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And Tango Makes Three (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.36 — 14,408 ratings — published 2005
The Giving Tree (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,267,845 ratings — published 1964
I Hate My Bow! (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 2.42 — 316 ratings — published 1996
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 3.87 — 984,057 ratings — published 1955
Heather Has Two Mommies (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 3.95 — 2,062 ratings — published 1989
Love You Forever (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.38 — 251,039 ratings — published 1986
Daddy's Roommate (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 3.61 — 650 ratings — published 1990
Walter the Farting Dog (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,912 ratings — published 2001
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 3.71 — 3,331,269 ratings — published 1954
The Satanic Verses (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.71 — 73,834 ratings — published 1988
Bridge to Terabithia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 4.07 — 605,765 ratings — published 1977
The Giver (Giver, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,915,639 ratings — published 1993
American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 3.80 — 384,819 ratings — published 1991
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 2,968,462 ratings — published 1937
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,039,366 ratings — published 2007
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,082,763 ratings — published 1999
If I Ran the Zoo (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 3.83 — 11,452 ratings — published 1950
Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 3.50 — 142,984 ratings — published 1928
Where Willy Went (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 3.99 — 523 ratings — published 2004
There's a Hair in My Dirt!: A Worm's Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,959 ratings — published 1998
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,028,212 ratings — published 1951
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,152,498 ratings — published 1960
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 4.28 — 775,961 ratings — published 1982
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 3.95 — 261,456 ratings — published 1970
The Lorax (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 4.35 — 377,738 ratings — published 1971
In the Night Kitchen (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 3.99 — 19,247 ratings — published 1970
The Sissy Duckling (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 3.95 — 647 ratings — published 2002
Where the Wild Things Are (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,091,895 ratings — published 1963
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 4.20 — 798,119 ratings — published 1962
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,592,412 ratings — published 2003
The 120 Days of Sodom: A Classic of Extreme French Literature (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 3.04 — 15,758 ratings — published 1785
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Scary Stories, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 4.06 — 74,578 ratings — published 1981
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 3.97 — 3,011,908 ratings — published 1963
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,805,398 ratings — published 1949
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,881,569 ratings — published 1997
The Chocolate War (Chocolate War, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 3.49 — 47,581 ratings — published 1974
It's a Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 4.23 — 10,251 ratings — published 2010
Tampa (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 3.33 — 63,844 ratings — published 2013
King & King (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 3.78 — 1,457 ratings — published 2000
The Adventures of Captain Underpants (Captain Underpants, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 4.05 — 61,151 ratings — published 1997
My Princess Boy (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,471 ratings — published 2009
The Story of Little Black Sambo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,730 ratings — published 1899
The Witches (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 4.18 — 439,372 ratings — published 1983
The Communist Manifesto (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 3.70 — 211,552 ratings — published 1848
Tropic of Cancer (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.65 — 80,374 ratings — published 1934
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 3.92 — 247,844 ratings — published 1852
Ulysses (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.76 — 142,225 ratings — published 1922
Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 3.67 — 2,935,369 ratings — published 2011
Beneath a Meth Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 3.70 — 4,672 ratings — published 2012
The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as controversial-books)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,700,226 ratings — published 1967
