Most frequently challenged book titles in the U.S. 2014

The statistic illustrates the most frequently challenged authors in the United States between January 1, 2013 and August 6, 2014. In that time Dav Pilkey - the author of the 'Captain Underpants' series (which contains ten titles) - received 21 challenges.

Most frequently challenged* authors in the United States between January 2013 and August 2014

Author	Number of challenges
Dav Pilkey	21
Sherman Alexie	9
Toni Morrison	7
John Green	6
Rudolfo Anaya	4
Stephen Chbosky	4
Suzanne Collins	4
Lisa McMann	4
Gary Paulsen	4
Jeff Smith	4
Tanya Lee Stone	4

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Release date

September 2014

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United States

Survey time period

January 1, 2013 to August 6, 2014

Supplementary notes

* The source provides the following explanations; "A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or group. A banning is the removal of those materials." "The data is based on reported challenges and does not account for those that go unreported."

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