Celebrate Banned Books Week
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Banned Books Week (September 23-30). Banned Books Week is an annual event sponsored by the American Library Association, celebrating the freedom to read and the freedom to choose what we read - even if the ideas or opinions expressed in the books are unpopular, avant-garde, or unorthodox. The event also serves as a reminder to Americans to not take this precious freedom for granted.Reports of banned or challenged books abound. From local school libraries and rural public libraries to large, metropolitan libraries, books deemed innapropriate are pulled off the shelves from view and access. In fact, according to the American Library Association, 42 of 100 books recognized by the Radcliffe Publishing Course as the best novels of the twentieth century have been challenged or banned.
Additional information on (previously) challenged or banned titles is included below.
Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2005
Most Challenged Books, 2000-2005
The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books, 1990-2000
Top 10 Most Frequently Challenged Authors, 1990-2004
Google Book Search: Celebrate Your Freedom to Read
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