Censorship Is So 1984 -- Read for Your Rights! 

Celebrate banned books week and celebrate our right to read and the freedom to access ideas through books, comics, plays, art and more!  Since 1982, libraries have observed Banned Books Week to bring awareness to attempts to censor materials and ideas, while also encouraging readers to engage with these materials. This is done to help ensure our continued ability to have free and open access to information and promote our continued freedom to do so.

Take a look below at some of the most frequently challenged books and where they're being challenged, along with a curated list of ebooks available to download via Libby that you can checkout for yourself!

top 10 most challenged books of 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

censorship by the numbers number of unique titles challenged by year

 

 

 

 

 

 

censorship by the numbers where do challenges take place

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

censorship by the numbers who challenges books
Published by on October 05, 2025
Last Modified December 05, 2025