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. Order BookThe annotated U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence Call Number: 342.2/ANNOTATEDAvailable Weight for The annotated U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910 BookPortable magic : a history of books and their readers By: Smith, Emma (Emma Josephine), Call Number: 002.09/SMITH,EAvailable Weight for Portable magic : a history of books and their readers -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910 The handmaid's tale By: Atwood, Margaret, 1939- Call Number: GN/FICTION/ATWOOD,MUnavailable Weight for The handmaid's tale -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910 BookThe collected poems of Langston Hughes By: Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 Call Number: 811.52/HUGHES,LUnavailable Weight for The collected poems of Langston Hughes -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910 BookThe bluest eye By: Morrison, Toni Call Number: FICTION/MORRISON,TAll Copies Checked Out Weight for The bluest eye -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910 BookBanned together : our fight for readers' rights Call Number: TEEN NEW FICTION/BANNEDAvailable Weight for Banned together : our fight for readers' rights -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910 BookSurvival is a promise : the eternal life of Audre Lorde By: Gumbs, Alexis Pauline, 1982- Call Number: BIOGRAPHY/LORDE,AAll Copies Checked Out Weight for Survival is a promise : the eternal life of Audre Lorde -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910 BookThe legacy of Black women in librarianship : when they dared to be powerful Call Number: NEW 020.9252/LEGACYAll Copies Checked Out Weight for The legacy of Black women in librarianship : when they dared to be powerful -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910 BookThe color purple By: Walker, Alice, 1944- Call Number: FICTION/WALKER,AAll Copies Checked Out Weight for The color purple -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891021 BookAnti-intellectualism in American life : The paranoid style in American politics : Uncollected essays, 1956-1965 By: Hofstadter, Richard, 1916-1970, Call Number: 320.973/HOFSTADTER,RAll Copies Checked Out Weight for Anti-intellectualism in American life : The paranoid style in American politics : Uncollected essays, 1956-1965 -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910 Fun home : a family tragicomic By: Bechdel, Alison, 1960- Call Number: DISPLAY/INFLUENCER/DEGALAAvailable Weight for Fun home : a family tragicomic -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1012345678910 BookSelf-censorship By: Loury, Glenn C., Place Hold To Trigger Order Weight for Self-censorship -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891014 eAudiobookRainbow warrior : my life in color [eAudiobook - hoopla] By: Baker, Gilbert Place Hold To Trigger Order Weight for Rainbow warrior : my life in color [eAudiobook - hoopla] -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891012 BookNickel and dimed : on (not) getting by in America By: Ehrenreich, Barbara Call Number: 305.569/EHRENREICH,BPlace Hold To Trigger Order Weight for Nickel and dimed : on (not) getting by in America -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891013 BookWe are free to change the world : Hannah Arendt's lessons in love and disobedience By: Stonebridge, Lyndsey, 1965- Call Number: 320.53/STONEBRIDGE,LAvailable Weight for We are free to change the world : Hannah Arendt's lessons in love and disobedience -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891015 BookRead until you understand : the profound wisdom of Black life and literature By: Griffin, Farah Jasmine, Call Number: 810.989607/GRIFFIN,FAvailable Weight for Read until you understand : the profound wisdom of Black life and literature -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891016 BookI know why the caged bird sings By: Angelou, Maya Call Number: MEMOIR/ANGELOU,MAll Copies Checked Out Weight for I know why the caged bird sings -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891017 Maus l : a survivor's tale, My father bleeds history By: Spiegelman, Art Call Number: GN/NONFICTION/SPIEGELMAN,AAvailable Weight for Maus l : a survivor's tale, My father bleeds history -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891018 eAudiobookThe kite runner [eAudiobook - Cloud Library] By: Hosseini, Khaled All Copies Checked Out Weight for The kite runner [eAudiobook - Cloud Library] -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891019 BookThat librarian : the fight against book banning in America By: Jones, Amanda (Librarian), Call Number: 025.213/JONES,AAvailable Weight for That librarian : the fight against book banning in America -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891020 BookAll boys aren't blue : a memoir-manifesto By: Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985- Call Number: TEEN/306.7662/JOHNSON,GAvailable Weight for All boys aren't blue : a memoir-manifesto -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891022 BookThe freaks came out to write : the definitive history of the Village Voice, the radical paper that changed American culture By: Romano, Tricia, Call Number: 071.471/ROMANO,TAvailable Weight for The freaks came out to write : the definitive history of the Village Voice, the radical paper that changed American culture -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891023 BookSeven dirty words : the life and crimes of George Carlin By: Sullivan, James, 1965 November 7- Call Number: BIOGRAPHY/CARLIN,GAll Copies Checked Out Weight for Seven dirty words : the life and crimes of George Carlin -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891024 BookThis book is gay By: Dawson, Juno, Call Number: TEEN/306.766/DAWSON,JAvailable Weight for This book is gay -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891025 BookA queer history of the United States By: Bronski, Michael Call Number: 306.766/BRONSKI,MAvailable Weight for A queer history of the United States -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891026 eAudiobookThe book of pride : LGBTQ heroes who changed the world [eAudiobook - hoopla] By: Funk, Mason, Available Weight for The book of pride : LGBTQ heroes who changed the world [eAudiobook - hoopla] -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891027 BookRead dangerously : the subversive power of literature in troubled times By: Nafisi, Azar, Call Number: 809.933581/NAFISI,AAvailable Weight for Read dangerously : the subversive power of literature in troubled times -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891028 BookDangerous fictions : the fear of fantasy and the invention of reality By: Gold, Lyta, Call Number: 174.98/GOLD,LAvailable Weight for Dangerous fictions : the fear of fantasy and the invention of reality -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891029 BookThey came for the schools : one town's fight over race and identity, and the new war for America's classrooms By: Hixenbaugh, Mike (Journalist), Call Number: 370.976453/HIXENBAUGH,MAvailable Weight for They came for the schools : one town's fight over race and identity, and the new war for America's classrooms -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891030 BookOn censorship : a public librarian examines cancel culture in the US By: LaRue, James, 1954- Call Number: 025.213/LARUE,JAll Copies Checked Out Weight for On censorship : a public librarian examines cancel culture in the US -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-101234567891031
