LibGuides: Most-Challenged Books: 2024

Top 10 challenged books in 2024

#10: Flamer by Mike Curato (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781627796415

Number of challenges: 27
Challenged for: LGBTQIA+ content; Claimed to be sexually explicit
Why this book matters
#8 (Tie): Sold by Patricia McCormick
ISBN: 9780786851720

Publication Date: 2008-04-01

Number of challenges: 28
Challenged for: Claimed to be sexually explicit, Depiction of sexual assault
Why this book matters
#8 (Tie): Crank by Ellen Hopkins
ISBN: 0689865198

Number of challenges: 28
Challenged for: Drug use; Claimed to be sexually explicit
Why this book matters
#6 (Tie): Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Revised Edition) by Jesse Andrews
ISBN: 9781419719608

Number of challenges: 30
Challenged for: Profanity; Claimed to be sexually explicit
Why this book matters
#6 (Tie): Looking for Alaska by John Green
ISBN: 9780525475064

Number of challenges: 30
Challenged for: Claimed to be sexually explicit
Why this book matters
#5: Tricks by Ellen Hopkins
ISBN: 9781481498241

Publication Date: 2017-01-24

Number of challenges 33
Challenged for: Claimed to be sexually explicit
Why this book matters
#3 (Tie): The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
ISBN: 0671027344

Number of challenges: 35
Challenged for: LGBTQIA+ content; Claimed to be sexually explicit; Drug use; Profanity
Why this book matters
#3: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
ISBN: 9780307278449

Number of challenges: 35
Challenged for: Depiction of sexual assault; Depiction of incest; Claimed to be sexually explicit; EDI content
Why this book matters
#2: Gender Queer: a Memoir by Maia Kobabe
ISBN: 9781549304002

Number of challenges: 38
Challenged for: LGTBQIA+ content; Claimed to be sexually explicit
Why this book matters
#1: All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
ISBN: 0374312710

Number of challenges: 39
Challenged for: LGBTQIA+ content; Claimed to be sexually explicit
Why this book matters