Top 20 most banned books 20 items ranked
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.
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Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
Banned in many Muslim Countries, it is 'Blasphemous to the prophet Mohammed'
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1984 by George Orwell
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Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Banned because of adult sexual situation and foul language
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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
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For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest hemingway
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One Who Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey
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Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
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Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
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Lord of the Flies, William Golding
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Ulysses by James Joyce
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
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the Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
Parents in Ohio said this book was 'anti-white'
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Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
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As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Banned because it talked about masturbation.
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Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
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The Color Purple
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Beloved by Toni Morrison
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