Challenged / Banned Books
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What is the novel's history of being banned or challenged?
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American Library Association Resources of Interest
The Banned Books Week pages on the ALA website offer many ways to look at the challenge data that has been collection.
Challenged Classics (with reasons)
The classics in the Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th century, with challenge reports from the 2010 edition of "Banned Books."Frequently Challenged Books
Most current top ten, with links to statistical analyses and subsets.
Other Websites
Banned Books Week
The Banned Books Week Coalition is a national alliance of diverse organizations joined by a commitment to increase awareness of the annual celebration of the freedom to read. The Coalition seeks to engage various communities and inspire participation in Banned Books Week through education, advocacy, and the creation of programming about the problem of book censorship.Books Challenged or Banned in 2014-2015
A bibliography representing books challenged, restricted, removed, or banned in 2014 and 2015 as reported in the Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom from May 2014 to March 2015 and in American Libraries Direct (AL Direct), by Robert P. Doyle.
The First Amendment
Impact of the First Amendment
In the United States, the right to read is protected by the First Amendment. In a free society, the author and reader are protected.
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