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Top 20 most banned books

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Depending on the country, culture and the religious beliefs this list could go on for ever. I had to read some of these in AP English.

Rated 0 points - posted 13 years ago by JanetK in category Books.
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Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie Report Abuse
Banned in many Muslim Countries, it is 'Blasphemous to the prophet Mohammed'
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1984 by George Orwell Report Abuse
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Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Report Abuse
Banned because of adult sexual situation and foul language
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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Report Abuse
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For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest hemingway Report Abuse
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One Who Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey Report Abuse
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Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Report Abuse
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Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway Report Abuse
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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Report Abuse
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Lord of the Flies, William Golding Report Abuse
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Ulysses by James Joyce Report Abuse
This book was burned in the United States in 1918. I admit the book was boring but, that's a bit much.
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The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Report Abuse
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the Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger Report Abuse
Parents in Ohio said this book was 'anti-white'
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Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison Report Abuse
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As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner Report Abuse
Banned because it talked about masturbation.
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Catch-22 by Joseph Heller Report Abuse
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Report Abuse
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Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison Report Abuse
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The Color Purple Report Abuse
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Beloved by Toni Morrison Report Abuse
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