Truxal Library Special Topic Guide: Banned Books Week 2024
Freed Between the Lines, September 22-28
Truxal Library Celebrates our Freedom to Read!
Welcome to Truxal Library's special topic library guide for this year's observance of Banned Books Week! This guide accompanies a corresponding exhibit of materials on the second floor of Truxal Library. On this page we feature recent information about the current state of book censorship in the United States. Visit the 'resources about censorship' tab to browse books and ebooks in the library's collection that support the study of censorship and book banning.
- 2023 Preliminary Data Shows Record Surge of Challenges in Public LibrariesStatistics about book banning and challenges that occurred between January and August 2023.
- Banned & Challenged BooksLearn about Banned Books Week from the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom Office.
- Banned in the USA: The Mounting Pressure to CensorPEN America's September 2023 report about the surge in banning across the United States.
- Booklash: Literary Freedom, Online Outrage, and the Language of HarmPEN America's August 7, 2023 report on the current climate of censorship in publishing.
- Comic Book Legal Defense Fund: Banned ComicsThe Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) focuses on challenges and bans of comics and graphic novels.
Most Challenged Books of 2023
According to the American Library Association, the following books received the most challenges in 2022. All are available to check out from Truxal Library!
Gender Queer: a Memoir –by Call Number: HQ76.27 .Y68 K63 2019ISBN: 9781549304002Publication Date: 2019-05-28
All Boys Aren't Blue –by Call Number: HQ76.27 .A37 J644 2020ISBN: 9780374312718Publication Date: 2020-04-28
The Perks of Being a Wallflower –by Call Number: PS3553 .H3469 P47 2012ISBN: 9781451696196Publication Date: 2012-08-14
The Bluest Eye –by Call Number: PS3563.O8749 B55 1994ISBN: 9780452273054Publication Date: 1994-09-01
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl –by Call Number: PS3601 .N5526626 M4 2012ISBN: 9781419701764Publication Date: 2012-03-01
Tricks –by Call Number: on orderISBN: 9781481498241Publication Date: 2017-01-24
Let's Talk about It: The Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human –by Call Number: on orderISBN: 9781984893147Publication Date: 2021-03-09
Sold –by Call Number: on orderISBN: 9780786851720Publication Date: 2008-04-01
The Top Library Books People Tried To Ban Or Censor Last Year (2022)
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