What was the most challenged book of 2013?
Top 10 for 2013
- Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey.
- The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison.
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie.
- Fifty Shades of Grey, by E.L. James.
- The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins.
- A Bad Boy Can Be Good for A Girl, by Tanya Lee Stone.
- Looking for Alaska, by John Green.
What is the novel that has been the most challenged and censored in the year 2013 in the US?
Popular children’s books including “The Hunger Games”, the “Captain Underpants” series and “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” are on the American Library Association’s list of most “challenged” books in 2013. The association did not report any instances of books being banned from school or public libraries last year.
What are 3 books that have been banned?
12 Books That Have Been Famously Banned
- Tropic of Cancer, Henry Miller.
- The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie.
- Ulysses, James Joyce.
- All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque.
- The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger.
- The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinback.
- The Well of Loneliness, Radclyffe Hall.
What books have been banned recently?
Banned Books Week 2021
- Slaughterhouse Five Or the Childrens… by Kurt Vonnegut.
- Alchemist. by Paulo Coelho.
- Her Body and Other Parties: Stories. by Carmen Maria Machado.
- 1984. by George Orwell.
- The Kite Runner. by Khaled Hosseini.
- The Catcher in the Rye.
- Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (Book 1)
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
What are banned and challenged books?
According to the American Library Association, a banned book is a book that has been removed from the shelf of a library or school. A challenged books is a book that some people think should be removed, but hasn’t been removed from the shelves of a library or school.
Who is the most banned author in the US?
J.K. Rowling According to the American Library Association, Harry Potter is the most banned book in the United States, and has also been banned from private schools in the UAE, and largely criticized by the Iranian government’s press.
