State has ordered books by 13 authors, 12 of them women, to be removed from every public school, classroom and library

We asked all state systems for book policies and ban lists, then created a database for you.

Banned Books Museum in Tallinn is for people interested in freedom of expression. We collect and preserve censored books and promote the freedom of ideas.

The American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) has released new data documenting book challenges throughout the United States, finding that challenges of unique titles surged 65% in 2023 compared to 2022 numbers, reaching the highest level ever documented by ALA. Read the full announcement. OIF documented 4,240 unique book titles targeted for censorship, more than the previous two years combined (2,571 in 2022; 1,651 in 2021), as well as 1,247 demands to censor library books, materials, and resources in 2023.

An Iowa school district used AI to decide which books to ban to comply with a state law that bans materials with depictions of sex.

Banned in texas prisons: Creators who have at least one book banned in the prison system of the u.s. state of texas for "security" reasons as of september 2022. (The list of books banned by the state for any reason, [available here](https://observablehq.com/@themarshallproject/prison-banned-books), is much longer.)

The bill’s sponsors blamed the group’s new “Marxist lesbian” president for the legislation.

Body camera footage from Idaho reveals a sheriff hunting for a YA book he could use for a political stunt.

New Mexico legislators introduce an anti-book ban bill for their public libraries.