by Samantha Totman
Banned Books Week is coming up! From September 18-24, we (along with libraries everywhere, the American Library Association, and other organizations) will be celebrating the freedom to read. Below you’ll find a list of the top 10 banned books of 2020 and 2021, as reported to the American Library Association. You can head to their website for more information about why they were banned, as well as the top 10 from previous years. We also have a display with more information and bookmarks in front of our Reference desk at the Library!
Children
Melissa by Alex Gino
Book | eBook | CD Audiobook | eAudiobook
Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard, illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin
Book | eAudiobook
Young Adult
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
Book
All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto by George M. Johnson
Book | eBook | CD Audiobook | eAudiobook
Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez
Book | eBook
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Book | Large Print | eBook | CD Audiobook | eAudiobook | Playaway
Movie DVD
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Book | Large Print | eBook | CD Audiobook
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
Book | eBook | CD Audiobook | eAudiobook
Movie DVD
This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson
Book | eBook | eAudiobook
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin
Book | eBook
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds
Book | Large Print | eBook | CD Audiobook | eAudiobook | Playaway
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
Book | eBook | CD Audiobook | eAudiobook
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Book | CD Audiobook | eAudiobook | Playaway
Movie DVD | Graphic Novel
Adult
Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
Book | Large Print | CD Audiobook
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Book | eBook | CD Audiobook | eAudiobook
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Book | Large Print | eBook | CD Audiobook | eAudiobook
Movie DVD
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Book | eBook | CD Audiobook | eAudiobook | Playaway
Movie DVD
Here are more statistics about banned books in 2021 from the American Library Association. You can view a larger PDF version here.
