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 • 170 Readers • 455 pages • 3.9
#2
2005 • 1,215 Readers • 263 pages • 3.8
#3
1999 • 1,870 Readers • 240 pages • 4.1
#4
2006 • 66 Readers • 241 pages • 4.1
#5
2007 • 695 Readers • 336 pages • 3.5
#6
#7
2008 • 92 Readers • 565 pages • 4.1
#8
1969 • 1,844 Readers • 401 pages • 4.2
#9
#1 of 2 in The Handmaid's Tale
1985 • 3,169 Readers • 324 pages • 4.1
#10
2006 • 760 Readers • 3.9
#11
#12
#2 of 4 in A Court of Thorns and Roses
2014 • 2,803 Readers • 440 pages • 3.7
#13
#14
#3 of 4 in A Court of Thorns and Roses
2017 • 1,589 Readers • 753 pages • 4.2
#15
2007 • 369 Readers • 301 pages • 4
#16
1970 • 592 Readers • 216 pages • 4
#17
#1 of 3 in The Color Purple Collection
1976 • 1,072 Readers • 288 pages • 4.2
#18
#4 of 4 in A Court of Thorns and Roses
2018 • 1,249 Readers • 272 pages • 3.5
#19
1999 • 74 Readers • 246 pages • 4.1
#20
#21
2012 • 41 Readers • 624 pages • 3.7
#22
1999 • 556 Readers • 212 pages • 4
#23
2012 • 216 Readers • 308 pages • 3.5
#24
2008 • 82 Readers • 170 pages • 3.6
#25
#26
2017 • 134 Readers • 354 pages • 3.6
#27
#28
#29
30 Readers • 4.2
#30
#5 of 4 in A Court of Thorns and Roses
2021 • 1,351 Readers • 768 pages • 4.2
#31
#1 of 7 in Maya Angelou's Autobiography
1969 • 678 Readers • 309 pages • 4.1
#32
#33
2020 • 210 Readers • 6 pages • 4.2
#34
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
2021 • 493 Readers • 409 pages • 4.4
#35
1975 • 53 Readers • 224 pages • 3.1
#36
2011 • 22 Readers • 380 pages • 3.6
#37
#1 of 4 in The Wicked Years
1995 • 738 Readers • 406 pages • 3.4
#38
2016 • 22 Readers • 352 pages • 4
#39
#40
2020 • 38 Readers • 3.4
#41
1900 • 3,284 Readers • 332 pages • 3.9
#42
212 Readers • 526 pages • 4.3
#43
2012 • 105 Readers • 233 pages • 3.6
#44
2014 • 23 Readers • 182 pages • 2.9
#45
2012 • 2,192 Readers • 332 pages • 3.9
#46
2014 • 10 Readers • 254 pages • 4.7
#47
#48
#49
2017 • 17 Readers • 208 pages • 3
#50
2002 • 1,003 Readers • 352 pages • 3.6
#51
2014 • 650 Readers • 190 pages • 3.4
#52
#53
2017 • 75 Readers • 408 pages • 4.5
#54
2 The Handmaid’s Tale
2019 • 12 Readers • 224 pages • 4.4
#55
2016 • 122 Readers • 341 pages • 3.8
#56
2003 • 1,427 Readers • 432 pages • 4
#57
#58
#59
24 Readers • 2.5
#60
2018 • 34 Readers • 431 pages • 3.3
#61
2018 • 1,595 Readers • 384 pages • 4.1
#62
2017 • 342 Readers • 248 pages • 3.8
#63
2020 • 46 Readers • 368 pages • 2.9
#64
2020 • 66 Readers • 368 pages • 4.3
#65
2009 • 17 Readers • 422 pages • 4.2
#66
#67
2018 • 378 Readers • 368 pages • 4.5
#68
2019 • 108 Readers • 432 pages • 4.3
#69
2005 • 556 Readers • 326 pages • 3.9
#70
1999 • 21 Readers • 417 pages • 3.1
#71
1940 • 246 Readers • 624 pages • 4
#72
2019 • 295 Readers • 240 pages • 4.4
#73
2012 • 974 Readers • 335 pages • 3.7
#74
#75
#1 of 5 in Hamilton High
2010 • 161 Readers • 288 pages • 3.3
#76
#78
#79
3 Readers • 4
#80
#81
1986 • 1,533 Readers • 1,168 pages • 4.1
#82
#2 of 6 in A Song of Ice and Fire
1998 • 2,064 Readers • 770 pages • 4.3
#83
1950 • 334 Readers • 398 pages • 4.2
#85
2019 • 14 Readers • 336 pages • 4.7
#87
#88
2020 • 174 Readers • 8 pages • 4.4
#89
2003 • 379 Readers • 15 pages • 4.1
#90
1937 • 677 Readers • 260 pages • 3.9
#91
2019 • 110 Readers • 304 pages • 4.2
#92
#93
#94
#1 of 6 in A Song of Ice and Fire
1996 • 3,562 Readers • 819 pages • 4.4
#95
2016 • 99 Readers • 322 pages • 3.8
#96
1971 • 288 Readers • 192 pages • 3
#97
2015 • 8 Readers • 336 pages • 4.3
#98
2019 • 13 Readers • 304 pages • 5
#99
2005 • 762 Readers • 304 pages • 4.2
#100
2008 • 358 Readers • 321 pages • 4.1