Stephen King is the most banned author in US schools, according to report

<p>During the 2024-2025 school year, there were more then 6,800 instances of books being pulled, led by the horror author</p><p>A new report on book bans in US schools finds <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/stephenking">Stephen King</a> as the author most likely to be censored and the country divided between states actively restricting works and those attempting to limit or eliminate bans.</p><p>PEN America’s Banned in the USA, released on Wednesday, tracks more than 6,800 instances of books being temporarily or permanently pulled for the 2024-2025 school year. The new number is down from more than 10,000 in 2023-24, but still far above the levels of a few years ago, when PEN didn’t even see the need to compile a report.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/oct/02/stephen-king-most-banned-author">Continue reading...</a>