Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2023

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Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

1. Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

Number of challenges: 106

Challenged for: LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit

 

All Boys

2. All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

Number of challenges: 82

Challenged for: LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit

 

This Book Is Gay

3. This Book Is Gay  Juno Dawson

Number of challenges: 71

Challenged for: LGBTQIA+ content, providing sexual education, claimed to be sexually explicit

 

Wallflower

4. (tie) The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Number of challenges: 68

Challenged for: Depiction of sexual abuse, LGBTQIA+ content, drug use, profanity, claimed to be sexually explicit
All Boys

5. Flamer  by Mike Curato

Number of challenges: 67

Challenged for: LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit
Bluest Eye

6. The Bluest Eye  by Toni Morrison

Number of challenges: 62

Challenged for: Depiction of sexual abuse, EDI content, claimed to be sexually explicit
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

7. (tie) Me and Earl and the Dying Girl  by Jesse Andrews

Number of challenges: 56

Challenged for: Profanity, claimed to be sexually explicit

 

Tricks

8. (tie) Tricks by Ellen Hopkins

Number of challenges: 56

Challenged for: Claimed to be sexually explicit, drugs, rape, LGBTQIA+ content

 

Let's talk

9. Let’s Talk About It: The Teen’s Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human by Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan

Number of challenges: 55

Challenged for: Claimed to be sexually explicit, sex education, LGBTQIA+ content

 

Sold

10. Sold by Patricia McCormick

Number of challenges: 53

Challenged for: Claimed to be sexually explicit, rape