Banned Books Week: The most banned books for 2024-25 school year

Bookstore at Fitger's Highlighting Banned Book Week

DULUTH, Minn.– The bookstore in Fitgers is showcasing novels that have been removed from schools, libraries, and other public spaces. Decorated with caution tape and explanation bookmarks, the bookstore is highlighting the growing trend of banned books, which has been happening since 1982. The bookstore manager told FOX 21 that last year alone 2,000 books joined the list. They’re included for reasons such as mature content and talking animals. A…

Banned Books Week: The most banned books for 2024-25 school year

Each year, books that face censorship challenges are recognized during Banned Books Weeks, which this year is Oct. 5 through Oct. 11.

The Most Banned Book of the 2024–25 School Year: A Clockwork Orange

If you happen to be a high school student in Florida who’s eager to read A Clockwork Orange, that urge may turn out to be harder to satisfy than you imagine. Anthony Burgess’ harrowing, linguistically inventive novel of a grim near future has come out on top in PEN America’s latest ranking of banned books: that is, books removed or prevented even from entering public school libraries, most commonly in the state of Florida, with Texas and Tenness…

Here are the most banned books of 2025.

As we round out #BannedBooksWeek, it’s time to observe a grim new tradition. PEN America has announced its annual most-banned-books-of-the-year list. This year’s crop of “objectionable” titles may surprise you. If we consider censored books by theme, critique of an authoritarian government—as embodied in the year’s most hunted book—seems to have netted fewer bees in bonnets across the board. This year’s censors were most freaked out by teenage s…

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