Banned Books Week 2010

Banned Books Week is an opportunity to celebrate our freedom to read and our First Amendment rights by focusing on the benefits of having free access to information and the freedom to express ideas and how attempts to censorship can detract from these freedoms. The American Library Association offers a calendar of events for this week-long celebration, and the OIF Blog is offering a series of informative posts related to Banned Books Week.

If you’re wondering which books have been banned or challenged over the years or are looking for books to help you to celebrate your freedom to read, the American Library Association provides a list of the top ten books that have been challenged each year since 2001 as well as the 100 most frequently challenged books from 1990-1999 and from 2000 to 2009. If you’re curious about classics that have been banned or challenged, ALA provides a list for the classics as well.

You can learn more about each of these banned or challenged books in NoveList and Literary Reference Center in GALILEO and find these books in a library near you through WorldCat, including a list of the Top 100 Banned/Challenged books from 2000-2009.