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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Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future
The CIA Book Club: The Secret Mission to Win the Cold War with Forbidden Literature
One of the Boys
Dear Manny (Dear Martin, #3)
Ponyboy
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
Answers in the Pages
Wake Now in the Fire: A Graphic Novel
Stamped from the Beginning [Graphic Edition]: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America
The Story of My Anger
No Rules Tonight: A Graphic Novel
Obie Is Man Enough
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy
Different Kinds of Fruit
Banned Books: The World's Most Controversial Books, Past and Present
To Kill a Mockingbird
1984
The Handmaid's Tale
Fahrenheit 451
The Catcher in the Rye
Animal Farm
The Bluest Eye
Brave New World
Of Mice and Men
Lord of the Flies
The Color Purple
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Giver (Giver, #1)
Beloved
The Kite Runner
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Banned Book Week
69 books — 20 voters
The House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosThe Tempest by William ShakespeareZoot Suit and Other Plays by Luis ValdezA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnBorderlands/La Frontera, the 1st Edition by Gloria E. Anzaldúa
Arizona Banned Books List
85 books — 18 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingAnimal Farm by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
The Most Frequently Challenged Books
243 books — 139 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienA Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Banned & Challenged Classics
106 books — 27 voters

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueBambi by Felix SaltenThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Books Banned by Nazis
102 books — 32 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
Books I Am Going to Hell For Reading
375 books — 414 voters


John F. Kennedy
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries. These libraries should be open to all—except the censor. We must know all the facts and hear all the alternatives and listen to all the criticisms. Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors. For the Bill of Rights is the guardian of our security as well as our liberty. [Response to questionnaire in Sa ...more
John F. Kennedy

Chris Crutcher
You have to be mad in the language you're mad in. ...more
Chris Crutcher, Angry Management

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