![]() ![]() All three of these books can educate, raise awareness, or help a young reader who may relate to the story. For example, The Perks of Being a Wallflower and The Bluest Eye tackle subjects of sexual abuse, trauma, and repressed memories, while This Book is Gay provides sex education for young readers who identify with the LGBTQ+ community and may struggle to find resources. However, it’s the common theme of “sexually explicit” that really stands out, as it seems to be used as an umbrella term to encompass any content that relates to sex at all. All the top 13 books were banned for “sexually explicit content”Įvery single book on the list this year was challenged or banned, at least in part, because they were “claimed to be sexually explicit.” The second most common reason was “LGBTQIA+ content,” while a few titles also had “profanity” or “depictions of sexual abuse” listed as reasons. While every book had a myriad of “reasons” for being banned, all the books had one reason in common. Just as LGBTQIA+ literature was hard-hit in 2021, so was it this year, with many of the same titles in the category from 2021 making it to the 2022 list. 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. ![]()
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