{"id":3079,"date":"2022-09-22T20:48:12","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T20:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/?p=3079"},"modified":"2022-09-22T21:02:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T21:02:03","slug":"ui-libraries-favorite-banned-books-banned-books-week-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/2022\/09\/22\/ui-libraries-favorite-banned-books-banned-books-week-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"UI Libraries Favorite Banned Books | Banned Books Week 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-3084\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/files\/2022\/09\/bb2-1024x537.jpg\" alt=\"Bird flying out of cage says read a banned book\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/files\/2022\/09\/bb2-1024x537.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/files\/2022\/09\/bb2-300x157.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/files\/2022\/09\/bb2-768x403.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/files\/2022\/09\/bb2-640x335.jpg 640w, http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/files\/2022\/09\/bb2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Libraries respect everyone&#8217;s freedom to read what they choose. Staff across all University of Iowa Libraries selected some of their favorite banned books this year:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 68.0227%\" width=\"564\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\" width=\"324\">1984<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\" width=\"240\">George Orwell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">The 1619 Project<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Nicole Hannah-Jones<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Sherman Alexie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">The Autobiography of Malcolm X<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Malcolm X and Alex Haley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">120 Banned Books<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Nicholas J. Karolidas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">All American Boys<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Jason Reynolds &amp; Brendan Kiely<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">All Boys Aren&#8217;t Blue<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">George M. Johnson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">All Quiet on the Western Front<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Erich Maria Remarque<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">And Tango Makes Three<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">John Richardson and Peter Parnell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Louise Rennison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Barefoot Gen<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Keiji Nakazawa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">The Best Little Boy in the World<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Andrew Tobias<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Bless Me, Ultima<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Rudolfo Anaya<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Blood and Chocolate<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Annette Curtis Klause<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Bone (GN Series)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Jeff&nbsp; Smith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">The Book Thief<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Zusak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Books Under Fire<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Pat R. Scales<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Born a Crime<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Trevor Noah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Brave New World<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Aldous Huxley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Dee Brown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Captain Underpants<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Dav Pilkey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Carrie<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Stephen King<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Catch-22<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Joseph Heller<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Charlotte&#8217;s Web<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">E.B. White<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">The Chocolate War<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Robert Cormier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">The Color Purple<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Alice Walker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">The Curious Incident of the Dog in the night-time<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Mark Haddon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">The Diary of a Young Girl<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Anne Frank<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Drama<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Raina Telgemeier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Fahrenheit 451<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Ray Bradbury<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Forever<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Judy Blume<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Fun Home: A family tragicomic<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Alison Bechdel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">gender queer<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Maiai Kobabe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">George<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Alex Gino<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">The Giver<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Lois Lowry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">The Glass Castle: a memoir<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Jeannette Walls<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Go Tell It On the Mountain<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">James Baldwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">The Great Gatsby<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">F. Scott Fitzgerald<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">The Handmaid&#8217;s Tale<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Margaret Atwood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Harry Potter<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">J.K. Rowling<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">The Hate U Give<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Angie Thomas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">His Dark Materials<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Philip Pullman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">The House on Mango Street<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Sandra Cisneros<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">The Hunger Games<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Suzanne Collins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Maya Angelou<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Rebecca Skloot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">In Cold Blood<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Truman Capote<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">In the Dream House<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Carmen Maria Machado<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">In the Night Kitchen<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Maurice Sendak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Invisible Man<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Ralph Ellison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">James and the Giant Peach<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Roald Dahl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">To Kill a Mockingbird<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Harper Lee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">The Kite Runner<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Khaled Hosseini<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">A Light in the Attic<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Shel Silverstein<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Maus<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Art Spiegelman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Of Mice and Men<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">John Steinbeck<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Miss Peregrine&#8217;s Home for Peculiar Children<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Ransom Riggs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">The New Jim Crow<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Michelle Alexander<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Nickel and Dimed<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Barbara Ehrenreich<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Olive&#8217;s Ocean<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Kevin Henkes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Out of darkness<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Ashley Hope Perez<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">The Outsiders<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">S.E. Hinton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">A People&#8217;s History of the United States<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Howard Zinn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Persepolis<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Marjane Satrapi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Rainbow Boys<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Alex Sanchez<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">A Separate Peace<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">John Knowles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Sex is a Funny Word<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Cory Silverberg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Silent Spring<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Rachel Carson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Slaughterhouse Five<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Kurt Vonnegut<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Something Happened in our town<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Marianne Celano, et al<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Speak<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Laurie Halse Anderson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Jason Reynolds &amp; Ibram X. Kendi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Their Eyes Were Watching God<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Zora Neale Hurston<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">The Things They Carried<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Tim O&#8217;Brien<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Thirteen Reasons Why<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Jay Asher<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">This Day in June<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Gayle Pitman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Ulysses<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">James Joyce<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">What My Mother Doesn\u2019t Know<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Sonya Sones<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">When I was Puerto Rican<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Esmerelda Santiago<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Where the Wild Things Are<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Maurice Sendak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">A Wrinkle in Time<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Madeline L&#8217;Engle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">You Can&#8217;t Say that<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Leonard S. Marcus (editor)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.4908%\">Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 197.428%\">Greg Neri<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Libraries respect everyone&#8217;s freedom to read what they choose. 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