The number one most frequently challenged book of 2013 was Dav Pilkey’s Captain Underpants series, which ranked #1 for the second year in a row. The series also placed in the Top Ten in 2002, 2004, and 2005.
Top Ten Frequently Challenged Books of 2013
(out of 307 challenges as reported by ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom)
1) Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey
Reasons: Offensive language, unsuited for age group, violence
2) The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, violence
3) The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie (2008 Campus Read selection)
Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, offensive language, racism, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
4) Fifty Shades of Grey, by E.L. James
Reasons: Nudity, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
5) The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins (2012 Campus Read selection)
Reasons: Religious viewpoint, unsuited to age group
6) A Bad Boy Can Be Good for A Girl, by Tanya Lee Stone
Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit
7) Looking for Alaska, by John Green
Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
8) The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
Reasons: drugs/alcohol/smoking, homosexuality, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
9) Bless Me Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya
Reasons: Occult/Satanism, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit
10) Bone (series), by Jeff Smith
Reasons: Political viewpoint, racism, violence
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