Celebrate Banned Books Month

September is Banned Books Month. Celebrate the Freedom to Read!

Banned Books

From the American Library Association’s “The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books, 1990-1999.

  • Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite. CL306.87 W
  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. 811.54 A584IK
  • The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier. 813 C811C
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. 813.4 T969AHR
  • Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. 813.52 S819OC
  • Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling. FIC ROWLI
  • Forever by Judy Blume. FIC BLUME
  • Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson. FIC PATE
  • Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman. CL 306.87 N
  • My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier. FIC COL
  • The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. 813.54 S165CYM
  • The Giver by Lois Lowry. FIC LOWRY
  • The Color Purple by Alice Walker. 813.54 W177C 1992
  • Earth’s Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel. 813.54 A917
  • A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle. FIC LENG
  • Go Ask Alice by Anonymous. 813 G573
  • Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers. FIC MYE
  • In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak. FIC SEN
  • Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison. 813.54 M882S
  • Always Running by Luis Rodriguez. 364.1092 R696a 1994
  • Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene. 813.54 G799S
  • Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry. FIC LOWRYA
  • Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane. 968.00496 M426K
  • We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier. FIC CORM
  • Final Exit by Derek Humphry. 179.7 H928F
  • The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. 813.54 A887H 1987
  • Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George. FIC GEORG
  • The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. 813.54 M882B
  • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. 813.54 L478T
  • Beloved by Toni Morrison. 813.54 M882BE 1987
  • Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden. FIC GARDE
  • Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. 823.912 H986B
  • Ordinary People by Judith Guest. 813.54 G936O
  • Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume. FIC BLUM
  • Crazy Lady by Jane Conly. FIC CON
  • Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. 813.54 V947 SA
  • Lord of the Flies by William Golding. 823.914 G619L 1954
  • Native Son by Richard Wright. 813.52 W952 NH
  • Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya. 813.54 A536B 1994
  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. 813.4 T969AT2
  • Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman. E BAN
  • Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle. CL 612.6M

Books about Book Banning

  • Join thousands of people across the country as they celebrate Banned Books Week. September 27- COtober 4th, 2008.
  • Bald, Margaret. Banned Book: Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds. Call Number: 091.1 B175L
  • Doyle, Robert P. Books Challenged or Banned in 2002-2003. American Library Association, Chicago: 2003.
  • Foerstel, Herbert N. Banned in the U.S.A.: A Reference Guide to Book Censorship in Schools and Public Libraries. Call Number: 025.213 F654b 2002
  • Haight, Anne Lyon. Updated and Enlarged by Chandler B. Grannis. Banned Books: 387 B.C. to 1978 A.D. Call Number: 098.1 H149b 1978
  • Karolides, Nicholas J. Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds. Call Number: 098.1 K18L
  • Karolides, Nicholas J. Censored Books II: Critical Viewpoints, 1985-2000. Call Number: R810.9 C396 2002
  • Noble, William. Bookbanning in America. Call Number: 098.1 N753b
  • Rose, Johnathan. The Holocaust and the Book. Call Number: 363.310943 H754
  • Schlesinger, Jr., Arthur. Censorship: 500 Years of Conflict. Call Number: 098.12 C396
  • Sova, Dawn B. Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Sexual Grounds. Call Number: 098.1 S729L
  • Sova, Dawn B. Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds. Call Number: 098.1 S729Ls

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