Hundreds of individuals in the U.S. issue challenges to their local schools or libraries every year, attempting to get certain books banned. The typical reasoning is that the book in question highlights or endorses a value that the challenger doesn't hold, and doesn't want their child exposed to.
As a result, the running list of the top most challenged book titles in the U.S. — operated by the American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom — offers a unique window into the state of the union: Any hot-button topics that parents are the most up in arms about will be revealed through the books that they found most offensive.
The eleven most popular titles on the list for 2018 include plenty of titles from previous top-ten lists of banned books: George, by Alex Gino, a Lambda Literary Award-winner for elementary-age children that features a transgender child, was the number one most challenged book in 2018, after reaching number five in 2017. 2017's number one, Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher, dropped to number six on the 2018 list.
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