Banned Books

A banned book is one that has been removed from the shelves of a library, bookstore, or classroom because of its controversial content. In some cases, banned books of the past have been burned and/or refused publication. Possession of banned books has at times been regarded as an act of treason or heresy, which was punishable by death, torture, prison time, or other acts of retribution.

Since there is a large number of banned books, some publishers have specialized in them.

Books are still banned in the 2010s. Nowhere in the world can everything be published, although the prohibitions vary str
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New Releases Tagged "Banned Books"

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The CIA Book Club: The Secret Mission to Win the Cold War with Forbidden Literature
Wake Now in the Fire: A Graphic Novel
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
Attack of the Black Rectangles
The Story of My Anger
Dear Manny
The Kindest Red (The Proudest Blue #2)
Ponyboy
Jacob's School Play: Starring He, She, and They (Jacob Stories)
Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race
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Banned Books, Burned Books: Forbidden Literary Works
The Artivist
Different Kinds of Fruit
To Kill a Mockingbird
1984
The Handmaid's Tale
Fahrenheit 451
The Catcher in the Rye
Animal Farm
The Bluest Eye
Of Mice and Men
Brave New World
Lord of the Flies
The Color Purple
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
Beloved
The Hate U Give
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21 books — 24 voters
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106 books — 27 voters


Art Spiegelman
Keep your nose in a book – and keep other people's noses out of which books you choose to stick your nose into! ...more
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D.H. Lawrence
They lived freely among the students, they argued with the men over philosophical, sociological and artistic matters, they were just as good as the men themselves: only better, since they were women.
D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover

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