Banned Books Week

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September 25 - October 2, 2010

Banned Books Week - Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since 1982, the annual event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted.

Be controversial! This bibliography represents books challenged, restricted, removed, or banned in 2009 and 2010 as reported in the Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom from May 2009 − May 2010. (A date prior to May 2009 indicates the controversy began earlier, but continues into 2010.)

Find out more about the First Ammendment! This page contains summaries of frequently cited First Amendment cases. Arranged by topic, they cover case law issued by a variety of courts: the Supreme Court of the United States, the Court of Appeals of different Federal circuits, the District Court of several Federal districts, as well as the highest court of several states and particular appellate courts of action.

Number of Challenges by Year, Reason, Initiator & Institution (1990 - 2009)
These figures are pulled from the Americal Library Association Challenge Database, which currently has 10,676 challenges on record.  You will notice that if you add up the numbers of challenges by reason or initiator, the total will be greater than 10,676.  This is because many challenges have multiple reasons or initiators.

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