Every year the American Library Association releases a list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books, which are books targeted for removal from libraries, schools and universities. In 2020 a total of 273 different books were challenged, with the top ten including perennials To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (for including racial slurs and portraying a ‘white savior’ character), Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (for racial slurs and racist stereotypes) and Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye.