Join the DePaul University Library for our annual Banned Books Week event! City Lit Theater will perform dramatic readings from the Top 10 most frequently challenged and banned books of 2025.
Tuesday, October 6
6-8PM
DePaul Theatre School Lobby
2350 N. Racine Avenue
Light refreshments will be provided. This event is co-sponsored by the DePaul University Library, The Theatre School, The Women’s Center and the LGBTQ Studies Program.
Banned Books Week is an annual event dedicated to raising awareness about book bans and challenges and celebrating our freedom to read. Take a look at this year’s list of Most Challenged Books compiled annually by the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom in order to inform the public about censorship in libraries and schools:
Top 11 Most Challenged Books of 2025
Sold by Patricia McCormick
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Tricks by Ellen Hopkins
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Identical by Ellen Hopkins
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Storm and Fury by Jennifer L. Armentrout
