How Many Books Have Been Banned In 2025

How Many Books Have Been Banned In 2025. In 2023 alone, the american library association's office for intellectual freedom tracked 1,247 efforts to censor books and other resources in libraries —an increase of 65% from the year. Pen america found 3,362 instances of individual books banned,.

But since 2021, pen america has tracked more than 1,000 instances of book challenges and. Banned books are not new, but they have gained new relevance in an escalating culture war that puts books centering racism, sexuality and gender identity at risk in public.