Sunday, September 18, 2022

Banned Book Week 2022

 Banned Books Week (September 18-24, 2022) 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. (American Library Association)

Banned Book Week 2022
Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2021
1.    Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
2.    Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
3.    All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
4.    *Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez
5.    *The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
6.    *The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
7.    *Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
8.    *The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
9.    This Book is Gay by June Dawson
10.    Beyond Magenta by Susan Kuklin
*Part of University Libraries’ Collections