Book ban efforts spike across US, new data shows: By the numbers. The number of books targeted by critics surged 65% from 2022 to 2023.

PEN’s yearly snapshots of book-ban frequency and trends have been startlingly consistent in recent years: Between 2021 and 2023, the group’s Index of School Book Bans clocked 5,894 instances ...

The state now has 22 books banned from all public school classrooms and libraries, becoming the nation’s leader in book bans. Expand All It took about a year to ban books in South Carolina ...

Between July 2023, and July 2024, individuals requested that 150 books and other documents, the majority of them young adult books and graphic novels, be removed or put in age-restricted sections ...

Under the statewide book-banning rule enacted in 2024, Regulation 43-170, the State Board of Education can ban books without reading them. Skip to content Submit Tips & Photos ...