<img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2400×1600+0+0/resize/2400×1600!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe3%2F85%2F29cae0e3475abb3f4c8ffb32b24b%2Ftop-11-covers-composite-image.png" alt="The American Library Association" s list of the most frequently challenged books 2025 includes Sold by Patricia McCormick, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky and Maia Kobabe’s Gender Queer: A Memoir.’/>
The ALA says 4,235 titles were challenged at libraries across the country – the second-highest year on record. Forty percent of the challenged works involved LGBTQ+ subjects or the experiences of people of color.
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