Banned in US Schools 2023-2024

Updated about 2 months ago
100 Books
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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?

Position	Details	Rating	Readers Count
#1	Nineteen minutes Jodi Picoult	3.92	126 reads
#2	Looking for Alaska John Green	3.76	1,009 reads
#3	The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky	4.06	1,363 reads
#4	Sold Patricia McCormick	4.06	40 reads
#5	Thirteen Reasons Why Jay Asher	3.49	623 reads
#6	Crank Ellen Hopkins	3.84	125 reads
#7	Identical Ellen Hopkins	4.1	56 reads
#8	The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini	4.15	1,227 reads
#9	The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood	4.09	2,080 reads
#10	Water for Elephants Sara Gruen	3.89	481 reads
#11	Tricks Ellen Hopkins	3.81	40 reads
#12	A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas	3.71	2,111 reads
#13	Empire of Storms Sarah J. Maas	4.48	657 reads
#14	A Court of Wings and Ruin Sarah J. Maas	4.2	1,364 reads
#15	The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie	3.99	243 reads
#16	The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison	3.95	259 reads
#17	The Color Purple Alice Walker	4.16	498 reads
#18	A Court of Frost and Starlight Sarah J. Maas	3.52	1,041 reads
#19	Lucky: A Memoir Alice Sebold	4.06	43 reads
#20	Perfect Ellen Hopkins	4.33	34 reads
#21	Tilt Ellen Hopkins	3.78	21 reads
#22	Speak Laurie Halse Anderson	3.95	401 reads
#23	Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Jesse Andrews	3.49	145 reads
#24	Living Dead Girl Elizabeth Scott	3.59	45 reads
#25	Kingdom of Ash Sarah J. Maas	4.56	557 reads
#26	I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Erika L. Sánchez	3.57	63 reads
#27	Beloved Toni Morrison	3.91	412 reads
#28	The Hate U Give Angie Thomas	4.5	638 reads
#29	Out of Darkness Ashley Hope Pérez	4.17	6 reads
#30	A Court of Silver Flames Sarah J. Maas	4.22	964 reads
#31	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou	4.15	296 reads
#32	Slaughterhouse 5 Kurt Vonnegut	4.09	1,760 reads
#33	All Boys Aren't Blue	4.22	92 reads
#34	Last Night at the Telegraph Club Malinda Lo	4.36	166 reads
#35	Forever ... Judy Blume	3.34	42 reads
#36	Shine Lauren Myracle	3.56	9 reads
#37	Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West Gregory Maguire	3.38	522 reads
#38	The Haters Jesse Andrews	3.89	12 reads
#39	Fallout Ellen Hopkins	4.03	41 reads
#40	Breathless Jennifer Niven	3.45	14 reads
#41	Brave New World Aldous Huxley	3.88	2,266 reads
#42	Monday's Not Coming Tiffany D. Jackson	4.27	76 reads
#43	Drama Raina Telgemeier	3.64	84 reads
#44	Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out Susan Kuklin	2.95	14 reads
#45	The Fault in Our Stars John Green	3.9	1,943 reads
#46	The Carnival at Bray Jessie Ann Foley	4.67	3 reads
#47	Impulse Ellen Hopkins	3.94	72 reads
#48	A Stolen Life Jaycee Dugard	3.85	65 reads
#49	What Girls Are Made Of Elana K. Arnold	3	5 reads
#50	The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold	3.59	777 reads
#51	Milk and Honey Rupi Kaur	3.44	505 reads
#52	Glass Ellen Hopkins	4.1	63 reads
#53	The Nowhere Girls Amy Reed	4.39	30 reads
#54	The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel Margaret Atwood	4.3	9 reads
#55	The Female of the Species The Female of the Species Mindy McGinnis	3.88	49 reads
#56	Red, White & Royal Blue Casey McQuiston	4.04	988 reads
#57	Burned Ellen Hopkins	3.8	66 reads
#58	Tower of Dawn Sarah J. Maas	4.16	564 reads
#59	The infinite moment of us Lauren Myracle	2.46	17 reads
#60	People Kill People Ellen Hopkins	3.25	7 reads
#61	Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens	4.07	1,042 reads
#62	The Sun and Her Flowers Rupi Kaur	3.74	235 reads
#63	Red Hood Elana K. Arnold	3	12 reads
#64	Flamer Mike Curato	4.3	36 reads
#65	Boy Toy Barry Lyga	4.17	6 reads
#66	Traffick Ellen Hopkins	3.33	8 reads
#67	The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo	4.44	216 reads
#68	Like a Love Story Abdi Nazemian	4.32	34 reads
#69	Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Jonathan Safran Foer	3.91	347 reads
#70	The Freedom Writers Diary Erin Gruwell Zlata Filipović The Freedom Writers	3.23	14 reads
#71	Native Son Richard Wright	4.03	97 reads
#72	Gender Queer	4.44	203 reads
#73	Eleanor & Park Rainbow Rowell Annelies Jorna (Translator) Ineke Lenting (Translator)	3.74	732 reads
#74	Breaking Dawn Stephenie Meyer	3.04	1,128 reads
#75	The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend Kody Keplinger	3.29	124 reads
#76	Smoke Ellen Hopkins	3.82	18 reads
#77	Push Sapphire	3.99	49 reads
#78	Oryx and Crake Margaret Atwood	3.88	463 reads
#79	Life Is Funny E. R. Frank	4	2 reads
#80	It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover	3.58	867 reads
#81	It Stephen King	4.06	1,009 reads
#82	A Clash of Kings George R.R. Martin	4.35	1,835 reads
#83	Song of Solomon Toni Morrison	4.22	126 reads
#84	Homegoing Yaa Gyasi	4.47	332 reads
#85	Ordinary Hazards Nikki Grimes	4.67	7 reads
#86	George Alex Gino	4.14	83 reads
#87	l8r, g8r Lauren Myracle	3.13	13 reads
#88	Grown Tiffany D. Jackson	4.4	66 reads
#89	Blankets Craig Thompson	4.07	256 reads
#90	Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston	3.92	333 reads
#91	Shout Laurie Halse Anderson	4.19	41 reads
#92	Queen of Shadows Sarah J. Maas	4.5	756 reads
#93	Fade Lisa McMann	3.46	42 reads
#94	A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin	4.37	2,888 reads
#95	Juliet Takes a Breath Gabby Rivera	3.88	37 reads
#96	Go Ask Alice Beatrice Sparks Anonymous	2.98	226 reads
#97	Dime E.R. Frank	4.25	2 reads
#98	All the Things We Do in the Dark Saundra Mitchell	4.33	3 reads
#99	The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls	4.16	423 reads
#100	The Art of Racing in the Rain Garth Stein	4.05	226 reads