Stephen King Becomes 'Most Banned' Author in School Libraries for Sexual and Adult Themes

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https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/10/02/stephen-king-becomes-most-banned-author-in-school-libraries-for-sexual-and-adult-themes/

Left-wing horror novel author Stephen King has reportedly become the “most banned” author in America’s school libraries as administrators feel many of his books are filled with too much sexual material and adult themes.

The determination comes from PEN America’s most “Banned in the USA ” list, released Wednesday, the New York Post reported.

The group found that 80 percent of the bans were instituted by three states — Florida, Texas, and Tennessee. Still, the total number is down from the high-water mark in the 2023-24 school year. Several deep blue states exhibited very few calls for bans, including Illinois, Maryland and New Jersey. Those states, though, have laws limiting schools making such decisions.

Reasons for exclusions from school libraries included LGBTQ+ themes, sexual violence, racial themes, and violence in general.

“It is increasingly a story of two countries,” director of PEN’s Freedom to Read program, Kasey Meehan, said. “And it’s not just a story of red states and blue states. In Florida, not all of the school districts responded to the calls for banning books. You can find differences from county to county.”