Banned Books Week (September 27- October 3, 2020) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools. It brings together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.

Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted bannings of books across the United States.

Information and graphics: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/banned.

Sr. Jane Hassett CSJ reads 2009 and 2010's most contested book by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell. Ten years later, And Tango Makes Three still makes the top ten list.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. It is attributed to Butler University Libraries, and the original guide, Banned Books, can be found here. The guide has been modified from the original. 

Last modified August 26, 2017.