Banned Books List 2024. Bestselling novelist jodi picoult’s nineteen minutes , about the moments leading up to a school shooting, was the most frequently banned. Each year, the ala creates a top ten list of the most challenged books filed by librarians and gleaned from news stories published throughout the country.

He noted 44% of banned books center on race and characters of color, while 39% center on lgbtq themes. Between january 1 and august 31, 2024, ala’s office for intellectual freedom tracked 414 attempts to censor library materials and services.