Tag: Top 10
American Library Association releases 2025 Most Challenged Books List
The American Library Association (ALA) released its highly anticipated Top 11 Most Challenged Books List of 2025 as part of the 2026 State of America’s Libraries Report, offering a window into the ongoing challenges libraries continue to face head-on. As the nation’s libraries unite to celebrate National Library Week and communities everywhere recognize the valuable contribution of America’s libraries and the people who power them, library workers around the country continue to grapple with censorship challenges and threats to their livelihood.
ALA Releases Annual Top 10 Most Challenged Books List
It’s National Library Week, which means it’s time for the release of the annual list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2023 and the State of America’s Libraries Report, which highlights the ways libraries and library workers have taken action to address community needs with innovative and critical services, as well as the challenges brought on by censorship attempts.
Spotlight on Censorship: Letter from the Authors of ‘This One Summer’
Authors Mariko and Jillian Tamaki address being on ALA’s list of the Top Ten Challenged Books of 2016, with a statement that touches on the power of narratives and the reality of growing up.
Spotlight on Censorship: ‘Drama’
Save your drama for your… school board? This young adult graphic novel takes place in a school — and so do many of the threats to remove it.
Spotlight on Censorship: ‘George’
Bold, rainbow-colored words take up the back cover of Alex Gino’s George: “Be Who You Are.”
Spotlight on Censorship: ‘Two Boys Kissing’
Librarians and booksellers create displays with cover art facing out in an effort to lure readers to a title they might not otherwise find … What is it about David Levithan’s novel that its cover gets called out and challenged but others with kissing, gay and straight, don’t? Is it the fact that ‘Two Boys Kissing’ is an extraordinary, stunning, award-winning bestselling novel?
Spotlight on Censorship: ‘Looking for Alaska’
Some students were restricted from exploring ‘the Great Perhaps.’ John Green’s ‘Looking for Alaska’ ranked No. 6 on the American Library Association’s Top Ten Most Challenged Books of 2016.