General Discussion

https://www.wate.com/news/knox-county-news/knox-county-schools-releases-list-of-100-banned-books/

When it became news for 'Roots' being added to it, I spotted "Eyewitness Books: Mammal' on it, a typical natural history reference book. And for other novels you'll know, 'The Handmaid's Tale' and 'Slaughterhouse Five' are on it, plus 'Wicked' by Gregory Maguire - the novel on which the musical was based.

And I think these mostly weren't cases of "this is in libraries with children too young" - you can see "In the Night Kitchen" by Maurice Sendak there, which Wikipedia describes as aimed at toddlers (if you think a book is too young for a school, you don't ban it, you just say "what's the point?" ). The smaller list from the start of 2025 shows most of the banning was at high school level (eg 'Wicked' and 'Slaughterhouse Five' ):
https://eu.knoxnews.com/story/news/education/2025/01/21/how-knox-county-schools-decided-which-books-to-remove-from-libraries/77048502007/