Every year, the American Library Association compiles a list of the top ten most frequently challenged books based on reports from the field and media coverage. Here is the top ten list from 2024, including how many challenges each book received and why it was challenged.
- All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson. 39 challenges for LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit.
- Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe. 38 challenges for LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit.
- (TIE) The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. 35 challenges for depiction of sexual assault, depiction of incest, claimed to be sexually explicit, EDI content.
- (TIE) The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. 35 challenges, claimed to be sexually explicit, LGBTQIA+ content, depiction of sexual assault, depiction of drug use, profanity
- Tricks by Ellen Hopkins. 33 challenges, claimed to be sexually explicit.
- (TIE) Looking for Alaska by John Green. 30 challenges, claimed to be sexually explicit.
- (TIE) Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews. 30 challenges, claimed to be sexually explicit, profanity.
- (TIE) Crank by Ellen Hopkins. 28 challenges, claimed to be sexually explicit, depiction of drug use.
- (TIE) Sold by Patrick McCormick. 28 challenges, claimed to be sexually explicit, depiction of sexual assault.
- Flamer by Mike Curato. 27 challenges for LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit .