Top Thirteen Banned Books of All Time
Reviews and Ratings - Top Thirteen
Written by Brainless_munkey   
Sunday, 11 January 2009 19:58

We challenge you to read as many of these as possible. Most of these are epic works and great reads and we need to make sure that future generations will have these. 

1. The Catcher in The Rye - J.D. Salinger
Why it is banned: Obscene, immoral, excessive vulgarity, sexual content

2. 1984 - George Orwell
Why it is banned: Anti-government themes, sexual content

3. The Lord of The Flies - William Golding
Why it is banned: Violence, profanity

4. Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
Why it is banned: Sexuality, profanity, violence

5. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
Why it is banned: Racism, profanity

6. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Why it is banned: Racism, profanity

7. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
Why it is banned: Racism, profanity, anti-religion themes

8. Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine Patterson
Why it is banned: Disrespectful themes, may cause confusion between reality and fantasy

9. Ulysses - James Joyce
Why it is banned: Sexual content  

10. The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
Why it is banned: Appeared to give Southern California a bad image

11. The Arabian Nights - Anonymous
 Why it is banned: Threatened the nation's moral fabric

12. The Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer
Why it is banned: Excessive vulgarity, sexual content

13. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
Why it is banned: Excessive vulgarity


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