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125 titles banned · Tennessee

Banned Books

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 Lesson in Vengeance A Lesson in Vengeance A Stolen Life A Stolen Life Adjustment Day Adjustment Day All Boys Aren't Blue All Boys Aren't Blue Almost Perfect Almost Perfect Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Ask the Passengers Ask the Passengers Beautiful Beautiful Beloved Beloved Breathless Breathless Burned Burned Chosen Chosen Clockwork Princess Clockwork Princess Concrete Rose Concrete Rose Crank Crank Damsel Damsel Eleanor & Park Eleanor & Park Emergency contact Emergency contact Empire of Storms Empire of Storms Fade Fade Fallout Fallout Fire Force Fire Force Flamer Flamer Forever . . . Forever . . . Gabi, a Girl in Pieces Gabi, a Girl in Pieces Girl in Translation Girl in Translation Glass Glass Go Ask Alice Go Ask Alice Grown Grown Heroine Heroine Homegoing Homegoing House of Earth and Blood House of Earth and Blood I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Identical Identical Impulse Impulse Juliet Takes a Breath Juliet Takes a Breath Kingdom of Ash Kingdom of Ash Last Night at the Telegraph Club Last Night at the Telegraph Club Lexicon Lexicon Life Is Funny Life Is Funny Like a Love Story Like a Love Story Living Dead Girl Living Dead Girl

About Rutherford County Schools

Rutherford County Schools is a public school district serving Rutherford County, Tennessee, in the Nashville metropolitan area. Like many districts across the state, it has been affected by statewide efforts to review and restrict the availability of certain books in school libraries and classrooms.

Books in Schools

This page tracks 125 distinct titles that have been reported as banned or challenged within Rutherford County Schools, a total that places the district among the more active in Tennessee for this kind of activity. Much of this scrutiny follows from Tennessee Senate Bill 2407 (2022), the Age-Appropriate Materials Act, which requires school districts to review library collections for content deemed unsuitable for students and has prompted removals and reassessments statewide. Coverage of book challenges and removals in this district has appeared in Chalkbeat Tennessee (report), which has reported on how districts across the state are implementing the law.