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ALA 2022 Top 13 Most Challenged Books

The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked 1,269 challenges to library, school, and university materials and services in 2022. Of the 2,571 unique titles that were targeted, these are the most challenged.

#1

Gender Queer

2019 • 244 Readers • 240 pages • 4.3

#2

All Boys Aren't Blue

2020 • 181 Readers • 6 pages • 4.2

#3

The Bluest Eye

1970 • 512 Readers • 216 pages • 4

#4

Flamer

2020 • 47 Readers • 368 pages • 4.3

#5

Looking for Alaska

2005 • 1,069 Readers • 263 pages • 3.7

#6

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

1999 • 1,643 Readers • 240 pages • 4.1

#7

Lawn Boy

2018 • 29 Readers • 312 pages • 4

#8

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

2007 • 304 Readers • 301 pages • 4

#9

Out of Darkness

21 Readers • 4.2

#10

A Court of Mist and Fury

2016 • 1,575 Readers • 659 pages • 4.4

#11

Crank

2004 • 144 Readers • 537 pages • 3.9

#12

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

2012 • 180 Readers • 308 pages • 3.4

#13

This Book is Gay

2014 • 30 Readers • 271 pages • 3.5