Hello bibliophiles! Last week, my local public library announced that it was read a banned book week. I didn’t know that such a thing in existence before last week. I was preoccupied with a recent book review, so I could not read a banned book from my library’s banned book list while it was current. You may have missed it as well or may not have known about it. I went to my local library’s website today wanting to find the list of the banned books, but the library had already removed it.
I found the website, www.bannedbooksweek.org. According to the website, Banned Books Week was scheduled for September 24, 2017 to September 30, 2017. Realistically, I think there should be a Banned Books Month. A month would allow public libraries to build an entire month of activities, contests, raffles, or lectures around freedom of thought and expression. Busy bibliophiles are going to want to read those banned books, but it may take a month to read through one. After all, the public library normally lends books out for 21 days. How can anyone expect you to read through a banned book or any lengthy book within seven days in observance of Banned Books Week?
When you click the word, About, a top ten list of banned books for 2016 appears in the content. If you click on Censorship, you will find the link for Banned Books That Shaped America. Now that I have found the website for Banned Books Week, I see that I have already read a few of the Banned Books That Shaped America as a part of my assigned readings in high school and college. Then, I noticed some of the books on my local library’s list weren’t found on this list. While on this same page, if you click on the word, timeline, you will be directed to an American Library Association website. There, you will find more banned or challenged books to choose from. When I clicked on Classics, I saw a few of the books that my local library suggested for Banned Books Week.
So, I missed Banned Books Week. Maybe you did, too. However, we can peruse the lists at our convenience to find classic or controversial books to read by ourselves and/or discuss with others. I have included links below for you to find books to read. You may be familiar with some classic book titles that you have heard of in history textbooks or maybe you were assigned a few of the titles as an elementary school student, a high school student, or a college student.
Let’s not feel limited by a week. Let’s read the books we’ve always wanted to read on our own time and at our own convenience.
Happy reading.
Links:
Banned Books Week’s Top Ten List of Books for 2016
Banned Books That Shaped America
American Library Association’s Frequently Challenged Books
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