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Banned Books Week, September 22-28


Showing our support for open access to information and everyone’s right to tell their stories is at the heart of what we do, so it's no surprise that we love Banned Books Week. Stop by all month for information, special blog features, staff recommendations, and more.

Featured Photos

  • Banned Books store display in the Blue Room
  • Banned Book close up
  • Banned Books Cedar Hills display
  • Banned Books Rose Room display

Featured Posts

Banned Books Week: From the Writers' Room

"We’ve reached into our archives to reexamine the words of the many banned authors who have graced the Powell’s blog."
Banned Books Week: Challenging Reads

"Considering the books that push our buttons."
On Being Banned: Authors Speak Out

"Thoughtful, candid responses to the predicament of publishing a book and then being told no one should read it."
5 Reasons Books Are Banned

"The reasons for censoring material are consistent, and generally boil down to some combination of the following five."
Banned Books Week: A History

"We believe in the power of language to illuminate and explicate challenging ideas and realities."

Banned Books Week

    The Hate U Give

    The Hate U Give

    Angie Thomas
    Slaughterhouse Five Or the Childrens Crusade a Duty Dance with Death

    Slaughterhouse Five Or the Childrens Crusade a Duty Dance with Death

    Kurt Vonnegut
    1984

    1984

    George Orwell
    The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

    The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

    Michelle Alexander
    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #1)

    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #1)

    J.K. Rowling
    The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

    The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

    Junot Diaz
    The Left Hand of Darkness

    The Left Hand of Darkness

    Ursula K Le Guin
    I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

    I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

    Maya Angelou
    Hunger Games 01

    Hunger Games 01

    Suzanne Collins
    Drama

    Drama

    Raina Telgemeier
    Kite Runner

    Kite Runner

    Khaled Hosseini
    Giver

    Giver

    Lois Lowry
    Saga Volume 1

    Saga Volume 1

    Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples
    Fahrenheit 451

    Fahrenheit 451

    Bradbury, Ray
    Looking for Alaska

    Looking for Alaska

    Green, John
    Norwegian Wood

    Norwegian Wood

    Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin
    Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

    Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

    Dave Eggers
    Things Fall Apart

    Things Fall Apart

    Chinua Achebe
    Cats Cradle

    Cats Cradle

    Kurt Vonnegut
    The Catcher in the Rye

    The Catcher in the Rye

    J D Salinger
    Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

    Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

    Barack Obama
    Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

    Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

    Marjane Satrapi
    Choke

    Choke

    Chuck Palahniuk
    All American Boys

    All American Boys

    Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
    To Kill a Mockingbird

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    Harper Lee
    A Clockwork Orange

    A Clockwork Orange

    Anthony Burgess
    To Kill a Mockingbird

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    Lee, Harper
    Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

    Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

    Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell
    Habibi

    Habibi

    Craig Thompson
    Brave New World

    Brave New World

    Aldous Huxley
    Fight Club

    Fight Club

    Chuck Palahniuk
    Holes

    Holes

    Sachar, Louis
    The Complete Persepolis

    The Complete Persepolis

    Marjane Satrapi
    His Dark Materials 01 Golden Compass

    His Dark Materials 01 Golden Compass

    Philip Pullman
    Outsiders

    Outsiders

    S E Hinton
    This One Summer

    This One Summer

    Jillian Tamaki
    Neverwhere: Authors Preferred Text

    Neverwhere: Authors Preferred Text

    Neil Gaiman
    The Miseducation of Cameron Post

    The Miseducation of Cameron Post

    Emily M. Danforth
    Harry Potter 01 & the Sorcerers Stone 20th anniversary edition

    Harry Potter 01 & the Sorcerers Stone 20th anniversary edition

    J K Rowling, Brian Selznick, Mary GrandPre
    Bartimaeus Trilogy 01 Amulet of Samarkand

    Bartimaeus Trilogy 01 Amulet of Samarkand

    Jonathan Stroud
    Atonement

    Atonement

    Ian McEwan
    Little Brother

    Little Brother

    Doctorow, Cory
    Giver 01

    Giver 01

    Lois Lowry
    American Psycho

    American Psycho

    Bret Easton Ellis
    The Master and Margarita

    The Master and Margarita

    Mikhail Bulgakov
    Carrie

    Carrie

    Stephen King
    The Left Hand of Darkness

    The Left Hand of Darkness

    Ursula K Le Guin
    Its Perfectly Normal Changing Bodies Growing Up Sex & Sexual Health

    Its Perfectly Normal Changing Bodies Growing Up Sex & Sexual Health

    Robie H Harris, Michael Emberley
    Catch 22 50th Anniversary Edition

    Catch 22 50th Anniversary Edition

    Joseph Heller
    Lovely Bones

    Lovely Bones

    Alice Sebold
    The Namesake

    The Namesake

    Jhumpa Lahiri
    If Beale Street Could Talk

    If Beale Street Could Talk

    James Baldwin
    Naked Lunch

    Naked Lunch

    William S. Burroughs
    Flowers for Algernon

    Flowers for Algernon

    Daniel Keyes
    Satanic Verses

    Satanic Verses

    Salman Rushdie
    The Color Purple

    The Color Purple

    Alice Walker
    The Stand

    The Stand

    Stephen King
    Cujo

    Cujo

    Stephen King
    Sex is a Funny Word A Book about Bodies Relationships & YOU

    Sex is a Funny Word A Book about Bodies Relationships & YOU

    Cory Silverberg, Fiona Smyth
    The Autobiography of Malcolm X (As Told to Alex Haley)

    The Autobiography of Malcolm X (As Told to Alex Haley)

    Malcolm X
    Ender's Game: Ender Wiggin Saga 1

    Ender's Game: Ender Wiggin Saga 1

    Orson Scott Card
    A Lesson Before Dying

    A Lesson Before Dying

    Ernest J. Gaines
    Bridge To Terabithia

    Bridge To Terabithia

    Katherine Paterson
    And Tango Makes Three

    And Tango Makes Three

    Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell, Henry Cole
    Ulysses Complete & Unabridged As Corrected & Reset in 1961

    Ulysses Complete & Unabridged As Corrected & Reset in 1961

    James Joyce
    Battle Royale Remastered

    Battle Royale Remastered

    Koushun Takami
    Their Eyes Were Watching God

    Their Eyes Were Watching God

    Zora Neale Hurston
    In The Night Kitchen

    In The Night Kitchen

    Maurice Sendak
    Second Sex

    Second Sex

    Simone de Beauvoir
    Last Exit To Brooklyn

    Last Exit To Brooklyn

    Hubert Selby
    Naked Lunch

    Naked Lunch

    William S Burroughs, James Grauerholz, Barry Miles
    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass

    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass

    Carroll, Lewis
    Georgia Nicolson 01 Angus Thongs & Full Frontal Snogging

    Georgia Nicolson 01 Angus Thongs & Full Frontal Snogging

    Louise Rennison
    Mexican Whiteboy

    Mexican Whiteboy

    Matt De La Pena
    Beyond Magenta Transgender Teens Speak Out

    Beyond Magenta Transgender Teens Speak Out

    Kuklin, Susan
    Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

    Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

    Dee Brown
    Fallen Angels

    Fallen Angels

    Walter Dean Myers
    I Am Jazz

    I Am Jazz

    Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings and Shelagh McNicholas
    Bless Me, Ultima

    Bless Me, Ultima

    Rudolfo Anaya
    Push

    Push

    Sapphire
    Call of the Wild White Fang & Other Stories

    Call of the Wild White Fang & Other Stories

    Jack London
    The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq

    The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq

    Jeanette Winter
    Rainbow 01 Rainbow Boys

    Rainbow 01 Rainbow Boys

    Alex Sanchez
    Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan

    Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan

    Jeanette Winter
    Death and The Maiden

    Death and The Maiden

    Ariel Dorfman
    Manchild in the Promised Land

    Manchild in the Promised Land

    Claude Brown
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