It was Bookshelves of Doom who alerted me to the just-released list of the most challenged books of 2013. Here are the top five:

1. Captain Underpants (series) by Dav Pilkey
Reasons: Offensive language, unsuited for age group, violence

2. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, violence

3. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, offensive language, racism, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group

4. Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James
Reasons: Nudity, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group

5. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Reasons: Religious viewpoint, unsuited to age group

Click here to see the rest of the list.

Captain Underpants retains the number one spot for the second year. Somewhere, Dav Pilkey is smiling. Other than that, not too many surprises here. One notable addition is Jeff Smith’s Bone series at #10 – I believe it’s that series first appearance on the list.

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