The list featured several familiar books, such as Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which have both been making the list off and on for the past decade. This is because several books tied for fifth and 10th place on the list by receiving equal numbers of challenges. This year, 13 books made the list of the top 10 most challenged books of 2022.
yx5ouasfRa- Defense of Democracy April 25, 2023 Since 2020, the number of banned individual titles has risen by a staggering 1,100%. These numbers are the highest that the organization has seen since it first began compiling and recording this data 20 years ago. In 2022 alone, the ALA identified 2,671 individual book titles that were targeted for censorship and recorded 1,269 demands to censor library books. Lists like these are drawing more attention as the number of banned and challenged books has been rising exponentially. Since challenges to less prominent titles don’t always get media attention, the list is only a small snapshot of the actual number of challenges that took place in 2022 and the kind of books that most often fall victim to censorship. The list is compiled by the ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) but only counts challenges to books that were reported to the ALA or received significant press attention. The American Library Association (ALA) has released its annual list of the top ten most challenged books in schools and libraries, and each book that made the list in 2022 has something in common.
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