Inside the ALA’s list of the 150 most banned books of the last 35 years.
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Inside the ALA’s list of the 150 most banned books of the last 35 years.
In honor of Banned Books Week, the American Library Association (ALA) has published a list of the 150 most challenged books documented between 1990 and 2025. The ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked 4,235 challenged titles last year, the second-highest
American Library Association: American Library Association marks 150th Anniversary during Banned Books Week with list of 150 Most Challenged Books
American Library Association: American Library Association marks 150th Anniversary during Banned Books Week with list of 150 Most Challenged Books. “To mark the occasion and ALA’s official 150th anniversary on Oct. 6, ALA has released a list of the 150 most challenged books documented from 1990 through 2025. ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked 4,235 unique titles challenged in 2025, the second-highest total on record. The full list of …
ALA celebrates its 150th anniversary during Banned Books Week 2026, so the organization published a list of the 150 most-challenged books that were documented from 1990 through 2025.
ALA Marks Banned Books Week with Release of 150 Most-Banned Books List
It’s Banned Books Week! The observation also coincides with the American Library Association's (ALA) 150th anniversary on October 6. To mark the occasion, ALA has released a list of the 150 most challenged books documented from 1990 through 2025. The list spans contemporary titles such as “Gender Queer: A Memoir” by Maia Kobabe and literary classics such as “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee and “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck.
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