It’s Banned Book Week, and you can celebrate by reading a banned book and entering the Mizzou Libraries Reading Challenge! Click here for a list of banned book titles recommended by Dr. Sam Cohen, Associate Professor in the Department of English and author of Banning Books in American–Not a How-To.
Mizzou Libraries invites the campus community (students, staff, and faculty) to join our inaugural campus-wide Reading Challenge! This challenge runs from September 2026 to April 2027.
Read (or listen to) a book each month based on that month’s theme, tell us about it, and be entered into win one of our monthly prizes. Complete all 8 months to be entered in to the grand prize drawing.
Select this link to learn more about the Mizzou Libraries Reading Challenge.