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Tennessee

1356 distinct titles banned across 8 districts

Districts

Knox County Schools 119 titles Monroe County Schools 564 titles Murfreesboro City Schools 1 title Oak Ridge Schools 331 titles Roane County Community School District 49 titles Rutherford County Schools 125 titles Williamson County Schools 5 titles Wilson County Schools 448 titles

Banned Books

100 Questions You'd Never Ask Your Parents 100 Questions You'd Never Ask Your Parents 13 Minutes 13 Minutes 19 Love Songs 19 Love Songs 33 Snowfish 33 Snowfish A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl A Certain Slant of Light A Certain Slant of Light A Child Called "It" A Child Called "It" A Clash of Kings A Clash of Kings A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange A Court of Frost and Starlight A Court of Frost and Starlight A Court of Mist and Fury A Court of Mist and Fury A Court of Silver Flames A Court of Silver Flames A Court of Thorns and Roses A Court of Thorns and Roses A Court of Wings and Ruin A Court of Wings and Ruin A Curse of Roses A Curse of Roses A Dance with Dragons A Dance with Dragons A Discovery of Witches A Discovery of Witches A Feast for Crows A Feast for Crows A Game of Thrones A Game of Thrones A Lesson in Vengeance A Lesson in Vengeance A Light in the Attic A Light in the Attic A Long Stretch of Bad Days A Long Stretch of Bad Days A Moment Comes A Moment Comes A Pocket Dictionary of Greek and Roman Gods and Goddesses A Pocket Dictionary of Greek and Roman Gods and Goddesses A Raisin in the Sun A Raisin in the Sun A Scatter of Light A Scatter of Light A Stolen Life A Stolen Life A Storm of Swords A Storm of Swords A Story of Medicine in 50 Discoveries A Story of Medicine in 50 Discoveries A Work of Art A Work of Art Abortion Violence & Extremism (Ideas in Conflict Series.) Abortion Violence & Extremism (Ideas in Conflict Series.) Ace of Spades Ace of Spades Adjustment Day Adjustment Day After After After Ever Happy After Ever Happy After the Fire After the Fire After We Collided After We Collided Age Of Bronze Vol. 1: A Thousand Ships Age Of Bronze Vol. 1: A Thousand Ships Alice the Fairy Alice the Fairy Alien Abductions Alien Abductions All American Boys All American Boys All Boys Aren't Blue All Boys Aren't Blue All the Bad Apples All the Bad Apples All the Invisible Things All the Invisible Things All the Rage All the Rage All the Things We Do in the Dark All the Things We Do in the Dark Allegedly Allegedly Almost Perfect Almost Perfect

Book Bans in Tennessee

Tennessee has 1,356 distinct titles tracked as banned or challenged across 8 school districts with at least one recorded removal. The activity is heavily concentrated: Monroe County Schools (564 titles), Wilson County Schools (448 titles), and Oak Ridge Schools (331 titles) together account for the large majority of the state's tracked titles, while the remaining five districts — Rutherford County Schools, Knox County Schools, Roane County Community School District, Williamson County Schools, and Murfreesboro City Schools — each report far fewer removals. This pattern, in which three districts drive nearly all of the recorded activity while the rest show only modest or minimal action, suggests localized district-level decisions rather than a uniform statewide sweep, even though the same state framework governs materials review everywhere.

Context

School library and classroom materials in Tennessee are subject to Tennessee Senate Bill 2407 (2022), the Age-Appropriate Materials Act (bill text), which requires local school boards to maintain publicly available lists of library materials, establish a process for parents and community members to challenge titles they consider inappropriate, and periodically review collections for age-appropriateness. Because the law delegates review standards and enforcement to individual school boards rather than mandating specific removals from the state level, the resulting volume of challenges and bans can vary widely from one district to the next depending on local policy, staffing, and how actively the challenge process is used. The concentration of tracked titles in a small number of districts here is consistent with that structure: districts that have built out active review committees or fielded a high volume of challenges accumulate large counts, while others with the same legal obligations show comparatively little tracked activity.