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Banned Books Week 2023

Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022

Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022

1. Gender Queer: a Memoir by Maia Kobabe
Call Number: 306.76083 K791g
Publication Date: 2019-05-28
Challenged for: LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit
2. All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
Call Number: 306.7662 J6301a
Publication Date: 2020-04-28
Challenged for: LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit
3. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (Afterword by)
Call Number: 813.54 M834bl 1994
Publication Date: 1994-09-01
Challenged for: depiction of sexual abuse, EDI content, claimed to be sexually explicit
5. (tie) Looking for Alaska by John Green
Call Number: 813.6 G823l 2007
Publication Date: 2006-12-28
Challenged for: LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit
5. (tie) The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Call Number: 813.54 C399p 2012
Publication Date: 2012-08-14
Challenged for: depiction of sexual abuse, LGBTQIA+ content, drug use, profanity, claimed to be sexually explicit
7. Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
Call Number: 813.6 Ev37l
Publication Date: 2018-04-03
Challenged for: LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit
8. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (National Book Award Winner) by Sherman Alexie
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: 2012-01-10
Challenged for: profanity, claimed to be sexually explicit
9. Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez
Call Number: 813.6 P415o
Publication Date: 2015-09-01
Challenged for: depictions of abuse, claimed to be sexually explicit
10. (tie) Crank by Ellen Hopkins
Call Number: 813.6 H774c
Publication Date: 2004-10-01
Challenged for: drug use, claimed to be sexually explicit
10. (tie) This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson; David Levithan (Introduction by)
Call Number: 306.76 D325t
Publication Date: 2015-06-16
Challenged for: LGBTQIA+ content, providing sexual education, claimed to be sexually explicit