Every day, around the world - even in the US - people try to ban books. Not just "trashy" ones, either; the list includes classics like "Huck Finn" and "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings." 

In order to raise awareness and fight for the right to read, the ALA celebrates "Banned Books Week" each September, when they work together with the literary community to promote the very books which have been challenged.

We are deeply passionate about Banned Books Week, and we keep our display up 365 days a year in order to help raise awareness of this threat that still exist in the word. It may seem like a crazy story from a dystopian novel, or a historical oddity from the dark ages... but censorship is REAL. Fight for the right to read! Devour a banned book today!

For more details check out the American Library Association's Challenged and Banned Books List, the List of Books Banned By Governments on Wikipedia, or the ALA's lists of most frequently challenged books of the 1990's and most frequently challenged books of the 2000's.