It has been banned for LGBTQ+ content and claims that it’s sexually explicit, according to the ALA. The graphic novel details the author’s experience of being nonbinary and asexual. For the second year in a row, Gender Queer: A Memoir, by Maia Kobabe remained the most banned book of the year, with 15 bans just in the last six months of 2022, according to PEN America. In 2022, a short list of books accounted for a large number of bans, similar to last year. ALA found a much bigger percentage change, from 729 challenges in 2021 to 1,269 in 2022, which is an increase in challenges of 74 percent from 2021 to 2022.
PEN’s recently released list includes the most frequently banned books from July to December 2022, whereas ALA’s list is the most banned books for the entirety of 2022.īased on recently released data tracking book bans and challenges from July to December 2022, PEN found book challenges increased by 28 percent in the last six months of 2022 compared to the first part of that year. The two organizations each release their own lists of the top banned books.
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