Book Banning and Censorship: Banned Books Week 2022

#1 Most Challenged Book of 2021
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
For LGBTQIA+ content considered sexually explicit

#2 Most Challenged Book of 2021
Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
For LGBTQIA+ content considered sexually explicit

#3 Most Challenged Book of 2021
All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto by George M. Johnson
For LGBTQIA+ content, profanity, considered sexually explicit

#4 Most Challenged Book of 2021
Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez
For depictions of abuse, considered sexually explicit

#5 Most Challenged Book of 2021
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
For profanity, violence, considered anti-police, "indoctrination of a social agenda"

#6 Most Challenged Book of 2021
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
For profanity, sexual references, use of derogatory terms

#7 Most Challenged Book of 2021
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
Considered sexually explicit and degrading to women

#8 Most Challenged Book of 2021
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
For depiction of child sexual abuse, considered sexually explicit

#9 Most Challenged Book of 2021
This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson
For LGBTQIA+ content, providing sexual education

#10 Most Challenged Book of 2021
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin
For LGBTQIA+ content, considered sexually explicit