According to PEN America, book censorship has reached unprecedented levels in the United States. According to data collected this past April during National Library Week, pressure groups and government organizations intiated 72% of demands to censor books in schools and public libraries. Many of these organized efforts to target books cover social issues such as race, gender and LGBTQ+ themes. Since 2021, there have been nearly 23,000 instances of book bans that have taken place in public schools nationwide since 2021.
Bookshelves at West Side Books in Denver, Colorado on Thursday, February 19, 2026.Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post
The coming-of-age novel follows and is narrated by 16-year-old Holden Caulfield, who goes on a weekend trip back home to New York City after being expelled from his boarding prep school. While struggling with the death of his brothers and the stresses of life, Holden tries to search for connection and authenticity, ultimately finding solace through his little sister, Phoebe, before seeking treatment.
Though Salinger avoided talking about the controversy surrounding his novel, he once said, according to TIME, that "all my best friends are children. It's almost unbearable for me to realize that my book will be kept on a shelf out of their reach."
A January 28, 2010 photo shows a copies of "The Catcher in the Rye" by author J.D. Salinger at a bookstore in Washington, DC.The writer passed away on Jan. 27, 2010, due to natural causes at 91 years old. Though Catcher in the Rye was his only full novel, Salinger wrote for 50 years before publishing anything, and his widow, Colleen O'Neill Zakrzeskyi Salinger, and his son, Matt, became the executors of his estate and were preparing to publish some of those works.
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