Banned Books

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Books About Banning Books and Censorship

Bald, Margaret. Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds. New York: Facts on File, 2006.
(BL 65 .C45 B35 2006)

Bosmajian, Haig. Burning Books. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2006. (Z 659 .B67 2006)

Karolides, Nicholas J. Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds. New York: Facts on File,
2006.
(Z 658 .U5 K37 2006)

Karolides, Nicholas J., Margaret Bald, and Dawn B. Sova. 100 Banned Books: Censorship
Histories of World Literature. New York: Checkmark Books, 1999. (Z 658 .U5 K35
1999)

Knuth, Rebecca. Burning Books and Leveling Libraries: Extremist Violence and Cultural
Destruction. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2006. (Z 659 .K57 2006)

Noble, William. Bookbanning in America: Who Bans Books? – And Why. Middlebury, VT: Paul
S. Ericksson, 1990. (Z 658 .U5 K35 1999)

Sova, Dawn B. Literature Suppressed on Sexual Grounds. New York: Facts on File, 2006.
(PN 56 .E7 S68 2006)

Sova, Dawn B. Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds. New York: Facts on File, 2006.
(Z 658 .U5 S69 2006)

Banned books that are available online – list from the University of
Pennsylvania at:
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/banned-books.html

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Challenged Books (in bold) on the Radcliffe 100 Best Novels of the Century

Author Title Publication Call Number

Date
1 Fitzgerald, F. Scott The Great Gatsby 1925 PS 3511. I9 G7

2 Salinger, J. D. Catcher in the Rye 1951 PS 3537 .A426 C36

3 Steinbeck, John The Grapes of Wrath 1933 PS 3537 .T3234 G8

4 Lee, Harper To Kill a Mockingbird 1960 PS 3562 .E353 T64

5 Walker, Alice The Color Purple 1982 PS 3573 .A425 C6

6 Joyce, James Ulysses 1922 PR 6019 .O9 U4

7 Morrison, Toni Beloved 1987 PS 3563 .O8749 B4

8 Golding, William The Lord of the Flies 1954 (Eng), PR 013 .O35 L6
1955 (U.S.)
9 Orwell, George 1984 1949 PR 6029 .R8 N49

10 Faulkner, William The Sound the Fury 1929 PS 3511 .A86 S7

11 Nabokov, Vladimir Lolita 1955 (France); PS 3527 .A15 L6

1958 (U.S.)
12 Steinbeck, John Of Mice and Men 1937 PS 3537 .T3234 O2

13 White, E. B. Charlotte's Web 1952 PZ 7 .W58277 CH

14 Joyce, James A Portrait of the Artist as a Young 1916 PR 6019 .O9 P6

Man
15 Heller, Joseph Catch-22 1961 PS 3558 .E476 C38

16 Huxley, Aldous Brave New World 1932 PR 6019 .U9 B7

17 Orwell, George Animal Farm 1945 (Eng); PR 6029 .R8 A5

1946 (U.S.)
18 Hemingway, Ernest The Sun Also Rises 1926 PS 3515 .E37 S8

19 Faulkner, William As I Lay Dying 1930 PS 3511 .A86 A85

20 Hemingway, Ernest A Farewell to Arms 1929 PS 3515 .E37 F3

21 Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darkness 1902 PR 6005 .O4 H4

22 Milne, A. A. Winnie-the-Pooh 1926 PZ 7 .M64 Wi10

23 Hurston, Zora Neale Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937 PS 3515 .U789 T54

24 Ellison, Ralph Invisible Man 1952 PS 3555 .L625 I5

25 Morrison, Toni Song of Solomon 1977 PS 3563 .O8749 S66

26 Mitchell, Margaret Gone with the Wind 1936 PS 3525 .I972 G6

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27 Wright, Richard Native Son 1940 PS 3545 .R815 N3

28 Kesey, Ken One Flew Over the Cuckoo's 1962 PS 3561 .E667 O6
Nest
29 Vonnegut, Kurt Slaughterhouse-Five 1969 PS 3572 .O5 S6

30 Hemingway, Ernest For Whom the Bell Tolls 1940 PS 3515 .E37 F6

31 Kerouac, Jack On the Road 1957 PS 3521 .E735 O5

32 Hemingway, Ernest The Old Man and the Sea 1952 PS 3515 .E37 O52

33 London, Jack The Call of the Wild 1903 PS 3523 .O46 A6

34 Woolf, Virginia To the Lighthouse 1927 PR 6045 .O72 T6

35 James, Henry Portrait of a Lady 1881 PS 2116 .P6 1983b

36 Baldwin, James Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953 PS 3552 .A45 G6

37 Irving, John The World According to Garp 1978 PS 3559 .R8 W67

38 Warren, Robert Penn All the King's Men 1946 PS 3545 .A748 A7

39 Forster, E. M. A Room With a View 1908 PR 6011 .O58 R6

40 Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings 1954 PR 6039 .O32 L6

41 Keneally, Thomas Schindler's List 1982 PR 9619.3 K46 S3

1993
42 Wharton, Edith Age of Innocence 1920 PS 3545 .H16 A35

43 Rand, Ayn The Fountainhead 1943 PS 3535 .A547 F6

44 Joyce, James Finnegans Wake 1939 PR 6019 .O9 F5

45 Sinclair, Upton The Jungle 1906 PS 3537 .I85 J8

46 Woolf, Virginia Mrs. Dalloway 1925 PR 6045 .O72 M7

47 Baum, L. Frank The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 1900 PS 3503 .A923 W59

48 Lawrence, D. H. Lady Chatterley's Lover 1928 (Italy); PR 6023 .A93 L2

1959 (U.S.)
49 Burgess, Anthony A Clockwork Orange 1962 PR 6052 .U638 C58

50 Chopin, Kate The Awakening 1899 PS 1294 .C63 A6435

51 Cather, Willa My Antonia 1918 PS 3505 .A87 M922

52 Forster, E. M. Howard's End 1910 PR 6011 .O58 H6

53 Capote, Truman In Cold Blood 1966 HV 6533 .K3 C3

1992
54 Salinger, J. D. Franny and Zooey 1961 PS 3537 .A426 F7

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55 Rushdie, Salman Satanic Verses 1988 PR 6068 .U757 S28
1997
56 Morrison, Toni Jazz 1992 PS 3563 .O8749 J38
1993
57 Styron, William Sophie's Choice 1979 PS 3569 .T9 S67

58 Faulkner, William Absalom, Absalom! 1936 PS 3511 .A86

A671936
59 Forster, E. M. Passage to India 1924 PR 6011 .O58 P3
1952
60 Wharton, Edith Ethan Frome 1911 PS 3545 .H16 E73
1998
61 O'Connor, Flannery A Good Man Is Hard to Find 1955 PS 3565 .C57 G6

62 Fitzgerald, F. Scott Tender is the Night 1934 PS 3511 .I9 T4 1996

63 Woolf, Virginia Orlando 1928 PR 6045 .O72 O7

1993b
64 Lawrence, D. H. Sons and Lovers 1913 PR 6023 .A93 A6
1985
65 Wolfe, Thomas Bonfire of the Vanities 1987 PS 3573 .O526 B6
1987
66 Vonnegut, Kurt Cat's Cradle 1963 PS 3572 .O5 C3

67 Knowles, John A Separate Peace 1960 PS 3561 .N68 S435

2000
68 Faulkner, William Light in August 1932 PS 3511 .A86 L5
1990
69 James, Henry The Wings of the Dove 1902 PS 2116 .W5

70 Achebe, Chinua Things Fall Apart 1958 (Eng.); PR 9387.9 A3 T5

1959 (U.S.) 1994
71 Du Maurier, Daphne Rebecca 1938 PR 6007 .U47 R4
1988
72 Adams, Douglas A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1979 (Eng.); PR 6051 .D3352 H5
1979 (U.S.) 2004
73 Burroughs, William S. Naked Lunch 1959 (France); PS 3552 .U75 N3
1962 (U.S.) 2001
74 Waugh, Evelyn Brideshead Revisited 1945 PR 6045 .A97 B7
1979
75 Lawrence, D. H. Women in Love 1920 PR 6023 .A93 W63
1987
76 Wolfe, Thomas Look Homeward, Angel 1929 PS 3545 .O337 L6
1957a
77 Hemingway, Ernest In Our Time 1925 PS 3515 .E37 I5
2003
78 Stein, Gertrude The Autobiography of Alice B. 1933 PS 3537 .T323 Z52
Toklas 1960
79 Hammett, Dashiell The Maltese Falcon 1930 PS 3515 .A4347 A6
1999a
80 Mailer, Norman The Naked and the Dead 1948 PS 3525 .A4152 N3

81 Rhys, Jean The Wide Sargasso Sea 1966 PZ 7 .R3478 Wi

82 DeLillo, Don White Noise 1985 PS 3554 .E4425 W48

1985

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83 Cather, Willa O Pioneers 1913 PS 3505 .A87 O6
1991
84 Miller, Henry Tropic of Cancer 1934 (France); PS 3525 .I5454 T7
1961 (U.S.) 1987
85 Wells, H. G. The War of the Worlds 1898 PR 5774 W3 1983

86 Conrad, Joseph Lord Jim 1900 PR 6005 .O4 L6

2005
87 James, Henry The Bostonians 1886 PS 2116 .B6 1991

88 Dreiser, Theodore An American Tragedy 1925 PS 3507 .R55 A7

2003
89 Cather, Willa Death Comes for the Archbishop 1927 PS 3505 .A87 D4
1955
90 Grahame, Kenneth The Wind in the Willows 1907 PZ 10.3 .G76 Wi32
[Juvenile]
91 Fitzgerald, F. Scott This Side of Paradise 1920 PS 3511 .I9 T48
1995
92 Rand, Ayn Atlas Shrugged 1957 PS 3535 .A547 A94
1992
93 Fowles, John The French Lieutenant's Woman 1969 PR 6056 .O85 F74

94 Lewis, Sinclair Babbitt 1922 PS 3523 .E94 B26

1991
95 Kipling, Rudyard Kim 1901 PR 4854 .K5

96 Fitzgerald, F. Scott The Beautiful and the Damned 1922 PS 3511 .I9 B4

97 Updike, John Rabbit, Run 1960 PS 3571 .P4 R3

98 Forster, E. M. Where Angels Fear to Tread 1905 PR 6011 .O58 W49

99 Lewis, Sinclair Main Street 1920 PS 3523 .E94 M2

1992
100 Rushdie, Salman Midnight's Children 1981 PR 6068 .U757 M5
1995

The Most Frequently Challenged Books, 1990-2000

Author Title Publication Call Number

Date
1 Schwartz, Alvin Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 1981 PZ 8.1 .S399Sc 1981

2 Willhoite, Michael Daddy's Roommate 1990 PZ 27 .W655485 Dad 1991

[Juvenile]
3 Angelou, Maya I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969 PS 3551 .N464 Z466

4 Cormier, Robert The Chocolate War 1974 PZ 7 .C81634Ch 1975

[Juvenile]

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 5 Twain, Mark The Adventures of Huckleberry 1884 PS 1305 .A1 1995
Finn [General & Literacy Lib.]
6 Steinbeck, John Of Mice and Men 1937 PS 3537 .T3234 O32

7 Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter (series) 1997-2007 PZ 7 .R79835 ...

1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s
Stone (1998)
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber
of Secrets (1999)
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of
Azkaban (1999)
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of
Fire (2000)
5. Harry Potter and the Order of
the Phoenix (2003)
6. Harry Potter and the Half Blood
Prince (2005)

8 Blume, Judy Forever 1975 PZ 7 .B6265 Fo 1999

9 Paterson, Katherine Bridge to Terabithia 1977 PZ 7 .P273 Br [Juvenile]

10 Naylor, Phyllis Alice (Series) 1985-2005 PZ 7 .N24 Ag 1988

Reynolds [Juvenile]
11 Newman, Leslea Heather Has Two Mommies 1989 PZ 7 .N47988 He 2000
[Juvenile]
12 Collier, James Lincoln My Brother Sam Is Dead 1974 PZ 7 .C678My 1985
and Christopher Coller [Juvenile]
13 Salinger, J. D. Catcher in the Rye 1951 PS 3537 .A426 C3

14 Lowry, Lois The Giver 1993 PZ 7 .L9673G 1993

[Juvenile]
15 Harris, Robie It's Perfectly Normal 1994 HQ 53 .H37 2004x
[Juvenile]
16 Stine, R. L. Goosebumps (series) 1992- PZ 7 .S86037[Literacy]

17 Peck, Robert Newton A Day No Pigs Would Die 1972 PS 3566 .E254 D3 &
PZ 7 .P339 Day [Juvenile]
18 Walker, Alice The Color Purple 1982 PS 3573 .A425 C6

19 Madonna Sex 1992 Not in collection

20 Auel, Jean M. Earth's Children (Series) 1980-2002 PS 3551 .U36 C57

21 Paterson, Katherine The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978 PZ 7 .P273 Gr [Juvenile]

22 L'Engle, Madeleine A Wrinkle in Time 1962 PZ 7 .L5385 Wr [Juvenile]

23 Go Ask Alice 1971 PZ 7 .G534 1988

24 Myers, Walter Dean Fallen Angels 1988 PZ 7 .M992 Fal 1988

[Juvenile]

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25 Sendak, Maurice In the Night Kitchen 1970 PZ 7 .S47 In 1995
[Juvenile]
26 Allard, Harry The Stupids (series) 1974-1989 PZ 7 .A413 St [Juvenile]
1. The Stupids Step Out
27 Dahl, Roald The Witches 1983 Not in collection

28 Silverstein, Chalres The New Joy of Gay Sex 1992 Not in collection

29 Lowry, Lois Anastasia Krupnik (Series) 1979-1991 PZ 7 .L9673 An [Juvenile]

30 Cole, Brock The Goats 1987 PZ 7 .C67342 Go [Juvenile]

31 Mathabane, Mark Kaffir Boy 1986 DT 779.95 .M38 A34

32 Blume, Judy Blubber 1974 PZ 7 .B6265 Bl 1976

[Juvenile]
33 Duncan,Lois Killing Mr. Griffin 1978 PZ 7 .D9117 Ki 2005
[Juvenile]
34 Merriam, Eve Halloween 1987 Not in collection

35 Cormier, Robert We All Fall Down 1991 Not in collection

36 Humphry, Derek Final Exit 1991 R 726 .H843 1991

37 Atwood, Margaret The Handmaid's Tale 1985 PR 9199.3 .A8 H3

38 George, Jean Julie of the Wolves 1972 PZ 7 .G2933Ju [Juvenile &

Craighead Literacy Library]
39 Morrison, Toni The Bluest Eye 1970 PS 3563 .O8749 .B55
[Note:Item Missing]
40 Madaras, Lynda What's Happening to My Body?: 1983 Not in collection
Book for Girls
41 Lee, Harper To Kill a Mockingbird 1960 PS 3562 .E353 T64

42 Morrison, Toni Beloved 1987 PS 3563 .O8749 .B4

43 Hinton, S. E. The Outsiders 1967 PZ 7 .H5976 Ou [Juvenile]

44 Zindel, Paul The Pigman 1968 PZ 7 .Z647 Pi

45 Allard, Harry Bumps in the Night 1979 Not in collection

46 Blume, Judy Deenie 1973 Not in collection

47 Keyes, Daniel Flowers for Algernon 1966 PS 3561 .E769 F68

48 Garden, Nancy Annie on my Mind 1982 Not in collection

49 Sachar, Louis The Boy Who Lost His Face 1989 Not in collection

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50 Schwartz, Alvin Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your 1974 Not in collection
hat
51 Silverstein, Shel A Light in the Attic 1981 PS 3569 .I47224 L5 1981
[Juvenile]
52 Huxley, Aldous Brave New World 1932 PR 6015 U9 B7

53 Roquelaure, A. N. Sleeping Beauty Trilogy 1983-1991 Not in collection

54 Cole, Joanna Asking About Sex and Growing 1988 Not in collection
Up
55 King, Stephen Cujo 1981 PS 3561 .I483 C8

56 Dahl, Roald James and the Giant Peach 1961 PZ 8 .D137Jam [Juvenile]

57 Powell, William The Anarchist Cookbook 1971 Not in collection

58 Pomeroy, Wardell Boys and Sex 1968 Not in collection

59 Guest, Judith Ordinary People 1976 PS 3557 .U345 O7

60 Ellis, Bret Easton American Psycho 1991 PS 3555 .L5937 A8 1991

61 Madaras, Lynda What's Happening to My Body?: 1984 Not in collection

Book for Boys
62 Blume, Judy Are You There God? It's Me, 1970 PZ 7 .B6265 Ar 2001
Margaret [Juvenile]
63 Conly, Jane Crazy Lady 1993 PZ 7 .C761846 Cr 1993
[Juvenile]
64 Crutcher, Chris Athletic Shorts 1991 Not in collection

65 Cormier, Robert Fade 1988 Not in collection

66 Fox, Mem Guess What? 1990 Not in collection

67 Allende, Isabel The House of Spirits 1985 PQ 8098.1 .L54 C313

68 Cooney, Caroline The Face on the Milk Carton 1990 PZ 7 .C7834 Fac 1996
[Juvenile]
69 Vonneguet, Kurt Slaughterhouse-Five 1969 PS 3572 .O5 S6

70 Golding, William Lord of the Flies 1954 (Eng.) PR 6013 .O35 L6

1955 (U.S.)
71 Wright, Richard Native Son 1940 PS 3545 .R815 N3

72 Friday, Nancy Women on Top: How Real Life 1991 Not in collection
Has Changed Women's Fantasies
73 Cohen, Daniel Curses, Hexes, and Spells 1974 Not in collection

74 Homes, A. M. Jack 1989 Not in collection

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75 Anaya, Rudolfo A. Bless Me, Ultima 1972 PS 3551.N27 B58

76 Mayle, Peter Where Did I Come From? 1973 HQ 53 .M38

77 King, Stephen Carrie 1974 PS 3561 .I483 C3

78 Blume, Judy Tiger Eyes 1981 PZ 7 .B6265Ti 1981

[Juvenile]
79 Bauer, Marion Dane On My Honor 1986 PZ 7 .B3262 On [Juvenile]

80 Koertge, Ron Arizona Kid 2005 PZ 7 .K81825 Ar 2003

81 Klein, Norma Family Secrets 1985 Not in collection

82 Cole, Babette Mommy Laid An Egg 1993 Not in collection

83 King, Stephen The Dead Zone 1979 PS 3561 .I483 D4 1980

84 Twain, Mark The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1876 PS 1306 .A1 1981 [General
& Literacy Library]
85 Morrison, Toni Song of Solomon 1977 PS 3563 .O8749 S6

86 Rodriguez, Luis Always Running 1993 HV 6439 .U72 L77 2005

[Juv.]
87 Stern, Howard Private Parts 1993 Not in collection

88 Hanford, Martin Where's Waldo? 1987 Not in collection

89 Greene, Betty Summer of My German Soldier 1973 PZ 7 G8283Su [Juvenile]

90 Bannerman, Helen Little Black Sambo 1988 (Eng.) PZ 7 .B227 Ls 1990

1923 (U.S.) [Juvenile]
91 Follett, Ken Pillars of the Earth 1989 Not in collection

92 Crutcher, Chris Running Loose 1983 PZ 7 .C89 Ru 1983

[Literacy]
93 Davis, Jenny Sex Education 1988 Not in collection

94 Greene, Betty The Drowning of Stephen Jones 1991 Not in collection

95 Pomeroy, Wardell Girls and Sex 1969 Not in collection

96 Rockwell, Thomas How to Eat Fried Worms 1973 PS 3568 .O3415 H6

[Juvenile]
97 Roberts, Wilo Davis View from the Cherry Tree 1975 PZ 7 .R54465 Vi 1993
[Juvenile]
98 Snyder, Zilpha Keatley The Headless Cupid 1971 PZ 7 .S68522He 1985
[Juvenile]
99 Cooney, Caroline The Terrorist 1997 Not in collection

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100 Collier, James Lincoln Jump Ship to Freedom 1981 PZ 7 .C678 Ju 1987
and Christopher Coller [Juvenile]

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