“These book challenges are happening in every corner of CT, and what I’m most concerned about is the quiet censorship that doesn’t make it into the news.” - Sam Lee, co-chair of the Intellectual Freedom Committee at the Connecticut Library Association.

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This #BannedBooksWeek, we're also celebrating National Voter Education Week! Voters count on America’s Libraries to prepare for elections and get #ReaderVoterReady. Learn more and find resources for your library: ala.org/readervoterready

ALA stands with library workers, readers, and communities working to keep books available. Our work helps ensure everyone can seek information and make their own reading choices. Your gift makes that work possible.

Helps us protect the freedom to read at ala.org/protect.

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Author Jason Reynolds didn't spend much time in libraries as a child, but as an adult he found an anchoring point in them.

Reynolds is the author of many award-winning titles. Two of his books appear on ALA's list of the Top 150 Most Challenged Books https://bit.ly/4jJJxiQ

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Don't miss ALA Pres. Maria McCauley on the Project Censored Show! Tune in: https://www.projectcensored.org/banned-books-week-2026-let-books-be/

And to celebrate #BannedBooksWeek, Project Censored has a new round-up of news, tools, & more: https://www.projectcensored.org/make-america-read-again/

LET BOOKS BE LEGAL! Pay attention to what's happening in your community and TAKE ACTION! Make sure your support for the right to read can’t be ignored!

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ALA tracks attempts to ban or censor books in libraries and schools by compiling reports from library workers and media coverage to identify censorship trends and the books challenged most frequently.

Here are the Top 11 Most Challenged Books from 2025. Learn more: ala.org/top10.

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"Every one of us deserves the right to explore ideas, to question them, and to decide which stories shape who we become."

We are humbled by the wisdom of #BannedBooksWeek Youth Honorary Chair Azeemah Sadiq! #LetBooksBe

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Award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson shares one of her earliest memories of the library.

Woodson's books have earned many accolades, and they've also been challenged by censors. ALA has tracked attempts to remove or restrict 18 of her titles in U.S. libraries and schools.

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Behind each banned or challenged title is an author being professionally—and sometimes personally—targeted for the stories they've chosen to share.

For #BannedBooksWeek, @amlibraries.bsky.social spoke with five authors about their experiences.

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Beloved author Judy Blume thanks librarians for helping kids feel less alone.

Blume's books have been challenged in libraries and schools for decades. "Forever" was listed at #21 of our list of the Top 150 Most Challenged Books since ALA began tracking book bans: https://bit.ly/4jJJxiQ

"Book bans are against liberty. And as a proud mom for literacy I am here to support marginalized voices and making sure kids have the right to read." We are delighted to have Bess Kalb join us as an honorary chair for #BannedBooksWeek!

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It's #BannedBooksWeek! Keep checking @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social & @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social for all the latest happenings, including our FREE workshop on 10/8 with three sessions feat. @iamgmjohnson.bsky.social, @tonyweaverjr.bsky.social, #PatriciaMcCormick, and #BessKalb! RSVP: bit.ly/4hoKtX5

Author, advocate, and former @ala-booklist.bsky.social staff member John Green wishes ALA a happy 150th!

Green's books have been frequently challenged in libraries and schools. His book "Looking for Alaska" was tied at #8 on our Top 10 Most Challenged Books list for 2025.

#ALA150 #BannedBooksWeek

This year’s #BannedBooksWeek coincides with ALA’s official 150th anniversary. To mark the occasion, ALA has released a list of the 150 most challenged books documented from 1990, when ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom began tracking book challenges, through 2025.

ala150.org/150books

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proclaimed today, October 6, as American Library Association Day in Chicago in recognition of ALA's direct positive impact on libraries in Chicago and nationwide.

Thank you, Chicago, from your neighbors at ALA.

Read the full proclamation: https://bit.ly/4hxwsYL

Today (October 6) at 5:00 PM CT!
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Join #BannedBooksWeek Honorary Chair Tony Weaver, Jr. and 2026 Youth Honorary Chairs for a conversation about how censorship affects young people and why their voices matter in the fight for the freedom to read.
Find more Banned Books Week events:
www.ala.org/bbooks/events

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