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Read twelve of 2022's most-challenged books at Linfield's Nicholson Library.
Most-Challenged Books of 2022
Gender Queer: a Memoir
by
Maia Kobabe
ISBN: 9781549304002
Number of challenges: 151
Challenged for LGBTQIA+ content; claimed to be sexually explicit
All Boys Aren't Blue
by
George M. Johnson
ISBN: 0374312710
Number of challenges: 86
Challenged for LGBTQIA+ content; claimed to be sexually explicit
The Bluest Eye
by
Toni Morrison
ISBN: 9780307278449
Number of challenges: 73
Challenged for depiction of sexual abuse; equity, diversity, and inclusion content; claimed to be sexually explicit
Flamer
by
Mike Curato (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781627796415
Number of challenges: 62
Challenged for LGBTQIA+ content; claimed to be sexually explicit
Looking for Alaska
by
John Green
ISBN: 9780525475064
Number of challenges: 55
Challenged for LGBTQIA+ content; claimed to be sexually explicit
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by
Stephen Chbosky
ISBN: 0671027344
Number of challenges: 55
Challenges for depiction of sexual abuse; LGBTQIA+ content; drug use; profanity; claimed to be sexually explicit
Lawn Boy
by
Jonathan Evison
ISBN: 1616209232
Number of challenges: 54
Challenged for LGBTQIA+ content; claimed to be sexually explicit
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (National Book Award Winner)
by
Sherman Alexie
ISBN: 9780316013680
Number of challenges: 52
Challenges for profanity; claimed to be sexually explicit
Out of Darkness
by
Ashley Hope PĂ©rez
ISBN: 9781467742023
Number of challenges: 50
Challenged for depictions of abuse; claimed to be sexually explicit
Crank
by
Ellen Hopkins
ISBN: 0689865198
Number of challenges: 48
Challenged for drug use; claimed to be sexually explicit
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Revised Edition)
by
Jesse Andrews
ISBN: 9781419719608
Number of challenges: 48
Challenged for profanity; claimed to be sexually explicit
This Book Is Gay
by
Juno Dawson; David Levithan (Introduction by)
ISBN: 1728254329
Number of challenges: 48
Challenged for LGBTQIA+ content; providing sexual education; claimed to be sexually explicit