How Many Book Bans In 2024. There were nearly 700 attempts to ban library books in the first eight months of 2023, according to data released tuesday by the american library association. People who normally preside over hushed sanctuaries are now battling groups that demand the mass removal of books and seek to control library governance. And about what teaching black history feels like in a time of book bans.

School districts in 26 states have banned or opened investigations into more than 1,100 books, according to an april report from pen. Hosseini compared the trend in the us on.