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Banned Book Week: September 22 – September 28, 2024

Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2023-2024

  1. Gender Queer by Mai Kobabe
  2. All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
  3. This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson
  4. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
  5. Flamer by Mike Curato
  6. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
  7. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
  8. Tricks by Ellen Hopkins
  9. Let’s Talk About It by Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan
  10. Sold by Patricia McCormick

General Information

Marshall University does not ban books! The information is provided to let people know what has been banned/challenged elsewhere.

From September 22 – 28, 2024, the Marshall University Libraries will be observing Banned Book Week with a display in the Drinko Library and an updated website. The theme this year is “Freed Between the Lines!”

Visit the website or stop by the display on the first floor of Drinko to see what has been challenged or banned over the past year. Contact Ron Titus at 696-6575 or library@marshall.edu with questions.

Banned Books Week (BBW) celebrates the freedom to choose and the freedom to express one’s opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular, stressing the importance of ensuring the availability of those viewpoints to all who wish to read them. It is sponsored by the American Booksellers Association, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, the American Library Association (ALA), the Association of American Publishers, the American Society of Journalists and Authors and the National Association of College Stores. It is endorsed by the Library of Congress’ Center for the Book.

Material for this page was obtained from the American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom.

On These Books

A Banned book has been removed from a library, classroom, etc.
A Challenged book has been requested to be removed from a library, classroom, etc.

For additional information contact

Ron Titus, titus@marshall.edu
304-696-6575

Last updated

August 16, 2024