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ALA's Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2024

The American Library Association (ALA) condemns censorship and works to defend each person's right to read under the First Amendment and to ensure free access to information. Every year, ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) compiles a list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books in order to inform the public about censorship in libraries and schools. The lists are based on information from confidential reports filed by library professionals and community members, as well as news stories published throughout the United States. Because many book challenges are not reported to the ALA or covered by the press, the data compiled by ALA represent only a snapshot of censorship attempts in libraries. The 2024 data reported to ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) shows that the majority of book censorship attempts are now originating from organized movements. (Source: ALA website information) The 2024 list features several teen/young adult titles. #IndyPLAdults #IndyPLTeens Published September 2025

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  • NUMBER 1 on the list of "Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2024" from the American Library Association. This book was originally published in 2020 and also appeared on ALA's Top 10 Most Challenged books of 2023.
    Book, 2020New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2020. — TEEN 306.7662 JOH
  • NUMBER 2 on the list of "Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2024" from the American Library Association. This book was originally published in 2019 and appeared on ALA's 2023 list.
    Graphic Novel, 2019[St. Louis, Missouri] : Lion Forge, LLC, [2019] — GN KOB
  • TIE 3/4 on the list of “Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2024” from the American Library Association. This book was originally published in 1970 and appeared on the 2023 lis.
    Book, 2007New York : Vintage International, 2007. — FIC MOR
  • TIE NUMBER 3/4 on the list of "Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2024" from the American Library Association. It also appeared on ALA's 2023 list.
    Book, 1999New York : Pocket Books : MTV/Gallery Books, [1999] — TEEN FIC CHB
  • NUMBER 5 on the list of "Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2024" from the American Library Association. This book was originally published in 2009
    Book, 2009New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2009. — TEEN FIC HOP
  • TIE (6/7) Local Indiana Author, John Green's Looking for Alaska appears on "Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2024" from the American Library Association.
    Book, 2005New York : Dutton Children's Books : Speak, [2005] — TEEN FIC GRE
  • Tie (6/7) on the list of "Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2024" from the American Library Association. This book was originally published in 2012 and appeared on ALA's 2023 list.
    Book, 2012New York : Amulet Books, 2012. — TEEN FIC AND
  • Tie (8/9) on the list of "Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2024" from the American Library Association.
    Book, 2004New York : Simon Pulse : Margaret K. McElderry, [2004] — TEEN FIC HOP
  • Tie (8/9) on the list of "Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2024" from the American Library Association. This book was published in 2006 and appeared on the list for 2023.
    Book, 2006New York : Hyperion, 2006. — TEEN FIC MCC
  • NUMBER 10 on the list of "Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2024" from the American Library Association. This graphic novel was published in 2020 and also appeared in the 2023 list from ALA.
    Graphic Novel, 2020New York, NY : Henry Holt and Company, 2020. — TEEN GN CUR