--- --- # The 10 Most Complained About Books in 2014  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 13, 2015 4:24 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 13, 2015 4:24 PM UTC The American Library Association [released](http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2015/04/new-state-america-s-libraries-report-finds-shift-role-us-libraries) its annual list of the “Top Ten Most Challenged Books in 2014” on Monday, based on 311 “challenges” recorded by its Office for Intellectual Freedom. A “challenge” is defined as “a formal, written complaint filed with a library or school requesting that a book or other material be restricted or removed because of its content or appropriateness.” Here is the full list: --- > “” --- Top 10 Challenged Books of 2014 from American Library Association ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3819483/top-ten-most-challenged-books-2014/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3819483/top-ten-most-challenged-books-2014/"},"headline":"The 10 Most Complained About Books in 2014","datePublished":"2015-04-13T16:24:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:40.244Z","description":"For reasons ranging from \"controversial issues\" to \"sexually explicit\" content","url":"https://time.com/3819483/top-ten-most-challenged-books-2014/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3819483/top-ten-most-challenged-books-2014/","name":"The 10 Most Complained About Books in 2014"}}]}] ```