A Selection of Banned Books Week Lists and Resources

Banned Books Week 2015 begins today. Here’s a small selection of items that might be of interest.

Interview

• Judy Blume Talks About Banned Books and Censorship in New Interview (September 17, 2015)

From the Association of American Publishers (AAP)

• 10 Banned or Challenged Young Adult Books

From the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF)

• “Banned Book Week Handbook” and Discussion Guides
• Banned & Challenged Comics

From the National Coalition Against Censorship

• Five Very True Tales of Book Censorship

Lists: Books Challenged or Banned (via Illinois Library Association)

These brochures list books challenged, restricted, removed, or banned in that year as reported in the ALA Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom.

Compiled by by Robert P. Doyle, Illinois Library Association

• Books Challenged and/or Banned – 2014-2015
• Books Challenged and/or Banned – 2013-2014 (PDF)
• Books Challenged and/or Banned – 2012-2013 (PDF)
• Books Challenged and/or Banned – 2011-2012 (PDF)
• Books Challenged and/or Banned – 2010-2011 (PDF)
• Books Challenged and/or Banned – 2009-2010 (PDF)
• Books Challenged and/or Banned – 2008-2009 (PDF)
• Books Challenged and/or Banned – 2007-2008 (PDF)
• Books Challenged and/or Banned – 2006-2007 (PDF)
• Books Challenged and/or Banned – 2005-2006 (PDF)
• Books Challenged and/or Banned – 2004-2005 (PDF)

Lists: Frequently Challenged Books (via ALA Office on Intellectual Freedom)

• Authors, by year
• Banned & Challenged Classics
• By decade
• Top Ten Lists
• Statistics