言论自由倡导组织PEN America的最新报告显示，美国2025-2026学年公立学校的图书禁令数量达到约12000本，创下历史新高1。自2021年以来，美国已累计发生34000例图书禁令事件1。其中德克萨斯州因SB13法律的实施贡献了超过8100例禁令，首次超越此前排名最靠前的佛罗里达州1。
本学年被禁书籍超过7000种，涉及4000多位作者、插画家和译者1。青少年图书中小说占被禁书籍的90%以上1。《被卖》（Sold）一书最频繁遭禁，作者帕特丽夏·麦考密克对此表示，"听到人们说那些叙述是色情内容，对我采访的女性是极大不尊重"1。斯蒂芬·金连续第二年成为被禁最多的作家1。
PEN America研究主任凯西·米汉指出，"当全年龄段阅读娱乐呈下降趋势时，对热门和引人入胜书籍的禁令格外悲剧"1。本年度有114个学区实施了禁令，这也是历年最高纪录1。
Book bans across American public schools reached an unprecedented level during the 2025-2026 academic year, with approximately 12,000 instances reported 1. The record number was documented by PEN America, a free speech advocacy organization 1. This marks a significant escalation in the broader pattern of censorship; since 2021, there have been roughly 34,000 total book ban instances across the country 1. The banned materials span over 7,000 unique titles and involve more than 4,000 authors, illustrators, and translators 1.
Texas has emerged as the primary driver of this trend, with the state accounting for more than 8,100 bans in the current academic year alone, surpassing Florida's previous leading position 1. The surge in Texas follows the implementation of Senate Bill 13, which prohibits broad categories of books from school libraries 1. Across the nation, 114 school districts implemented bans—the highest number on record 1. Young adult fiction comprises over 90 percent of the banned titles 1.
Author Stephen King holds the distinction of being the most frequently banned writer for the second consecutive year 1. "Sold" by Patricia McCormick emerged as the single most commonly challenged book 1. McCormick responded to the bans by stating that "hearing people say those accounts are pornography is a great disrespect to the women I interviewed" 1. PEN America's Kasey Meehan remarked that "bans on popular and engaging books are especially tragic when reading for pleasure across all age groups is declining" 1.
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