April 20 (UPI) -- The American Library Association released its list of the "Top 11 Most Challenged Books List of 2025," including titles by John Green and Sarah J. Maas.
The list, part of the 2026 State of America's Libraries Report, is based on data from the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom, which tracked 4,235 unique titles challenged across 2025. The number was the second-highest ever documented by the ALA, after 4,240 books were challenged in 2023.
The 2025 challenges included 713 attempts to censor library materials and services through access restrictions, including 487 books.
The most challenged book of 2025 was Sold by Patricia McCormick, followed by The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe, and Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas.
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