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Fighting For Our Freedom to Read: 2023 Top Ten Challenged Books

Information literacy is under attack through book banning. This guide seeks to give information on the state of book banning, top challenged books, and current events.

Record Number of Challenges

Top Ten Banned Books Infographic

2023 Censorship By the Numbers

#1 Most Banned Book

#5 Most Banned Book

#7-8 Most Banned Book

#9 Most Banned Book

 

Publisher's Weekly article with the authors on why they wrote it.

#2 Most Banned Book

#4 Most Banned Book

#6 Most Banned Book

#7-8 Most Banned Book

Read: Jesse Andrews addresses his book being banned in Florida in an editorial for Deadline. Article link

 

#10 Most Banned Book

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