The American Library Association (ALA) released its 2018 State of America’s Libraries report. The report found that libraries continue to face challenges that carry with them the potential for censorship, to a variety of books, programs and materials. The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) tracked 354 challenges to library, school and university materials and services in 2017. Some individual challenges resulted in requests to restrict or remove multiple titles or collections. Overall in 2017, 416 books were targeted – direct attacks on the freedom to read. Through an analysis of overall books challenged (416) the OIF produced the “Top Ten Most Challenged Books” of 2017, which includes: 1.Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher Reason: Suicide 2.  The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie Reasons: Profanity, Sexually Explicit 3.  Drama, written and illustrated by Raina Telgemeier Reason: LGBT Content 4.  The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini Reasons: Sexual Violence, Religious Themes, “May Lead to Terrorism” 5.  George, by Alex Gino Reason: LGBT Content 6.  Sex is a Funny Word, written by Cory Silverberg and illustrated by Fiona Smyth Reason: Sex Education 7.  To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee Reasons: Violence, Racial Slurs. 8.  The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas Reasons: Drug Use, Profanity, “Pervasively Vulgar” 9.  And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson, illustrated by Henry Cole Reason: LGBT Content 10.  I Am Jazz, written by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings, illustrated by Shelagh McNicholas Reason: Gender Identity