That surprising stat about banned books I stumbled across

I was prepping for our next club meeting and read that over 1,600 books were challenged in 2022 alone, which is way higher than I expected. Found that number on the ALA's site and it really threw me. Has anyone else run into stats that shifted how they pick books for discussion?

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the_alice1mo ago

Jumped on that stat myself and it honestly blew my mind too. @jana_jones, I ended up checking the list and realized half the books I read last year were on it, so now I'm just like "well guess I'm part of the problem" lol.

jana_jones1mo ago

Did you see the list of most challenged books? Makes you wonder what people are actually reading.

jason_lewis31mo ago

Oh makes you wonder what people are actually reading" yeah apparently they're reading all the good stuff, which is kind of hilarious when you think about it.