003 • 1,505 Readers • 448 pages • 4
#57
#58
#59
27 Readers • 2.5
#60
2018 • 36 Readers • 431 pages • 3.3
#61
2018 • 1,697 Readers • 384 pages • 4.1
#62
2017 • 358 Readers • 248 pages • 3.7
#63
2020 • 48 Readers • 368 pages • 3
#64
2020 • 66 Readers • 368 pages • 4.3
#65
2009 • 19 Readers • 422 pages • 4.2
#66
#67
2018 • 394 Readers • 368 pages • 4.4
#68
2019 • 113 Readers • 432 pages • 4.3
#69
2005 • 601 Readers • 326 pages • 3.9
#70
1999 • 22 Readers • 417 pages • 3.2
#71
1940 • 259 Readers • 624 pages • 4
#72
2019 • 301 Readers • 240 pages • 4.4
#73
2012 • 1,031 Readers • 335 pages • 3.7
#74
#75
#1 of 5 in Hamilton High
2010 • 173 Readers • 288 pages • 3.3
#76
#78
#79
3 Readers • 4
#80
#81
1986 • 1,640 Readers • 1,168 pages • 4.1
#82
#2 of 6 in A Song of Ice and Fire
1998 • 2,230 Readers • 930 pages • 4.3
#83
1950 • 357 Readers • 398 pages • 4.2
#85
2019 • 14 Readers • 336 pages • 4.7
#87
#88
2020 • 180 Readers • 8 pages • 4.4
#89
2003 • 401 Readers • 15 pages • 4.1
#90
1937 • 713 Readers • 260 pages • 3.9
#91
2019 • 115 Readers • 304 pages • 4.2
#92
#93
#94
#1 of 6 in A Song of Ice and Fire
1996 • 3,848 Readers • 819 pages • 4.4
#95
2016 • 106 Readers • 322 pages • 3.9
#96
1971 • 305 Readers • 192 pages • 3
#97
2015 • 8 Readers • 336 pages • 4.3
#98
2019 • 14 Readers • 304 pages • 4.3
#99
2005 • 810 Readers • 304 pages • 4.2
#100
2008 • 383 Readers • 321 pages • 4.1