My first thought is who is doing the banning?
Why is it being banned?

Fastest way to get me to read a book!

Banning/barring/blocking words doesn't make them go away.

Prohibition didn't get rid of alcohol, book banning doesn't get rid of idea.

Freedom of speech anyone?

I have been in agreement with the ALA's position on banning books for many years: no books should be banned.

I think it's a terrible practice.

Books should not be banned, not even if I disagree with what is written in them. Censorship is not okay.

Shocking

I try to read them first.

What color are the bands?

Authoritarian governments that ban books are an abomination.

Why is the book banned? That's a question that has to be asked.

I have a lanyard that reads “I’m with the Banned” a play on banned books and band as in music.

Banned books are the best books.

Censorship sucks and is totally wrong. No matter who is doing it, or why.

This book is bad for you. Says the person who has read it.

When dictators take over , the first thing they do , is burn books and dispose of the educated people . Admittedly , there are books that are so very ugly , that I do wish they were burned . On the hand , I think some instances , banning a specific book , only makes them more tempting to some readers . There are some books which , in another period of time , were banned , but which are now on the required reading lists . in some schools and colleges . I believe , "To Kill a Mocking Bird , " fit that last bit , and it was about a trial in the deep south . In some periods of time , it was the Catholic Church that published lists of banned books . As strange as it may seem , for a long period of time , the Bible was not written in a language the parrishners understood . Of course , these days , information is broadcast over the internet , and some of what is routinely published electronically , can be terrorists orientated , and threatens life , as we know it .

I can freely read the Bible, Das Capital, and Mein Kampf. These three have arguably caused more grief for humanity than any other three texts.
In light of that banning anything else seems trivial.

I remember reading a true story about a book that was banned 'The sorrows of young Werther' in l775 .The hero kills himself due to unrequited love and it set off a chain reaction in real life of young men reading it and copycatting -

Knowledge is power. Banning books? That's fucking ridiculous.

When it comes to freedom of speech and self-expression, books are the written form of these things...and should not be held back from public access.

I make a point to try to read books that were or are banned. Most of the time I wonder "Whay was the big deal?"

Banning books is a key tenet of an undemocratic political system.

Ya know, I had an issue with this.... a friend of mine in the military asked me to get him copies of Clive Barker's "Books of Blood" for him. I found volumes 1-3 for hit pretty quickly.. I had heard of Clive Barker some, and a little bit about BoB series.
... I started reading one of the books.... I was absolutely horrifed- not in a good way- it was absolutely horror/torture/gore PORN. I was digusted.
My conclusion? Shake it off (which I knew wouldn't be immediate, but...), and stop reading it. The end.
One of my early issues realizing "the other side" didn't think the samy way I did. That horrified me more than the gore-smut I read.