Read a Banned Book

Banned Books Week is celebrated annually the last week of September. As librarians, we not only celebrate but are champions of the importance of the first amendment and free and open access to all information. “Banned Books Week stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints for all who wish to read and access them.” If your book group is looking for their next title, how about choosing a title that has appeared on a banned book list? Here are some banned books titles we have in our book club collection. Please contact us or fill out a form to reserve a kit. All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren; 12 copies (NEW to the collection) As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner; 9 copies Chocolate War by Robert Cormier; 15 copies The Color Purple by Alice Walker; 3 copies Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury; 25 copies Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood; 15 copies The Harry Potter Series (we have books 1-4); 15 copies of each A Light in August by William Faulkner; 9 copies My Antonia by Willa Cather; 11 copies O Pioneers!  by Willa Cather; 15  copies Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet; 9 copies