Research Guides: Banned Books Week: Banned Books Week 2022

Banned Books Week 2022

Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2021

Gender Queer: a Memoir by Maia Kobabe
Call Number: 92 K748ko

ISBN: 9781549304002

Publication Date: 2019-05-28

Reasons: Banned, challenged, and restricted for LGBTQIA+ content, and because it was considered to have sexually explicit images
Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
Call Number: Fic E939La

ISBN: 9781616202620

Publication Date: 2018-04-03

Reasons: Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content and because it was considered to be sexually explicit
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
Call Number: 92 J6665jo

ISBN: 9780374312718

Publication Date: 2020-04-28

Reasons: Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content, profanity, and because it was considered to be sexually explicit
Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez
Call Number: Fic P4375ou

ISBN: 9781467742023

Publication Date: 2015-09-01

Reasons: Banned, challenged, and restricted for depictions of abuse and because it was considered to be sexually explicit
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas; Amandla Stenberg (Foreword by)
Call Number: Fic T454ha

ISBN: 9780062498533

Publication Date: 2017-02-28

Reasons: Banned and challenged for profanity, violence, and because it was thought to promote an anti-police message and indoctrination of a social agenda
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Call Number: Fic A384ab

ISBN: 9780316013697

Publication Date: 2009-04-01

Reasons: Banned and challenged for profanity, sexual references and use of a derogatory term
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
Call Number: Fic A5669me

ISBN: 9781419701764

Publication Date: 2012-03-01

Reasons: Banned and challenged because it was considered sexually explicit and degrading to women
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Call Number: PS3563.O8749 B55 2000

ISBN: 0375411550

Publication Date: 1993-12-28

Reasons: Banned and challenged because it depicts child sexual abuse and was considered sexually explicit
This Book Is Gay by James Dawson; David Levithan (Introduction by)
Call Number: 306.766 D272th

ISBN: 9781492617822

Publication Date: 2015-06-16

Reasons: Banned, challenged, relocated, and restricted for providing sexual education and LGBTQIA+ content.
Beyond Magenta by Susan Kuklin
Call Number: 306.768 K96be

ISBN: 9780763656119

Publication Date: 2014-02-11

Reasons: Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content and because it was considered to be sexually explicit.

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Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2021

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