Top 10 Most Challenged Books for 2022
Gender Queer: a Memoir by Reasons: Banned, challenged, and restricted for LGBTQ+ content, and because it was considered to have sexually explicit images
Lawn Boy by Reasons: Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content and because it was considered to be sexually explicit
All Boys Aren't Blue by Reasons: Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content, profanity, and because it was considered sexually explicit
Out of Darkness by Reasons: Banned, challenged, and restricted for depictions of abuse and because it was considered to be sexually explicit
The Hate U Give by Reasons: Banned and challenged for profanity, violence, and because it was thought to promote an anti-police message and indoctrination of a social agenda
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Reasons: Banned and challenged for profanity, sexual references and use of a derogatory term
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Reasons: Banned and challenged because it was considered sexually explicit and degrading to women
The Bluest Eye by Reasons: Banned and challenged because it depicts child sexual abuse and was considered sexually explicit
This Book Is Gay by Reasons: Banned, challenged, relocated, and restricted for providing sexual education and LGBTQIA+ content
Beyond Magenta by Reasons: Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content and because it was considered to be sexually explicit
