Today’s let’s just show the Top 10 Banned Books, per the American Library Association from the last 3 years. How many have you read? I know I have some reading to do.
2021:
- Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
- Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
- All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
- Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson
- Beyond Magenta by Susan Kuklin
2020:
- George by Alex Gino
- Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds
- All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
- Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (Finally 1 I have read. I have read some books by Jason Reynolds, but not the above titles.)
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
- Something Happened in Our Town by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Can I add a check mark for each time I have read this title?)
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (another one that could give me several check marks)
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (I need to get my hands on this book.)
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
2019:
- George by Alex Gino
- Beyond Magenta by Susan Kuklin
- A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss
- Sex is a Funny Word by Cory Silverberg
- Prince & Knight by Daniel Haack
- I am Jazz by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Drama by Raina Telgemeier
- Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling (Hmm, I may need to look into the multiple check mark system.)
- And Tango Makes Three by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson
I don’t know how your tally system looks, but I have some serious catching up-to-do.