Ala Banned Books Week 2024. Every year, the ala holds banned books week as a way to condemn censorship, defend each person’s right to read and freely express ideas. Overall, the number of individual titles.

The event brings together librarians, teachers, booksellers, writers, journalists and readers across the united states in support of intellectual freedom. Because many book challenges are not reported to ala or covered by the press, the data compiled by ala represents a snapshot of book censorship.