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title: "Banned Books: Top 20 Most Challenged Books Since 2020"
date: 2024-09-24T00:00:00-05:00
author: Tessa Sánchez
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[](https://www.lemonly.com/work)# [Lemonly](https://www.lemonly.com/work?client=lemonly) Banned Books: Top 20 Most Challenged Books Since 2020 

 [Microcontent](https://www.lemonly.com/work?category=microcontent)Why do books get banned? Our chart shows the genres, audiences, and complaints tracked by the American Library Association for the top 20 most-challenged books of the past few years.

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Source: [American Library Association](https://www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10/archive)

 

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