Description: Banned Books Week is October 5-11, 2025. Banned Books Week, organized annually by the American Library Association and the Banned Books Week Coalition, is intended to raise awareness about the dangers of censorship and to celebrate the freedom to read. Banned Books Week is also an opportunity for libraries to ensure their community is represented through access to meaningful materials. The following staff-curated titles are a mix of books that represent our freedom to read and provide insight into modern censorship. The annotated U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence 342.2/ANNOTATED Available 82876 Portable magic : a history of books and their readers Smith, Emma (Emma Josephine) 002.09/SMITH,E Available 1996655 The handmaid's tale Atwood, Margaret, 1939- GN/FICTION/ATWOOD,M Available 1003875 The collected poems of Langston Hughes Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 Unavailable 8543 The bluest eye Morrison, Toni FICTION/MORRISON,T Available 16838 Banned together : our fight for readers' rights TEEN/FICTION/BANNED Unavailable 3290899 Survival is a promise : the eternal life of Audre Lorde Gumbs, Alexis Pauline, 1982- BIOGRAPHY/LORDE,A Available 2964627 The legacy of Black women in librarianship : when they dared to be powerful NEW 020.9252/LEGACY Available 3674242 The color purple Walker, Alice, 1944- FICTION/WALKER,A Available 8746 Anti-intellectualism in American life : The paranoid style in American politics : Uncollected essays, 1956-1965 Hofstadter, Richard, 1916-1970 320.973/HOFSTADTER,R Available 1166676 Fun home : a family tragicomic Bechdel, Alison, 1960- GN/NONFICTION/BECHDEL,A Available 48285 Self-censorship Loury, Glenn C. Unavailable 3775606 Rainbow warrior : my life in color [eAudiobook - hoopla] Baker, Gilbert Available 1084532 Nickel and dimed : on (not) getting by in America Ehrenreich, Barbara 305.569/EHRENREICH,B Available 19313 We are free to change the world : Hannah Arendt's lessons in love and disobedience Stonebridge, Lyndsey, 1965- 320.53/STONEBRIDGE,L Unavailable 2461135 Read until you understand : the profound wisdom of Black life and literature Griffin, Farah Jasmine 810.989607/GRIFFIN,F Available 1714691 I know why the caged bird sings Angelou, Maya MEMOIR/ANGELOU,M Unavailable 38800 Maus l : a survivor's tale, My father bleeds history Spiegelman, Art GN/NONFICTION/SPIEGELMAN,A Available 2827 The kite runner [eAudiobook - Cloud Library] Hosseini, Khaled Unavailable 1049948 That librarian : the fight against book banning in America Jones, Amanda (Librarian) 025.213/JONES,A Available 2747413 All boys aren't blue : a memoir-manifesto Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985- TEEN/306.7662/JOHNSON,G Available 1216937 The freaks came out to write : the definitive history of the Village Voice, the radical paper that changed American culture Romano, Tricia 071.471/ROMANO,T Available 2501924 Seven dirty words : the life and crimes of George Carlin Sullivan, James, 1965 November 7- BIOGRAPHY/CARLIN,G Available 87942 This book is gay Dawson, Juno TEEN/306.766/DAWSON,J Available 199905 A queer history of the United States Bronski, Michael 306.766/BRONSKI,M Available 99497 The book of pride : LGBTQ heroes who changed the world [eAudiobook - hoopla] Funk, Mason Available 1068631 Read dangerously : the subversive power of literature in troubled times Nafisi, Azar 809.933581/NAFISI,A Available 1715470 Dangerous fictions : the fear of fantasy and the invention of reality Gold, Lyta 174.98/GOLD,L Available 3219145 They came for the schools : one town's fight over race and identity, and the new war for America's classrooms Hixenbaugh, Mike (Journalist) 370.976453/HIXENBAUGH,M Available 2689233 On censorship : a public librarian examines cancel culture in the US LaRue, James, 1954- 025.213/LARUE,J Unavailable 2622423
