cownamedfred's "50 Banned Books Everyone Should Read"

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As long as there have been books, there have been people opposed to what is said in some of those books. Authors who challenge the accepted norms in their literature are often the target of angry people who do not understand or appreciate their literature. The following books are excellent examples of great literature that has become banned or challenged in an attempt to shield the public from what some see as inappropriate.

Source: onlinecollegedegree.org/2009/05/20/50-banned-books-that-everyone-should-read/

  1. 1.
    The Catcher in the Rye
    by J.D. Salinger

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  2. 2.
    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Puffin Classics)
    by Mark Twain

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  3. 3.
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    Forever by Judy Blume

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  4. 4.
    The Golden Compass
    by Philip Pullman

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  5. 6.
    Harry Potter Paperback Box Set #1-7
    by J.K. Rowling

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  6. 8.
    James and the Giant Peach
    by Roald Dahl

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  7. 9.
    And Tango Makes Three
    by Peter Parnell

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  8. 10.
    A Wrinkle in Time
    by Madeleine L'Engle

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  9. 11.
    The Chocolate War (Readers Circle)
    by Robert Cormier

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  10. 12.
    The Giver
    by Lois Lowry

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  11. 13.
    The Satanic Verses
    by Salman Rushdie

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  12. 14.
    A Prayer for Owen Meany
    by John IRVING

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  13. 15.
    The Grapes of Wrath (Penguin Classics)
    by John Steinbeck

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  14. 16.
    Uncle Tom's Cabin
    by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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  15. 17.
    The Lorax (Classic Seuss)
    by Dr. Seuss

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  16. 18.
    The Da Vinci Code
    by Dan Brown

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  17. 19.
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    Nineteen Eighty-Four
    by George Orwell

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  18. 20.
    Animal Farm: Centennial Edition
    by George Orwell

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  19. 21.
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    Gulliver’s Travels
    by Jonathan Swift

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  20. 22.
    Candide
    by Voltaire

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  22. 24.
    Tropic of Cancer
    by Henry Miller

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  23. 25.
    Fanny Hill
    by John Cleland

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  24. 26.
    Leaves of Grass (Oxford World's Classics)
    by Walt Whitman

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  25. 27.
    The Great Gatsby (Penguin Popular Classics)
    by F.Scott Fitzgerald

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  26. 28.
    Brave New World (P.S.)
    by Aldous Huxley

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  27. 29.
    The Kite Runner Illustrated Edition
    by Khaled Hosseini

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  28. 30.
    Flowers for Algernon
    by Daniel Keyes

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  29. 31.
    The Awakening
    by Kate Chopin

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  30. 32.
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    Madame Bovery
    by Flaubert

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  32. 35.
    Lolita (Everyman's Library (Cloth))
    by Vladimir Nabokov

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  33. 36.
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    by Harper Lee

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  34. 37.
    Of Mice and Men: (Centennial Edition)
    by John Steinbeck

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  35. 38.
    The Color Purple
    by Alice Walker

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  36. 39.
    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
    by Maya Angelou

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  37. 40.
    Little Women (Signet Classics)
    by Louisa May Alcott

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  38. 41.
    Catch 22
    by Joseph Heller

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  39. 42.
    Fahrenheit 451
    by Ray Bradbury

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  40. 43.
    Native Son (Perennial Classics)
    by Richard Wright

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  41. 44.
    Beloved (Everyman's Library)
    by Toni Morrison

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  42. 45.
    As I Lay Dying
    by William Faulkner

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  43. 46.
    One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
    by Ken Kesey

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  45. 48.
    In Cold Blood
    by Truman Capote

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  46. 49.
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    SLAUGHTER-HOUSE FIVE
    by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

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  47. 50.
    East of Eden (Oprah's Book Club)
    by John Steinbeck

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Created by cownamedfred on Sep 01, 2009.
 

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