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Banned Book...or Books...
Jul. 11th, 2023 06:49 pmContinuing the Book Meme from yesterday...
Banned Book - apparently this book made #48 on 50 Most Banned Books in America during the 2021-2022 school year.
How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X Kendi - I listened to it as an audiobook - and the man does a good job of reading his own book.
( here's the review I wrote at the time )
Now I want to see how many of the 50 Most Banned Books in America that I've read. Every time I see those lists, I feel compelled to read all the books on them.
During the 2021-2022 school year, more than 1,600 books were banned from school libraries. The bans affected 138 school districts in 32 states, according to a report from PEN America, an organization dedicated to protecting free expression in literature.
And the number of bans are only increasing yearly.
Texas and Florida lead the nation in book bans — a revelation that recently spurred Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot to call her city a "book sanctuary."
But what are the most commonly banned books in America, and why are they considered controversial? Here are the 50 most commonly banned books in America from the 2021-2022 school year, with data supplied by PEN America.
That list is impossible to reprint without giving myself a headache. Dammit.
I found another list. Top 50 Banned Books in America
And here's an abbreviated version of the Pen American List:
The Most Banned Titles in the 2021–22 School Year
The most banned book titles include the groundbreaking work of Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, along with best-selling books that have inspired feature films, television series, and a Broadway show. The list includes books that have been targeted for their LGBTQ+ content, their content related to race and racism, or their sexual content—or all three.
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe (41 districts)
All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson (29 districts)
Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez (24 districts)
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (22 districts)
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (17 districts)
Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison (17 districts)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (16 districts)
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews (14 districts)
Crank by Ellen Hopkins (12 districts)
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (12 districts)
l8r, g8r by Lauren Myracle (12 districts)
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (12 districts)
Beloved by Toni Morrison (11 districts)
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin (11 districts)
Drama: A Graphic Novel by Raina Telgemeier (11 districts)
Looking for Alaska by John Green (11 districts)
Melissa by Alex Gino (11 districts)
This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson (11 districts)
This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki (11 districts)
Pen America On the Growing Movement to Censor Books in Schools
Banned Book - apparently this book made #48 on 50 Most Banned Books in America during the 2021-2022 school year.
How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X Kendi - I listened to it as an audiobook - and the man does a good job of reading his own book.
( here's the review I wrote at the time )
Now I want to see how many of the 50 Most Banned Books in America that I've read. Every time I see those lists, I feel compelled to read all the books on them.
During the 2021-2022 school year, more than 1,600 books were banned from school libraries. The bans affected 138 school districts in 32 states, according to a report from PEN America, an organization dedicated to protecting free expression in literature.
And the number of bans are only increasing yearly.
Texas and Florida lead the nation in book bans — a revelation that recently spurred Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot to call her city a "book sanctuary."
But what are the most commonly banned books in America, and why are they considered controversial? Here are the 50 most commonly banned books in America from the 2021-2022 school year, with data supplied by PEN America.
That list is impossible to reprint without giving myself a headache. Dammit.
I found another list. Top 50 Banned Books in America
And here's an abbreviated version of the Pen American List:
The Most Banned Titles in the 2021–22 School Year
The most banned book titles include the groundbreaking work of Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, along with best-selling books that have inspired feature films, television series, and a Broadway show. The list includes books that have been targeted for their LGBTQ+ content, their content related to race and racism, or their sexual content—or all three.
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe (41 districts)
All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson (29 districts)
Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez (24 districts)
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (22 districts)
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (17 districts)
Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison (17 districts)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (16 districts)
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews (14 districts)
Crank by Ellen Hopkins (12 districts)
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (12 districts)
l8r, g8r by Lauren Myracle (12 districts)
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (12 districts)
Beloved by Toni Morrison (11 districts)
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin (11 districts)
Drama: A Graphic Novel by Raina Telgemeier (11 districts)
Looking for Alaska by John Green (11 districts)
Melissa by Alex Gino (11 districts)
This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson (11 districts)
This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki (11 districts)
Pen America On the Growing Movement to Censor Books in Schools