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Banned Books



Banned Books

People try to ban books under the oddest pretexts — complaints ranging from "references to stuffing and snapping bras," being "happily nonphallocentric" or "presenting homosexuality in a non-judgmental context" (yup!). Our section below includes books frequently banned and challenged over the last two decades. For some of the stories behind this year's banned and challenged books please visit the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) website.

Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher Comments
Slaughterhous-Five is one of  the world's great anti-war books. Centering on the  infamous fire-bombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's  odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey  of our own fractured lives as... (read more)

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Children's Young Adult
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The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye
by J D Salinger
Publisher Comments
Ever since it was first published in 1951, this novel has been the coming-of-age story against which all others are judged. Read and cherished by generations, the story of Holden Caulfield is truly one of America's literary treasures.... (read more)

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Literature
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Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
Publisher Comments
William Golding's compelling story about a group of very ordinary small boys marooned on a coral island has become a modern classic. At first it seems as though it is all going to be great fun; but the fun before long becomes furious and life on the... (read more)

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Mythology
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The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
by Anne Rice as A. N. Roquelaure
Publisher Comments
From bestselling author Anne Rice, writing as A.N. Roquleaure. In the traditional folktale of 'Sleeping Beauty, ' the spell cast upon the lovely young princess and everyone in her castle can only be broken by the kiss of a Prince. It is an ancient story,... (read more)

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Children's
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
by J. K. Rowling
Synopsis
When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogswart School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been unleashed on the school.... (read more)

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Featured Titles
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Bless Me, Ultima
Bless Me, Ultima
by Rudolfo A. Anaya
Publisher Comments
Exquisite prose and wondrous storytelling have helped make Rudolfo Anaya the father of Chicano literature in English. Indeed, Anaya's tales fairly shimmer with the haunting beauty and richness of his culture. The winner of the Pen Center West Award for... (read more)

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Sexuality
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How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale
How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale
by Jenna Jameson
Publisher Comments
When the stewardess brought me off the plane in a wheelchair, I lowered my head. I was too scared to even look at my father. I didn't want to see the disappointment and horror on his face. All that hate I had accumulated for him over the years, all the... (read more)

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Africa
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Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
by Mark Mathabane
Publisher Comments
The Classic Story of Life in Apartheid South Africa Mark Mathabane was weaned on devastating poverty and schooled in the cruel streets of South Africa's most desperate ghetto, where bloody gang wars and midnight police raids were his rites of passage... (read more)

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Children's Picture Books
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And Tango Makes Three
And Tango Makes Three
by Justin Richardson
Publisher Comments
In the zoo there are all kinds of animal families. But Tango's family is not like any of the others.... (read more)

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Biography
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Private Parts
Private Parts
by Howard Stern
Publisher Comments
The #1 bestseller and fastest selling autobiography of all time, Private Parts, will be released on March 14 as a major motion picture from Paramount Pictures and Rysher Entertainment. This is the event Stern's millions of fans have been waiting for. Yes,... (read more)

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Sale Books
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Black Boy: American Hunger a Record of Childhood and Youth (Perennial Classics)
Black Boy: American Hunger a Record of Childhood and Youth (Perennial Classics)
by Richard Wright
Publisher Comments
Plot Summary "Black Boy is Richard Wright's memoir of his life from early childhood to the launching of his career as a writer. His father abandoned the family soon after they moved to Memphis, leaving Wright, his mother and brother in dire straits... (read more)

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Used Books
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Brave New World
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
Publisher Comments
A fantasy of the future that sheds a blazing critical light on the present--considered to be Aldous Huxley's most enduring masterpiece. "Mr. Huxley is eloquent in his declaration of an artist's faith in man, and it is his eloquence, bitter in... (read more)

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Bestsellers

Saturday, November 7, 2009
Slaughterhouse-Five
  1. Slaughterhouse-Five
    by Kurt Vonnegut
  2. The Catcher in the Rye
    by J D Salinger
  3. To Kill a Mockingbird
    by Harper Lee
  4. The Face on the Milk Carton
    by Caroline B Cooney
  5. The Outsiders
    by S.E. Hinton
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