Ala Banned Books 2025. Promote the freedom to read with web graphics, coloring sheets, videos, and more! Ala documented 1,269 demands to censor library books and resources in 2022, the highest number of attempted book bans since ala began compiling data about censorship.

Research suggests that for each challenge reported there are as many as four or five which go unreported. Now, in less than half that time, at least 1,389 books were found to be removed or.