Going to the American Library Association’s website and you are immediately confronted with “Banned Books Week – September 22-28 – it says the ALA documented 4,240 unique book titles targeted for censorship in 2023—a 65% surge over 2022 numbers—as well as 1,247 demands to censor library books, materials, and resources. Pressure groups focused on public libraries in addition to targeting school libraries. The number of titles targeted for censorship at public libraries increased by 92% over the previous year, accounting for about 46% of all book challenges in 2023. There must be a lot of folks out there burning books, but just how do they define “banned books”?