Banned Books
A page to commemorate Banned Books Week at Rutgers.
Buttons in Chang Library. Designed by Roselyn Riley-Ryan
- Top Most Challenged Books in 2022List of most frequently challenged books out of the record 2,571 unique titles targeted for censorship in 2022.
- Book Challenges Nearly Doubled From 2021Press release: American Library Association reports record number of demands to censor library books and materials in 2022.
- Top Most Challenged Books ArchiveLists of the most frequently challenged books in the past years.
Visit our Exhibits in NBL Libraries: Carr, Douglass, and Chang
- Banned Books Week 2023 in Carr LibraryExhibit in the Recreational Reading area in Carr Library, with infographics, matching books and posters recommending them. The collection itself is the home of many titles often challenged or banned elsewhere.
- Banned Books Week 2023 in Chang LibraryA small exhibit featuring books and infographics inside the library in two display cases.
- Banned Books Week 2023 in Douglass LibraryThe exhibit on the first floor in Douglass Library turned students’ existing mini-posters on display from Fall 2022 into a Banned Books Week exhibit.
- Banned Books Students Read (2019-2022)An online collection of mini-posters recommending banned books SEBS students created as part of their library instruction class assignment, without a special focus or mentioning book bans, in 2019-2022. These posters served as the foundation of several exhibits in four libraries (Art, Carr, Chang, and Douglass) over time.
Censorship by the Numbers
