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 • 186 Readers • 455 pages • 3.9
#2
2005 • 1,344 Readers • 263 pages • 3.8
#3
1999 • 2,010 Readers • 240 pages • 4.1
#4
2006 • 69 Readers • 241 pages • 4.1
#5
2007 • 782 Readers • 336 pages • 3.5
#6
#7
2008 • 96 Readers • 565 pages • 4.1
#8
1969 • 1,995 Readers • 401 pages • 4.2
#9
#1 of 3 in The Handmaid's Tale
1985 • 3,477 Readers • 324 pages • 4.1
#10
2006 • 810 Readers • 3.9
#11
#12
#1 of 5 in A Court of Thorns and Roses
2014 • 3,045 Readers • 440 pages • 3.7
#13
#14
#3 of 5 in A Court of Thorns and Roses
2017 • 1,717 Readers • 753 pages • 4.2
#15
2007 • 385 Readers • 301 pages • 4
#16
1970 • 630 Readers • 216 pages • 4
#17
#1 of 3 in The Color Purple Collection
1976 • 1,153 Readers • 288 pages • 4.2
#18
#4 of 5 in A Court of Thorns and Roses
2018 • 1,356 Readers • 272 pages • 3.5
#19
1999 • 76 Readers • 246 pages • 4.1
#20
#21
2012 • 43 Readers • 624 pages • 3.8
#22
1999 • 594 Readers • 212 pages • 4
#23
2012 • 237 Readers • 308 pages • 3.5
#24
2008 • 87 Readers • 170 pages • 3.5
#25
#26
2017 • 148 Readers • 354 pages • 3.6
#27
#28
#29
33 Readers • 4.2
#30
#5 of 5 in A Court of Thorns and Roses
2021 • 1,467 Readers • 768 pages • 4.2
#31
#1 of 7 in Maya Angelou's Autobiography
1969 • 725 Readers • 309 pages • 4.2
#32
#33
2020 • 228 Readers • 6 pages • 4.2
#34
2 Last Night at the Telegraph Club
2021 • 531 Readers • 409 pages • 4.4
#35
1975 • 65 Readers • 224 pages • 3.3
#36
2011 • 22 Readers • 380 pages • 3.6
#37
#1 of 4 in The Wicked Years
1995 • 862 Readers • 406 pages • 3.4
#38
2016 • 27 Readers • 352 pages • 3.9
#39
#40
2020 • 40 Readers • 3.5
#41
1900 • 3,608 Readers • 332 pages • 3.9
#42
220 Readers • 526 pages • 4.3
#43
2012 • 109 Readers • 233 pages • 3.6
#44
2014 • 30 Readers • 182 pages • 3
#45
2012 • 2,399 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 • 1,074 Readers • 352 pages • 3.6
#51
2014 • 691 Readers • 190 pages • 3.4
#52
#53
2017 • 87 Readers • 408 pages • 4.4
#54
3 The Handmaid’s Tale
2019 • 16 Readers • 224 pages • 4.3
#55
2016 • 136 Readers • 341 pages • 3.9
#56
2003 • 1,520 Readers • 448 pages • 4
#57
#58
#59
27 Readers • 2.5
#60
2018 • 36 Readers • 431 pages • 3.3
#61
2018 • 1,719 Readers • 384 pages • 4.1
#62
2017 • 364 Readers • 248 pages • 3.7
#63
2020 • 48 Readers • 368 pages • 3
#64
2020 • 66 Readers • 368 pages • 4.3
#65
2009 • 20 Readers • 422 pages • 4.2
#66
#67
2018 • 397 Readers • 368 pages • 4.4
#68
2019 • 114 Readers • 432 pages • 4.3
#69
2005 • 604 Readers • 326 pages • 3.9
#70
1999 • 22 Readers • 417 pages • 3.2
#71
1940 • 261 Readers • 624 pages • 4
#72
2019 • 302 Readers • 240 pages • 4.5
#73
2012 • 1,037 Readers • 335 pages • 3.7
#74
#75
#1 of 5 in Hamilton High
2010 • 174 Readers • 288 pages • 3.3
#76
#78
#79
3 Readers • 4
#80
#81
1986 • 1,658 Readers • 1,168 pages • 4.1
#82
#2 of 6 in A Song of Ice and Fire
1998 • 2,262 Readers • 930 pages • 4.3
#83
1950 • 361 Readers • 398 pages • 4.2
#85
2019 • 14 Readers • 336 pages • 4.7
#87
#88
2020 • 181 Readers • 8 pages • 4.4
#89
2003 • 406 Readers • 15 pages • 4.1
#90
1937 • 718 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 • 3,898 Readers • 819 pages • 4.4
#95
2016 • 107 Readers • 322 pages • 3.9
#96
1971 • 306 Readers • 192 pages • 3
#97
2015 • 8 Readers • 336 pages • 4.3
#98
2019 • 14 Readers • 304 pages • 4.3
#99
2005 • 816 Readers • 304 pages • 4.2
#100
2008 • 389 Readers • 321 pages • 4.1