I’m curious about where I can find public lists of banned books across various states in the US. Are these lists openly accessible to the public, or do they mainly remain internal documents shared between the government and libraries?
I’m curious about where I can find public lists of banned books across various states in the US. Are these lists openly accessible to the public, or do they mainly remain internal documents shared between the government and libraries?
The American Library Association posts “most challenged” lists, unfortunately not by state. Here is the top ten for 2024, and if you scroll all the way down, there’s also links to the top 100 from each of the past 3 decades (if you want historical data). The ALA has an Office of Intellectual Freedom that absolutely collects all the challenged/banned book data, but I couldn’t find it posted anywhere (closest is this, but more recent years are missing… can probably supplement with here).