Top Ten
Most Challenged Books of 2016
ALA News: April 2017
The
list of the Top Ten Most
Challenged Books of 2016 is here. This year’s list explores a range of
genres (young adult, fiction, memoir) and formats (novels, graphic novels,
picture books), but they have one thing in common: each book was threatened
with removal from spaces where diverse ideas and perspectives should be welcomed.
The annual list is compiled by the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF);
OIF calculates the Top Ten by documenting public media articles of challenges,
and censorship reports submitted through the office’s reporting form. For an in-depth
look at censorship trends, check out the State
of America’s Libraries Report.
Top
Ten Challenged Books of 2016
Out
of 323 challenges reported to the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom, the Top
Ten Most Challenged Books of 2016 are
1.This One Summer written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated
by Jillian Tamaki
2.Drama written and illustrated by Raina Telgemeier
3.George written by Alex Gino
4.I Am Jazz written by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings,
and illustrated by Shelagh McNicholas
5.Two Boys Kissing written by David
Levithan
6.Looking for Alaska written by John
Green
7.Big Hard Sex Criminals written by Matt Fraction and
illustrated by Chip Zdarsky
8.Make Something Up: Stories You Can’t Unread written by
Chuck Palahniuk
9.Little Bill (series) written by Bill Cosby and illustrated
by Varnette P. Honeywood
10.Eleanor & Park written by Rainbow Rowell
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