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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?

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Looking for Alaska
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Sold
Thirteen Reasons Why
Crank
Identical
The Kite Runner
The Handmaid's Tale
Water for Elephants
Tricks
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Empire of Storms
A Court of Wings and Ruin
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Bluest Eye
The Color Purple
A Court of Frost and Starlight
Lucky: A Memoir
Perfect
Tilt
Speak
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Living Dead Girl
Kingdom of Ash
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Beloved
The Hate U Give
Out of Darkness
A ​Court of Silver Flames
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Slaughterhouse 5
All Boys Aren't Blue
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Forever ...
Shine
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
The Haters
Fallout
Breathless
Brave New World
Monday's Not Coming
Drama
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out
The Fault in Our Stars
The Carnival at Bray
Impulse
A Stolen Life
What Girls Are Made Of
The Lovely Bones
Milk and Honey
Glass
The Nowhere Girls
The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel
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The Female of the Species

Red, White & Royal Blue
Burned
Tower of Dawn
The infinite moment of us
People Kill People
Where the Crawdads Sing
The Sun and Her Flowers
Red Hood
Flamer
Boy Toy
Traffick
The Poet X
Like a Love Story
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Freedom Writers Diary
Native Son
Gender Queer
Eleanor & Park
Breaking Dawn
The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend
Smoke
Push
Oryx and Crake
Life Is Funny
It Ends with Us
It
A Clash of Kings
Song of Solomon
Homegoing
Ordinary Hazards
George
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Grown
Blankets
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Shout
Queen of Shadows
Fade
A Game of Thrones
Juliet Takes a Breath
Go Ask Alice
Dime
All the Things We Do in the Dark
The Glass Castle
The Art of Racing in the Rain