Thousands of titles have been removed from public schools across the country Pen america has documented nearly 23,000 book bans in public schools nationwide since 2021, a number never before seen in the life of any living american. Knopf books for young readers On her website, the bestselling. It's banned books week, that time of year when the american library association highlights the risks to our freedom to read This year's theme, on the dangers of censorship, is inspired by george.
For their honest explorations of identity, sexuality, trauma, and social issues. The top banned books were “a clockwork orange” by anthony burgess, “sold” by patricia mccormick, “breathless” by jennifer niven, “last night at the telegraph club” by malinda lo. The most frequently banned books of 2025, according to pen america, are A clockwork orange, by anthony burgess (23 bans) 2 (tie) breathless, by jennifer niven (20 bans) 2 Being told from the victim’s perspectives, much of the book presents them mentally normalizing and rationalizing their fathers’ treatment of them.
