“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.” - Oscar Wilde
Tracking 729 challenges to material and services across countless different libraries, schools, and universities, the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom has compiled a list of these challenges. Representing a wider perspective, the following titles are those at the very top of the list of 1,597 books that were targeted - having faced the most challenges and potential bans than any other books this year.
"The American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF), which tracks book challenges and releases the “Top 10 Most Challenged Books” list each year, determined that in one three-month period alone, between September 1 and November 30, 2021, more than 330 unique cases were reported, doubling the number of reports from 2020 (156 challenges) and putting 2021 totals on pace to break records with 729 challenges to 1,597 books" (ALA, 2022).
Reasons: for LGBTQIA+ content, and because it was considered to have sexually explicit images
Reasons: for profanity, considered anti-police
Reasons: for LGBTQIA+ content and because it was considered to be sexually explicit
Reasons: for profanity, sexual references, author's conduct
Reasons: for providing sexual education and LGBTQIA+ content
Reasons: for LGBTQ+ content and because it was considered to be sexually explicit
Reasons: it was considered sexually explicit and degrading to women
Reasons: it was considered to be sexually explicit
Reasons: for depictions of abuse and because it was considered to be sexually explicit
Reasons: for depictions of child sexual abuse, considered to be sexually explicit
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