List Of Banned Books 2025 Us. From july 2023 to june 2025, pen america’s index of school book bans recorded 10,046 instances of book bans across 29 states and 220 public school districts. The list included popular titles by sarah j.

Reproduced here, the pen list covers books that were banned or challenged during the first half of the 2022 school year—the most recent data available. A clearinghouse of resources to assist library workers and advocates.