How many book titles have been challenged so far in 2024?

AUSTIN (KXAN) — This week marks Banned Books Week, and the American Library Association (ALA) shared preliminary data Monday on the number of book challenges made thus far in 2024.The ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom recorded 414 attempts to ban or censor materials and services within libraries across the country between Jan. 1 and Aug. 31. Within those 414 attempts, more than 1,100 individual titles were challenges, per the ALA.Comparatively, nearly 700 attempts and more than 1,900 i