ALA reported March 14 that the number of book titles targeted for censorship in the US increased by 65% from 2022 to 2023, surging to a new record. ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) documented attempts to censor 4,240 unique book titles in schools and libraries in 2023. The previous record was set in 2022, when 2,571 unique titles were targeted. OIF reported 1,247 demands to censor library books and other materials in 2023, many of which targeted dozens or hundreds of titles at a time.