I'm curious about where I can find public lists of banned books across various states in the US. Are these lists openly accessible to the public, or do they mainly remain internal documents shared between the government and libraries?

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[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

This might be useful https://pen.org/banned-books-list-2025/

I remember seeing another site that went into amazing detail about not just what books were banned, but where and for what (stated) reasons. I can't find it right now, but will post again if I do. It was basically a huge spreadsheet!

EDIT Actually, I think this was it: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1am1vKU3MR1209AanJVqySFtRYe3IiB1k/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107625701392691841725&rtpof=true&sd=true

Also, some info about it: https://www.everylibraryinstitute.org/book_censorship_database_magnusson