Top 10 Banned Books of 2011
AMERICAN LIBRARIES (Special Issue)
(2012 State of American Libraries Report)
Here’s the complete list of the Top 10 Banned Books of 2011, as compiled by the OIF from 326 recorded challenges:
ttyl; ttfn; l8r; g8r series by Lauren Myracle (offensive language; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group) Myracle’s ttyl series was the most frequently challenged book in 2011.
The Color of Earth series by Kim Dong Hwa (nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group)
The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins (anti-ethnic; anti-family; insensitivity; offensive language; occult/satanic; violence)
My Mom’s Having a Baby! A Kid’s Month-by-Month Guide to Pregnancy by Dori Hillestad Butler (nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (offensive language; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group)
Alice series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (nudity; offensive language; religious viewpoint)
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (insensitivity; nudity; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit)
What My Mother Doesn’t Know by Sonya Sones (nudity; offensive language; sexually explicit)
Gossip Girl series by Cecily Von Ziegesar (drugs; offensive language; sexually explicit)
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (offensive language; racism)
Tags: Banned Books, Censorship, Challenges, Libraries