Banned Books Week 2024
We invite readers, authors, educators, librarians, and everyone who opposes censorship to get involved during Banned Books Week 2024.
Book bans are on the rise in classrooms and libraries across the country. PEN America champions the freedom to read. We invite readers, authors, educators, librarians, and everyone who opposes censorship to get involved during Banned Books Week 2024. Learn more about PEN America’s groundbreaking research, this year’s events, and how you can take action!
Following trends from previous years in which books were targeted for including diverse perspectives, book bans from the 2023-2024 school year overwhelmingly featured stories with people or characters of color and/or LGBTQ+ people. We also observed how cases of book bans increasingly target stories by and about women and girls and/or that include depictions of rape or sexual abuse.
This election season, join writers, journalists, artists, and educators across America and pledge to stand up to book bans and educational censorship, fight disinformation, and defend journalists.
