The Banned & Challenged Books Library

Books

A library of challenged & banned books

• Banned & Challenged Books by School System
  
• Literature suppresed on political grounds
  
• Literature suppressed on sexual grounds
  
• Mat Su Valley: Banned Book Challenge
  
• Read the Books That Schools Want to Ban: Featured in The Atlantic
  
• Challenged in Texas
  
• Top 10 Most Challenged Books Lists
  
• ALA page about banned books week with many ALA links
  
• 1997 ALA Banned book resource guide
  
• The Internet Archive's Collection of Banned Books

Resources

• Wikipedia list of banned books
  
• Searchable database of 50,000 censored works maintained by National Library of Norway. Contributed by Nicholas Bennyhoff.
  
• PEN America's Index of School Book Bans
  
• Canadian resources & bibliographies of challenged books. Contributed by Laura Master.
  
• Banned Books in Cuba. Contributed by From Simon.
  
• The Forbidden Library: Banned and Challenged Books
  
• Syracuse University banned books bibliography
  
• Books Unbanned by Brooklyn Public Library (US teens and young adults can apply for a free library card)