The Associated Press reports that book bans and attempted bans remain at record highs, and efforts to have titles removed have never been more coordinated or politicized.
On April 20, the American Library Association issued its annual list of the books most challenged at the country’s libraries, part of the association’s State of America’s Libraries Report. Patricia McCormick’s Sold, a 2006 novel about sex trafficking in India, topped the list for 2025. Other targeted books include Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir Gender Queer, Stephen Chbosky’s high school novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and Sarah J. Maas’ romantasy favorite Empire of Storms.
Objections include LGBTQ+ themes (Gender Queer, The Perks of Being a Wallflower), sexual violence (Sold and A Clockwork Orange) and use of alcohol and cigarettes (Looking for Alaska). Overall, the ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom recorded challenges to 4,235 different works, topped only by 4,240 in 2023 since the association began keeping track more than 30 years ago.
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