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Every year at this time the American Library Association compiles its list of "most frequently challenged" library books from the past year. The 2010 list includes some titles carried over from previous years (No. 1 on the list, "And Tango Makes Three," has appeared on the top of the "most challenged" list every year since its 2005 publication) and some new ones (including No. 5, teen bestseller "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins, causing The Washington Post to comment that making the list has become "a virtual rite of passage for young adult sensations.")
Here are the 10 books on the top of the 2010 list.
3. "Brave New World," by Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley's 1931 science fiction classic is no stranger to controversy. The reasons for the book's 2010 challenges include "insensitivity, offensive language, racism," and "sexually explicit" material.
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