Most Banned Books of the 2024-2025 Faculty 12 months

This information is from PEN America.

Anthony Burgess’s influential dystopian satire depicts a world the place the teenager protagonist Alex creates mayhem earlier than present process aversion remedy to curb his violent tendencies. Writer W.W. Norton calls it “a daunting fable about good and evil and the that means of human freedom.”

**2 (tie). Breathless, by Jennifer Niven, 20 bans**

On this coming-of-age love story, Claudine Henry is coping together with her mother and father’ divorce and preparing for school when she meets an area path information with a mysterious previous.

**2 (tie). Bought, by Patricia McCormick, 20 bans**

McCormick tells the story of Lakshmi, a 13-year-old lady in Nepal who’s offered into prostitution. “The highly effective, poignant, bestselling Nationwide E-book Award Finalist provides voice to a younger lady robbed of her childhood but decided to search out the power to triumph.”

Nationwide E-book Award finalist
Publishers Weekly and NPR Greatest Books of the 12 months

**4. Final Evening on the Telegraph Membership, by Malinda Lo, 19 bans**

This Nationwide E-book Award-winning novel is about in 1954, on the peak of the Pink Scare, when 17-year-old Lily Hu visits a lesbian bar referred to as the Telegraph Membership.

Nationwide E-book Award winner
New York Occasions bestseller
Stonewall E-book Award winner

**5. A Courtroom of Mist and Fury, by Sarah J. Maas, 18 bans**

Sarah J. Maas, who skyrocketed to fame with the assistance of BookTok, was the third most regularly banned creator of the 2024-25 faculty 12 months, in line with PEN America’s Index of Faculty E-book Bans. This follow-up to A Courtroom of Thorns and Roses provides romance, fantasy, magic, and political intrigue.

#1 bestseller
Goodreads Alternative Award winner

**6 (tie). Crank, by Ellen Hopkins, 17 bans**

“Kristina Snow is the right daughter: gifted highschool junior, quiet, by no means any hassle. Then, Kristina meets the monster: crank. And what begins as a wild, ecstatic journey turns right into a battle by way of hell for her thoughts, her soul–her life.”

#1 New York Occasions bestseller

**6 (tie). Eternally…, by Judy Blume, 17 bans**

Judy Blume’s 1975 Younger Grownup novel has been a goal of censorship for 50 years. Blume has stated she wrote it as a result of her daughter needed to learn one thing the place children might have intercourse “with out both of them having to die.”

**6 (tie). The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky, 17 bans**

On this coming-of-age novel, “wallflower” Charlie offers with the complexities of highschool, from younger like to the ache of shedding family members.

#1 New York Occasions bestseller
American Library Affiliation Greatest E-book for Younger Adults and Greatest E-book for Reluctant Readers
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**6 (tie). Depraved: The Life and Occasions of the Depraved Witch of the West, by Gregory Maguire, 17 bans**

The bestselling reimagined prequel to The Great Wizard of Oz launched one of many highest-grossing Broadway musicals of all time and a two-part film sensation.

#1 New York Occasions bestseller
Tony Award-winning Broadway musical
Golden Globe-winning film

**10 (tie). All Boys Aren’t Blue, by George M. Johnson, 16 bans**

“In a collection of private essays, outstanding journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson’s All Boys Aren’t Blue explores their childhood, adolescence, and school years in New Jersey and Virginia.”

New York Occasions bestseller
Goodreads Alternative Award winner
Kirkus Opinions Greatest Books of 2020

**10 (tie). A Courtroom of Thorns and Roses, by Sarah J. Maas, 16 bans**

The primary e book within the Courtroom of Thorns and Roses collection introduces 19-year-old huntress Feyre as she is dragged to a magical land of faeries and finds herself creating emotions for her captor.

#1 New York Occasions bestselling collection

**10 (tie). Damsel, by Elana Ok. Arnold, 16 bans**

On this darkish fairy story, a damsel who’s rescued from a fierce dragon by a good-looking prince discovers that every one will not be what it appears.

Michael L. Printz Award honor e book

10 (tie). The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fats Good friend, by Kody Keplinger, 16 bans

Bianca discovers {that a} boy has given her a devastating nickname – the DUFF, or Designated Ugly Fats Good friend – and finds herself in an enemies-with-benefits relationship.

New York Occasions bestseller
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10 (tie). Nineteen Minutes, by Jodi Picoult, 16 bans

Jodi Picoult, bestselling creator of My Sister’s Keeper and Small Nice Issues, writes concerning the moments main as much as and the devastating aftermath of a faculty capturing.

#1 New York Occasions bestseller
Award-winning creator
American Library Affiliation Excellent Books for the Faculty Sure and Lifelong Learners

**10 (tie). Storm and Fury, by Jennifer L. Armentrout, 16 bans**

In bestselling creator Jennifer L. Armentrout’s Storm and Fury, 18-year-old Trinity Marrow is protected by shape-shifting Wardens from evil demons. When a supernatural battle is unleashed, she has to belief an outsider with secrets and techniques of his personal.