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Banned books are books or other printed works such as essays or plays which have been prohibited by law, or to which free access has been restricted by other means. The practice of banning books is a form of censorship , from political, legal, religious, moral, or commercial motives.
Banned Books Week was established in 1982 by Judith Krug, a librarian and First Amendment proponent. She served as director of the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom ...
Since 2001, the American Library Association has posted the top ten most frequently challenged books per year on their website. [4] Using the Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century, ALA has also noted banned and challenged classics. [5] The ALA does not claim comprehensiveness in recording challenges.
Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf has been banned by several European governments. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This is an index of lists of banned books , which contain books that have been banned or censored by religious authority or government .
In connection with Banned Books Week, the ALA has released preliminary data documenting attempts to censor books during the first eight months of 2024, in settings including school libraries ...
PEN America, a free speech advocacy group, found that book bans nearly tripled during the 2023-2024 academic year with over 10,000 books banned in public schools.
A Banned Books Week "read out" at Shimer College. The event has been held during the last full week of September since 1982. [13] Banned Books Week is intended to encourage readers to examine challenged literary works and to promote intellectual freedom in libraries, schools, and bookstores.
The most banned book was “Tricks” by Ellen Hopkins, who also is the most frequently banned author in K-12 schools, according to the report. The book, which tells the story of five troubled ...