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Happy Banned Books Week (Oct 5-11 2025)

Catfish_Fan
Catfish_Fan Posts: 627 Member
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Yes, I oppose censorship and read banned books. I got this poster from the ACLU and it is hanging in my library room. I have read most of the books on this list, some of them were best books ever. Recently I added The Color Purple to my list, I have read 13 of them. This is just a small selection of commonly banned books, many more challenges exist, unfortunately.

Banning books is so 1984. Happy Banned Books Week!

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  • Catfish_Fan
    Catfish_Fan Posts: 627 Member

    According to PEN America, the 10 most challenged books of the 2024-2025 school year were:

    1. "A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony Burgess
    2. "Breathless" by Jennifer Niven*
    3. "Sold" by Patricia McCormick*
    4. "Last Night at the Telegraph Club" by Malinda Lo
    5. "A Court of Mist and Fury" by Sarah J. Maas
    6. "Crank" by Ellen Hopkins†
    7. "Forever..." by Judy Blume†
    8. "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky†
    9. "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" by Gregory Maguire†
    10. "All Boys Aren't Blue" by George M. Johnson

    *Titles No. 2 and 3 were tied. †Titles No. 6, 7, 8 and 9 were tied.

    The American Library Association has compiled a list of the 10 most challenged books in 2024.

    https://www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10

    Again, some of the best books ever.

  • Btrflydog
    Btrflydog Posts: 1,602 Member

    I've read quite a few of them. A Wrinkle in Time is one of all-time favorite books. I actually remember a teacher reading it to us for story time after lunch.

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    Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.

    '' ― Isaac Asimov.

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