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 • 197 Readers • 455 pages • 3.9
#2
2005 • 1,429 Readers • 263 pages • 3.7
#3
1999 • 2,100 Readers • 240 pages • 4.1
#4
2006 • 72 Readers • 241 pages • 4.1
#5
2007 • 804 Readers • 336 pages • 3.5
#6
#7
2008 • 102 Readers • 565 pages • 4.1
#8
1969 • 2,079 Readers • 401 pages • 4.2
#9
#1 of 3 in The Handmaid's Tale
1985 • 3,647 Readers • 224 pages • 4.1
#10
2006 • 860 Readers • 350 pages • 3.9
#11
#12
#1 of 5 in A Court of Thorns and Roses
2014 • 3,195 Readers • 440 pages • 3.7
#13
#14
#3 of 5 in A Court of Thorns and Roses
2017 • 1,794 Readers • 753 pages • 4.2
#15
2007 • 397 Readers • 301 pages • 4
#16
1970 • 664 Readers • 216 pages • 4
#17
#1 of 3 in The Color Purple Collection
1976 • 1,198 Readers • 288 pages • 4.2
#18
#4 of 5 in A Court of Thorns and Roses
2018 • 1,412 Readers • 272 pages • 3.5
#19
1999 • 78 Readers • 246 pages • 4.1
#20
#21
2012 • 43 Readers • 624 pages • 3.8
#22
1999 • 610 Readers • 212 pages • 4
#23
2012 • 245 Readers • 308 pages • 3.5
#24
2008 • 89 Readers • 170 pages • 3.5
#25
#26
2017 • 155 Readers • 354 pages • 3.6
#27
#28
#29
36 Readers • 4.2
#30
#5 of 5 in A Court of Thorns and Roses
2021 • 1,534 Readers • 768 pages • 4.2
#31
#1 of 7 in Maya Angelou's Autobiography
1969 • 757 Readers • 309 pages • 4.1
#32
#33
2020 • 238 Readers • 6 pages • 4.2
#34
2 Last Night at the Telegraph Club
2021 • 556 Readers • 409 pages • 4.3
#35
1975 • 67 Readers • 224 pages • 3.3
#36
2011 • 25 Readers • 380 pages • 3.7
#37
#1 of 4 in The Wicked Years
1995 • 903 Readers • 406 pages • 3.4
#38
2016 • 29 Readers • 352 pages • 3.8
#39
#40
2020 • 40 Readers • 3.5
#41
1900 • 3,834 Readers • 332 pages • 3.9
#42
2018 • 227 Readers • 448 pages • 4.3
#43
2012 • 110 Readers • 233 pages • 3.6
#44
2014 • 29 Readers • 182 pages • 3
#45
2012 • 2,506 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 • 1,115 Readers • 352 pages • 3.6
#51
2014 • 713 Readers • 190 pages • 3.4
#52
#53
2017 • 88 Readers • 408 pages • 4.4
#54
1 The Handmaid’s Tale
2019 • 20 Readers • 224 pages • 4.4
#55
2016 • 143 Readers • 341 pages • 3.9
#56
2003 • 1,575 Readers • 448 pages • 4.1
#57
#58
#59
27 Readers • 2.5
#60
2018 • 36 Readers • 431 pages • 3.3
#61
2018 • 1,859 Readers • 384 pages • 4.1
#62
2017 • 375 Readers • 248 pages • 3.7
#63
2020 • 49 Readers • 368 pages • 2.9
#64
2020 • 68 Readers • 368 pages • 4.3
#65
2009 • 22 Readers • 422 pages • 3.8
#66
#67
2018 • 410 Readers • 368 pages • 4.4
#68
2019 • 121 Readers • 432 pages • 4.2
#69
2005 • 620 Readers • 326 pages • 3.9
#70
1999 • 24 Readers • 417 pages • 3.2
#71
1940 • 277 Readers • 624 pages • 4
#72
2019 • 318 Readers • 240 pages • 4.4
#73
2012 • 1,082 Readers • 335 pages • 3.7
#74
#75
#1 of 5 in Hamilton High
2010 • 179 Readers • 288 pages • 3.3
#76
#78
#79
3 Readers • 4
#80
#81
1986 • 1,764 Readers • 1,168 pages • 4.1
#82
#2 of 6 in A Song of Ice and Fire
1998 • 2,394 Readers • 930 pages • 4.3
#83
1950 • 388 Readers • 398 pages • 4.2
#85
2019 • 15 Readers • 336 pages • 4.7
#87
#88
2020 • 185 Readers • 384 pages • 4.4
#89
2003 • 424 Readers • 15 pages • 4.1
#90
1937 • 747 Readers • 260 pages • 3.9
#91
2019 • 117 Readers • 304 pages • 4.2
#92
#93
#94
#1 of 6 in A Song of Ice and Fire
1996 • 4,131 Readers • 819 pages • 4.4
#95
2016 • 110 Readers • 322 pages • 3.8
#96
1971 • 318 Readers • 192 pages • 3
#97
2015 • 8 Readers • 336 pages • 4.3
#98
2019 • 15 Readers • 304 pages • 4.3
#99
2005 • 854 Readers • 304 pages • 4.2
#100
2008 • 404 Readers • 321 pages • 4.1