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Encyclopedia > Banned books

Many societies have banned certain books. This is a partial list of books which have been banned by some organization at some place and time. Look up Book in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A book is a collection of leaves of paper, parchment or other material, bound together along one edge within covers. ...


Various scriptures have been banned (and sometimes burned) at several points in history. The Bible, the Qur'an, and the Torah have all been subjected to censorship and have been banned in various cities and countries. Many religions and spiritual movements hold certain written texts (or series of spoken legends not traditionally written down) to be sacred. ... Book burning is the practice of ceremoniously destroying by fire one or more copies of a book or other written material. ... A Bible handwritten in Latin, on display in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England. ... The Quran (Arabic: al-qurān; its literal meaning is the recitation and is often called Al Qurān Al KarÄ«m: The Noble Quran or The Glorious Qurān, also transliterated as Quran, Koran, and less commonly Alcoran) is the holy book of Islam. ... Torah, (תורה) is a Hebrew word meaning teaching, instruction, or especially law. It primarily refers to the first section of the Tanakh–the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, or the Five Books of Moses, but can also be used in the general sense to also include both the... Censorship is the systematic use of group power to broadly control freedom of speech and expression, largely in regard to secretive matters. ...


Books that deal with criminal matter have also been subjected to censorship. Small-press titles that have become infamous due to their being banned include The Anarchist Cookbook, E for Ecstasy, and Hit Man. The Anarchist Cookbook (ISBN 0-9623032-0-8) is a book written by William Powell. ... E for Ecstasy (ISBN 0-9501628-8-4) was written by Nicholas Saunders and published in May 1993. ...

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) is commonly accounted as the first Great American Novel. ... Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was a famous and popular American humorist, writer and lecturer. ... The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn book cover The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (published 1876) is a very well-known and popular story concerning American youth. ... Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was a famous and popular American humorist, writer and lecturer. ... The Age of Reason is a philosophical treatise written by the 18th Century American philosopher and patriot Thomas Paine, best remembered as the author of the political pamphlet Common Sense, credited with exciting colonial opinion in support of the American Revolutionary War. ... Thomas Paine Thomas Paine (29 January 1737–8 June 1809), intellectual, scholar, and idealist, is widely recognized as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. ... Klaus Kinski Klaus Kinski (October 18, 1926–November 23, 1991): International film actor regarded as one of the best German actors of the second half of the 20th century. ... American Psycho (1991) is a novel by Bret Easton Ellis about a young Manhattanite serial killer. ... Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964) is an American author. ... The Anarchist Cookbook (ISBN 0-9623032-0-8) is a book written by William Powell. ... William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 - March 5, 1984) was an American actor, noted for his sophisticated, cynical roles. ... Lois Lowry (born March 20, 1937) is a childrens author who has written many popular books. ... Nancy Garden (born May 15, 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American author best known for Annie on My Mind, which was critically acclaimed but attracted controversy because of its homosexual characters. ... The Book of One Thousand and One Nights (كتاب ألف ليلة و ليلة in Arabic or هزار و یک شب in Persian), also known as The book of a Thousand Nights and a Night, 1001 Arabian Nights, or simply the Arabian Nights, is a piece of medieval Arabic literature in... Are You There, God? Its Me, Margaret is a novel by Judy Blume. ... Judy Blume (born February 12, 1938) is an American author. ... Joanna Cole is a United States author of children’s books that teach science. ... The Banditti of the Plains, Or the Cattlemens Invasion of Wyoming in 1892 (The Crowning Infamy of the Ages) is a book written by Asa Shinn Mercer. ... Asa Shinn Mercer (June 6, 1839August 10, 1917) was the first president of the Territorial University of Washington and a member of the Washington State Senate. ... Beloved cover Beloved is a 1987 novel by Toni Morrison about the legacy of slavery. ... Toni Morrison Toni Morrison is an African-American author, born Chloe Anthony Wofford, February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio. ... Black Beauty is a novel by Anna Sewell about the life of a horse from his carefree days as a foal on an English farm enjoying the countryside with his mother, to his sale and his career as pulling cabs and wagons in London. ... Anna Sewell (March 30, 1820 - April 25, 1878) was a writer, born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. ... Bless Me, Ultima is a novel by Rudolfo Anaya, published in 1972. ... Rudolfo A. Anaya was born in Pastura, New Mexico on October 30, 1937. ... Blood and Chocolate (novel) is a romantic supernatural werewolf novel by Annette Curtis Klause. ... Annette Curtis Klause is an American author and librarian, specializing in young adult fiction. ... Judy Blume (born February 12, 1938) is an American author. ... Spoiler warning: The Bluest Eye is a novel by Toni Morrison which details a summer in the life of a young black girl in Lorain, Ohio named Pecola. ... Toni Morrison Toni Morrison is an African-American author, born Chloe Anthony Wofford, February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio. ... The Boy Who Lost His Face (ISBN 0679886222) is a novel by Louis Sachar. ... Louis Sachar (1954 - ) is an author of childrens books. ... Wardell Baxter Pomeroy (December 6, 1913 - September 6, 2001) was an American sexologist and co-author of Alfred C. Kinsey. ... Brave New World is a 1932 dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley. ... Aldous Huxley Aldous Leonard Huxley (July 26, 1894 – November 22, 1963) was a British writer who emigrated to the United States. ... Bridge to Terabithia is a book of childrens fiction written by Katherine Paterson. ... Katherine Paterson is an award-winning American author of books for children. ... Brimstone and Treacle is a 1970s play by Dennis Potter about a middle-aged middle-class couple living in a North London suburb who are unfortunate enough to have their beautiful undergraduate daughters life reduced to a severely handicapped existence by a hit_and_run driver. ... Dennis Christopher George Potter (May 17, 1935 – June 7, 1994) was a controversial British dramatist who is best known for several widely acclaimed television dramas which mixed fantasy and reality, the personal and the social. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter. ...

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The Call of the Wild is a novel by Jack London. ... Jack London, probably born John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) in San Francisco, California, was an American author of over 50 books. ... Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (born June 24, 1842, Meigs County, Ohio, USA – date of death uncertain, possibly December 1913 or early 1914, presumably in Mexico) was an American satirist, and critic, short story writer, editor and journalist. ... Candide ou lOptimisme (1759) is a novel by the Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire. ... Voltaire François-Marie Arouet (November 21, 1694 – May 30, 1778), better known by the pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, deist and philosopher. ... Canterbury Tales Woodcut 1484 The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in prose, the rest in verse). ... Chaucer: Illustration from Cassells History of England, circa 1902 Geoffrey Chaucer (c. ... Carrie (1974) was Stephen Kings first published novel. ... Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is a prolific American author best known for his horror novels. ... William James Durant (November 5, 1885—November 7, 1981) was an American philosopher and writer. ... The Catcher in the Rye book cover The Catcher in the Rye is a novel by J. D. Salinger. ... Jerome David Salinger (born January 1, 1919) is an American author best known for The Catcher in the Rye, a classic coming-of-age story that has enjoyed enduring popularity since its publication in 1951. ... Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a book for children by British author Roald Dahl. ... Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1954 Roald Dahl (September 13, 1916 – November 23, 1990) was a British novelist and short story author of Norwegian descent, famous both as a writer of childrens fiction as well as adult and horror fiction. ... The Children of Sanchez is a 1959 book by American sociologist Oscar Lewis about a Mexican family living in the Mexico City slum of Tepito. ... The Chocolate War was written by American author Robert Cormier and first published in 1974. ... Robert Edmund Cormier (January 17, 1925 - November 2, 2000) was an American author. ... Civil disobedience encompasses the active refusal to obey certain laws, demands and commands of a government or of an occupying power without resorting to physical violence. ... Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862; born David Henry Thoreau) was a noted American author and philosopher who is most famous for Walden, his essay on civil disobedience, and his call for the preservation of wilderness. ... This article is about the novel. ... Alice Walker Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an African American author whose most famous novel, The Color Purple, won both the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award. ... Malayalam edition of the Manifesto The Communist Manifesto, also known as The Manifesto of the Communist Party, first published on February 21, 1848 by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, is one of the worlds most historically influential political tracts. ... Karl Marx Karl Marx (May 5, 1818 Trier, Germany – March 14, 1883 London, UK) was an influential German philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary organizer of the International Workingmens Association. ... Friedrich Engels Friedrich Engels (November 28, 1820–August 5, 1895) was a 19th-century German political philosopher. ... Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean Jacques Rousseau (June 28, 1712 – July 2, 1778) was a Franco-Swiss philosopher, writer, political theorist, and self-taught composer of The Age of Enlightenment. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Cujo is a 1981 novel by Stephen King. ... Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is a prolific American author best known for his horror novels. ... Curses, Hexes and Spells (ISBN 0397314930) is a book by Daniel Cohen. ... The Da Vinci Code book cover The Da Vinci Code is a novel written by American author Dan Brown and published in 2003 by Doubleday Fiction (ISBN 0385504209). ... Dan Brown (born on June 22, 1964 in Exeter, New Hampshire) is an American author of detective thrillers. ... Movie poster for The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys is a 2002 film directed by Peter Care. ... Robert Newton Peck is an American author of books for young adults. ... The Dead Zone is a novel by Stephen King published in 1979. ... Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is a prolific American author best known for his horror novels. ... The Decameron is a collection of novellas that was finished by Giovanni Boccaccio in 1353. ... Giovanni Boccaccio (June 16, 1313 - December 21, 1375) was a Florentine author and poet, the greatest of Petrarchs disciples, an important Renaissance humanist in his own right and author of a number of notable works including On Famous Women, the Decameron and his poems in the vernacular. ... Judy Blume (born February 12, 1938) is an American author. ... Delta of Venus is a book by Anaïs Nin. ... Anaïs Nin (February 21, 1903 - January 14, 1977) was a French author who became famous for her self-published diaries, which span a period of forty years, beginning when she was twelve years old. ... Ernst Zündel is an outspoken Holocaust denier. ... Down These Mean Streets is the autobiography of Piri Thomas, a Puerto Rican who grew up in El Barrio (aka Spanish Harlem), a section of Harlem that has a large Puerto Rican population. ... Piri Thomas (born Juan Pedro Tomas September 10, 1928 in Spanish Harlem in New York City) is a Puerto Rican-Cuban who is influencial in the Nuyorican Movement as a writer and poet. ... Dubliners audio book cover Dubliners is a collection of short stories by James Joyce, published in 1914. ... James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (February 2, 1882 – January 13, 1941) was an expatriate Irish writer and poet, and is widely considered one of the most significant writers of the 20th century. ...

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Earths Children is a series of historical fiction novels written by Jean M. Auel. ... Jean Marie Auel (born February 18, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois) is a writer, who is best known for the Earths Children books, a series of books set in prehistoric Europe which explores interactions of Cro-Magnon people with Neanderthals. ... E for Ecstasy (ISBN 0-9501628-8-4) was written by Nicholas Saunders and published in May 1993. ... The Face on the Milk Carton is a childrens novel written by Caroline B. Cooney. ... Caroline B. Cooney (born 1947) is an author of horror and mystery books for teenagers. ... Robert Edmund Cormier (January 17, 1925 - November 2, 2000) was an American author. ... Fallen Angels was written by Walter Dean Meyers about a group of young Americans in the Civil War. ... The Family can refer to: The new religious movement, The Family, formerly called the Children of God that was quite famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... Ed Sanders is a poet, singer, social activist, environmentalist, novelist and publisher who was born August 17, 1939 in Kansas City, Missouri. ... Margaret Sanger. ... Fanny Hill, also known as Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, is a novel by John Cleland. ... John Cleland (1709-1789) was an English novelist. ... Cleo Virginia Andrews (June 6, 1923 – 19 December 1986), better known as or is an American author. ... Flowers for Algernon is a science fiction story written by Daniel Keyes. ... Daniel Keyes is an American author. ... Judy Blume (born February 12, 1938) is an American author. ... Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus is a novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. ... Mary Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley née Godwin (August 30, 1797–February 1, 1851) was an English writer who is, perhaps, equally-famously remembered as the wife of Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and as the author of Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus. ... Franny and Zooey is a 1961 novel by J. D. Salinger, best known for The Catcher in the Rye. ... Jerome David Salinger (born January 1, 1919) is an American author best known for The Catcher in the Rye, a classic coming-of-age story that has enjoyed enduring popularity since its publication in 1951. ... G.B. Jones is an influential artist, filmmaker, and musician from Toronto. ... Wardell Baxter Pomeroy (December 6, 1913 - September 6, 2001) was an American sexologist and co-author of Alfred C. Kinsey. ... The Giver by Lois Lowry The Giver (1993) by Lois Lowry is a soft science fiction novel set in a possible future society which first seems to be a utopia and gradually appears more and more dystopian. ... Lois Lowry (born March 20, 1937) is a childrens author who has written many popular books. ... Go Ask Alice, an account of drug abuse that has been controversial on several levels, is considered a classic of American young adult literature. ... Gone With the Wind was an instant success. ... Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (November 8, 1900 - August 16, 1949) was the author of the immensely successful novel Gone With the Wind, which was published June 30th 1936. ... Goosebumps is a very popular American series of childrens horror fiction books created by author R. L. Stine. ... Robert Lawrence Stine (born October 8, 1943), better known as R. L. Stine, is an American writer. ... Katherine Paterson is an award-winning American author of books for children. ... Guess What (ISBN 0152004521) is a picture book about an old woman, with various witchlike qualities. ...

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Eve Merriam (1916-April 11, 1992) was an American author. ... The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare and one of his most well-known and oft-quoted plays. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Cover of The Handmaids Tale The Handmaids Tale is a 1985 dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. ... Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Peggy Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a novelist, poet, literary critic, and a pioneer of Canadian womens writing. ... Harmful to Minors Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children From Sex (ISBN 0816640068) is a book by Judith Levine that was published in 2002 with a foreword by former United States Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders. ... Judith Levine (born 1952) is a noted author and civil libertarian. ... Cover of the original novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. ... Joanne Rowling OBE (born July 31, 1965 in Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire), commonly known as J.K. Rowling (pronunciation: roll-ing; her former students used to joke with her name calling her the Rolling Stone), is a British fiction writer. ... Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1927 –) is an acclaimed author of childrens books. ... Heather Has Two Mommies is a childrens book by Leslea Newman and Diana Souza, first published in 1989. ... Lesléa Newman is an author and editor of over 26 books. ... The House of Spirits is the first novel written by Isabel Allende. ... Isabel Allende Isabel Allende Llona (born August 2, 1942) is a Chilean writer whose books have been translated into many languages. ... La casa de Bernarda Alba (The House of Bernarda Alba) is a play by the Spanish playwright Federico García Lorca. ... Federico García Lorca Federico García Lorca (June 5, 1898 - August 19, 1936) was a Spanish poet and dramatist, also remembered as a painter, pianist, and composer. ... Howl is a poem by Allen Ginsberg that was first performed in 1955 in the Six Gallery in San Francisco. ... Photo of Allen Ginsberg by Robert Birnbaum Irwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American Beat poet born in Paterson, New Jersey. ... I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is an autobiographical journey through the early years of the life of the author Maya Angelou. ... Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Annie Johnson, April 4, 1928 St. ... Maurice Sendak (born June 10, 1928) is an artist and creator of childrens literature who is best known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, published in 1963. ... Norman Richard Spinrad (born September 15, 1940) is an American science fiction author. ... Amy Michael Homes (born 1961) is an American author, known for controversial and unusual stories, like The End of Alice, Music for Torching, In a Country of Mothers and the short story compilations The Safety of Objects and Things You Should Know. ... James and the Giant Peach is a childrens book by Roald Dahl, originally illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert, first published in the USA in 1961 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. ... Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1954 Roald Dahl (September 13, 1916 – November 23, 1990) was a British novelist and short story author of Norwegian descent, famous both as a writer of childrens fiction as well as adult and horror fiction. ... Torquato Tasso (March 11, 1544 – April 25, 1595) was an Italian poet of the 16th century, best known for his poem La Gerusalemme liberata (Jerusalem Delivered; 1575), in which he describes the imaginary combats between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the siege of Jerusalem. ... Torquato Tasso (March 11, 1544 - April 25, 1595) was an Italian poet of the 16th century, best known for his poem La Gerusalemme liberata (Jerusalem Delivered; 1575), in which he describes the imaginary combats between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the siege of Jerusalem. ... Jenny lives with Eric and Martin (ISBN 0907040225), originally Mette bor hos Morten og Erik, is a black-and-white picture book by the Danish author Susanne Bösche, published in 1981 in Danish and in 1983 in English. ... Jean Craighead George (b. ... Kaffir Boy is a book by Mark Mathabane about life under the apartheid regime. ... Mark Mathabane is a tennis player and author. ... Kiki, was the stage name for Alice Ernestine Prin (1901 - 1953), a nightclub singer, actress, model, and painter. ... To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1960 novel by Harper Lee, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961. ... Harper Lee (born April 28, 1926) is an American novelist, author of the classic 1960 novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. ... Killing Mr. ... King Lear and the Fool in the Storm by William Dyce (1806-1864) King Lear is generally regarded as one of William Shakespeares greatest tragedies. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Last Temptation of Christ is a novel written by Nikos Kazantzakis, first published in December 1960. ... Nikos Kazantzakis Nikos Kazantzakis (February 18, 1883, Heraklion, Crete - October 26, 1957, Freiburg, Germany) was a Greek novelist, poet, playwriter and thinker. ... Lady Chatterleys Lover is a sexually explicit novel by D. H. Lawrence written in 1928. ... D. H. Lawrence David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 - 2 March 1930) was one of the most important, certainly one of the most controversial, English writers of the 20th century, who wrote novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, travel books, and letters. ... Last Exit to Brooklyn is the title of a book by Hubert Selby Jr. ... Hubert Selby, Jr. ... Leaves of Grass cover Leaves of Grass, written by Walt Whitman, is a collection of poems, the most famous of which is Song of Myself; however there are many others in the collection that display his poetic ability equally well, such as I Sing the Body Electric, Out of the... Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet and humanist born on Long Island, New York. ... A Light in the Attic by the American poet and childrens writer Shel Silverstein is a collection of poems for children. ... Sheldon Allan Shel Silverstein (September 25, 1930 – May 10, 1999) was an important American poet, songwriter, composer, cartoonist, screenwriter, and childrens writer. ... Little Black Sambo, from the cover of the 1899 edition The Story of Little Black Sambo is a childrens book by Helen Bannerman, a Scot living in India, first published in 1899. ... Helen Bannerman was the author of Little Black Sambo and Little Black Samba Categories: Stub ... Lolita is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, first published in 1955. ... Vladimir Nabokov Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (Russian: Владимир Владимирович Набоков; pronounced: vlah-DEE-meer nah-BAWK-awf) (April 10 O.S. [April 22/23 N.S.], 1899 - July 2, 1977) was a Russian-American author. ... A Lord of the Flies cover Lord of the Flies is an allegorical novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author William G. Golding. ... Sir William Gerald Golding (September 19, 1911 - June 19, 1993) is a Cornish novelist and poet and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1983) for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world... Aristophanes anti-war comedy Lysistrata, written in 411 BC, has female characters, led by the eponymous Lysistrata, barricading the public funds building and withholding consensual sex from their husbands to secure peace and end the Peloponnesian War. ... A bust of Aristophanes Aristophanes (c. ...

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Scene from Macbeth, depicting the witches conjuring of an apparition in Act IV, Scene I Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, based loosely on the historical King Macbeth of Scotland. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Juan Goytisolo is a Spanish poet and novelist. ... DVD cover for the film adaptation of Maurice. ... Edward Morgan Forster (January 1, 1879 - June 7, 1970) was an English novelist. ... Cover of Mein Kampf Mein Kampf (German for My Struggle) is a book written by Adolf Hitler, combining elements of autobiography with an exposition of Hitlers political ideology of National Socialism. ... Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889–April 30, 1945) was the Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Imperial chancellor) of Germany from 1933 to his death. ... Shylock and Jessica by Maurycy Gottlieb (1856-1879) The Merchant of Venice is a famous comedy (note: at the time the play was written, comedy had a very different meaning; see Shakespearean comedies) by William Shakespeare, written at an uncertain date between 1594 and 1597. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders is a 1722 novel by Daniel Defoe. ... Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe ( 1660 – April 24, 1731) was an English writer and journalist, who first gained fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. ... The Monk is a Gothic novel by Matthew Lewis that first appeared in 1796. ... There are several famous people with this name, including: Matthew Lewis, the novelist Matthew Lewis, the actor This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Of Mice and Men book cover Of Mice and Men is a novella by John Steinbeck, first published in 1937, which tells the tragic story of George and Lennie, two displaced Anglo migrant farm workers during the Great Depression. ... John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was one of the most famous American novelists of the 20th century. ... Petar II Petrović Njegoš (sr-cyr: Петар II Петровић Његош) (November 1, 1813-October 10, 1851) was a Montenegrin poet, ruler of Montenegro (sr-cyr: Црна Гора; sr-lat: Crna Gora) and Serb Orthodox Bishop (sr-cyr: Владика; sr-lat: Vladika) of the Metropolitanate (Bishopric) of Montenegro. ... My Friend Flicka is a 1941 childrens novel by Mary OHara about Ken McLaughlin, the son of a Wyoming rancher, and his horse Flicka. ... Henry Spencer Ashbee (21 April 1834-29 July 1900) is better known as Walter, the pseudonymous author of My Secret Life, his sexual memoirs. ... Michael Fumento is an American author, journalist, and attorney who writes about science and health issues, such as obesity, the health dangers of breast implants, teen drug use, Agrarian utopianism, and AIDS. Many of his articles argue that a huge number of claims of danger to society are later found... Naked Lunch was the third novel by William S. Burroughs. ... William S. Burroughs William Seward Burroughs (February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American novelist, essayist, social critic and spoken word performer. ... Native Son (ISBN 0060809779) is a novel published in 1940 and written by Richard Wright. ... Richard Wright, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1939 Richard Nathaniel Wright (September 4, 1908 - November 28, 1960) was an African-American author of novels and short stories. ... Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad (December 3, 1857 – August 3, 1924) was a Polish-born British novelist. ... One of the Guys is an earnestly satirical and picaresque novel by Robert Clark Young, published in 1999, concerning the fantastical adventures of a man posing as a chaplain on a U.S. Navy ship which goes berserk and terrorizes a number of ports in the Far East before the... Robert Clark Young (born 1960) is an American author of novels, essays, and short stories. ... For the comic book characters, see Outsiders (comics). ... Susan Eloise Hinton (born on July 22, 1948 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American author who wrote five young adult novels in the 1960s. ... Stephen Chbosky (born January, 22nd 1970) is an American author, editor, screenwriter, and director. ... Philosophy in the Bedroom (La Philosophie Dans le Boudoir) is a play written by the Marquis de Sade in 1795 in the aftermath of the French Revolution. ... Portrait of the Marquis de Sade by Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (c. ... The Pigman is a book for young adults written by Paul Zindel, first published in 1968. ... Paul Zindel (born May 15, 1936, died March 27, 2003) was an American author and playwright. ... Ken Follett (born June 5, 1949) is a British author of thrillers and historical novels. ... Portnoys Complaint book cover Portnoys Complaint (1969) is American writer Philip Roths fourth and, to date, still most popular novel, with many of its characteristics (ribald, comedic prose; themes of sexual desire and sexual frustration; a self-conscious literariness) having gone on to become Roth trademarks. ... Philip Milton Roth (born March 19, 1933) is an American novelist who is best known for his sexually explicit comedic novel Portnoys Complaint (1969) and for his late-90s trilogy comprising the Pulitzer Prize-winning American Pastoral (1997), I Married a Communist (1998), and The Human Stain (2000). ... This article is about the book. ... Detail of the portrait of Machiavelli, ca 1500, in the robes of a Florentine public official Niccolò Machiavelli (May 3, 1469—June 21, 1527) was an Italian political philosopher during the Renaissance. ... An intimate or private part is a place on the human body. ... Howard Stern with his signature round, dark glasses. ... Blaise Pascal, portrait Blaise Pascal (June 19, 1623 – August 19, 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. ... Thomas Paine wrote the Rights of Man in 1791 as a reply to Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke, and as such, it is a work glorifying the French Revolution. ... Thomas Paine Thomas Paine (29 January 1737–8 June 1809), intellectual, scholar, and idealist, is widely recognized as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. ...

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The Satanic Verses cover The Satanic Verses is a 1989 novel by Salman Rushdie, inspired in part by the life of Muhammad. ... Salman Rushdie Salman Rushdie (born June 19, 1947, in Bombay, India) is an Indian-born British essayist and author of fiction, most of which is set on the Indian subcontinent. ... Salem Custom House The Scarlet Letter, published in 1850, is a classic American novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and is generally considered to be his masterpiece. ... Nathaniel Hawthorne (July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was a 19th century American novelist and short story writer. ... This article is in need of attention. ... A Separate Peace (1959) is a novel written by John Knowles set in a school named Devon in New England during World War II. The book explores themes of hate, vengeance and guilt. ... John Knowles (September 16, 1926 - November 29, 2001) was an American novelist, best known for A Separate Peace. ... Sex front cover Sex is a 1992 coffee table-size book by Madonna and photographer Steven Meisel which accompanied the release of her fifth studio album Erotica. ... Madonna Ciccone Madonna Louise Ciccone (born August 16, 1958 in Bay City, Michigan), simply known by the stage name Madonna, also occasionally referred to as Madonna Ciccone Ritchie, is an American singer frequently referred to as the Queen of Pop music. ... Betty Dodson, Ph. ... Christine McCafferty (born 14 October 1945) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... Show Me! is a controversial sex education book by photographer Will McBride. ... Will McBride (born 1931, St. ... Silas Marner is a novel by George Eliot (in fact the pen name of Mary Ann Evans), first published in 1861. ... George Eliot Mary Ann Evans, better known by the pen name George Eliot (22 November 1819 - 22 December 1880), was an English novelist. ... Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Childrens Crusade: A Duty Dance With Death is a 1969 novel by best-selling author Kurt Vonnegut. ... Kurt Vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut, Junior (born November 11, 1922) is an American novelist, satirist, and most recently, graphic artist. ... The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, Beautys Punishment, and Beautys Release, are erotic novels by Anne Rice writing under the pseudonym of A. N. Roquelaure. ... Anne Rice (born Howard Allen OBrien on October 4, 1941), the second daughter of an Irish Catholic family, is an author of horror/fantasy stories, often about vampires, mummies and witches. ... Snow Falling on Cedars is the first novel written by American writer David Guterson. ... David Guterson (born May 4, 1956 in Seattle, Washington) is best known as the author of the novel Snow Falling on Cedars, which won many awards, including the 1995 PEN/Faulkner Award. ... Categories: Literature stubs | 1977 books | Novels ... Toni Morrison Toni Morrison is an African-American author, born Chloe Anthony Wofford, February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio. ... D. H. Lawrence David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 - 2 March 1930) was one of the most important, certainly one of the most controversial, English writers of the 20th century, who wrote novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, travel books, and letters. ... Spycatcher is a book by the former MI5 secret service operative Peter Wright. ... Peter Wright (1916 - 1995) was a former MI5 counterintelligence officer noted for writing the controversial book Spycatcher. ... Cover of Steal this Book The book Steal This Book was written by Abbie Hoffman in 1970, and is considered a classic of American pop culture of the 1960s. ... Abbie Hoffman, New York City, 1970. ... Helen Bannerman was the author of Little Black Sambo and Little Black Samba Categories: Stub ... The Stupids are a fictional family created by Harry G. Allard and James Marshall who appear in series of books by them. ... Summer Sisters (ISBN 0385324057) is a 1998 novel by Judy Blume. ... Judy Blume (born February 12, 1938) is an American author. ... Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1970) is a childrens picture book written and illustrated by William Steig. ... William Steig (November 14, 1907 - October 3, 2003) was a prolific American cartoonist and, later in life, an author of popular childrens literature. ... Teleny, a homoerotic short novel believed by some scholars to have been written by Oscar Wilde, was published anonymously in the year of Wildes trial, and has been ignored by most editors of Wildes works. ... Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal OFlahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and short story writer. ... Caroline B. Cooney (born 1947) is an author of horror and mystery books for teenagers. ... The Three Musketeers (Les Trois Mousquetaires) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. ... Alexandre Dumas, père, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (July 24, 1802 – December 5, 1870), is best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him the most widely read French author in the world. ... Tiger Eyes is a young adult novel written by Judy Blume in 1981. ... Judy Blume (born February 12, 1938) is an American author. ... Tropic of Capricorn cover Tropic of Capricorn is a sexually explicit novel by Henry Miller, first published in Paris, 1938. ... Henry Miller (December 26, 1891, New York City – June 7, 1980, Pacific Palisades, California), was an American novelist, whose novel Tropic of Cancer led to a series of controversial obscenity trials in the United States—testing the pornography laws of the time. ... Tropic of Cancer cover Tropic of Cancer is a sexually explicit novel by Henry Miller, first published in 1934. ... Henry Miller (December 26, 1891, New York City – June 7, 1980, Pacific Palisades, California), was an American novelist, whose novel Tropic of Cancer led to a series of controversial obscenity trials in the United States—testing the pornography laws of the time. ... Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a comedy by William Shakespeare. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The first edition of Ulysses was published in 1922. ... James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (February 2, 1882 – January 13, 1941) was an expatriate Irish writer and poet, and is widely considered one of the most significant writers of the 20th century. ... Simon Legree menaces Uncle Tom Uncle Toms Cabin is a novel by American novelist Harriet Beecher Stowe which treats slavery as a central theme. ... Harriet Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an abolitionist, and writer of more than 10 books, the most famous being Uncle Toms Cabin which describes life in slavery, and which was first published in serial form from 1851 to 1852 in an abolitionist organ, the National... Book cover for Venus in Furs Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch (January 27, 1836 - March 9, 1895), writer and journalist, was born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine). ... Book cover for Venus in Furs Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch (January 27, 1836 - March 9, 1895), writer and journalist, was born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine). ... We All Fall Down is a book written by Robert Cormier. ... Robert Edmund Cormier (January 17, 1925 - November 2, 2000) was an American author. ... Peter Mayle (born 1939) is a British-born author most famous for his series of books detailing life in Provence, France. ... Wally, as he appeared in the first edition of Wheres Wally? (1987). ... The Witches is a book for children by Roald Dahl, first published in London in 1983 by Jonathan Cape and made into a movie in 1990. ... Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1954 Roald Dahl (September 13, 1916 – November 23, 1990) was a British novelist and short story author of Norwegian descent, famous both as a writer of childrens fiction as well as adult and horror fiction. ... Nancy Friday (born August 27, 1937) is an author who has written on the topics of female sexuality and liberation (with a small l). Her writings argue that women have often been reared under an ideal of womanhood which was outdated and restrictive, and largely unrepresentative of many womens... A Wrinkle in Time is a childrens fantasy novel by Madeleine LEngle, written in 1962. ... Madeleine LEngle (b. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Federico García Lorca Federico García Lorca (June 5, 1898 - August 19, 1936) was a Spanish poet and dramatist, also remembered as a painter, pianist, and composer. ... C.D. Payne is an American author of absurdist fiction who is best known for his series of novels about fictional teenager Nick Twisp. ...

American Library Association List

The American Library Association periodically releases a list of the most challenged books in libraries in the United States, of the challenges reported to the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom. The following list details the 100 most challenged books the years 1990-2000, during which some 6,300 challenges were reported to the ALA. The American Library Association promotes libraries and library education in the United States and internationally. ...

  1. Scary Stories (series) by Alvin Schwartz
  2. Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite
  3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
  4. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
  5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
  6. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
  7. Harry Potter (series) by J.K. Rowling
  8. Forever by Judy Blume
  9. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
  10. Alice (series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
  11. Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
  12. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
  13. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
  14. The Giver by Lois Lowry
  15. It’s Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
  16. Goosebumps (series) by R.L. Stine
  17. A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
  18. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
  19. Sex by Madonna
  20. Earth’s Children (series) by Jean M. Auel
  21. The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
  22. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
  23. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
  24. Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
  25. In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
  26. The Stupids (series) by Harry Allard
  27. The Witches by Roald Dahl
  28. The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein
  29. Anastasia Krupnik (series) by Lois Lowry
  30. The Goats by Brock Cole
  31. Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
  32. Blubber by Judy Blume
  33. Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
  34. Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam
  35. We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
  36. Final Exit by Derek Humphry
  37. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
  38. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
  39. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
  40. What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda Madaras
  41. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  42. Beloved by Toni Morrison
  43. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
  44. The Pigman by Paul Zindel
  45. Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
  46. Deenie by Judy Blume
  47. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
  48. Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden
  49. The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
  50. Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz
  51. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
  52. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
  53. Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by Anne Rice
  54. Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole
  55. Cujo by Stephen King
  56. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
  57. The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
  58. Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
  59. Ordinary People by Judith Guest
  60. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
  61. What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons by Lynda Madaras
  62. Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
  63. Crazy Lady by Jane Conly
  64. Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
  65. Fade by Robert Cormier
  66. Guess What? by Mem Fox
  67. The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
  68. The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
  69. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
  70. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
  71. Native Son by Richard Wright
  72. Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women’s Fantasies by Nancy Friday
  73. Curses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel Cohen
  74. Jack by A.M. Homes
  75. Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya
  76. Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle
  77. Carrie by Stephen King
  78. Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
  79. On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
  80. Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
  81. Family Secrets by Norma Klein
  82. Mommy Laid An Egg by Babette Cole
  83. The Dead Zone by Stephen King
  84. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
  85. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
  86. Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
  87. Private Parts by Howard Stern
  88. Where's Waldo? by Martin Handford
  89. Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
  90. Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
  91. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
  92. Running Loose by Chris Crutcher
  93. Sex Education by Jenny Davis
  94. The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette Greene
  95. Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
  96. How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
  97. View from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts
  98. The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
  99. The Terrorist by Caroline Cooney
  100. Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

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John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was one of the most famous American novelists of the 20th century. ... Cover of the original novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. ... Joanne Rowling OBE (born July 31, 1965 in Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire), commonly known as J.K. Rowling (pronunciation: roll-ing; her former students used to joke with her name calling her the Rolling Stone), is a British fiction writer. ... Judy Blume (born February 12, 1938) is an American author. ... Bridge to Terabithia is a book of childrens fiction written by Katherine Paterson. ... Katherine Paterson is an award-winning American author of books for children. ... Heather Has Two Mommies is a childrens book by Leslea Newman and Diana Souza, first published in 1989. ... Leslea Newman Leslea Newman (born 1955, Brooklyn, New York) is a Jewish, lesbian, feminist writer. ... The Catcher in the Rye book cover The Catcher in the Rye is a novel by J. D. Salinger. ... Jerome David Salinger (born January 1, 1919) is an American author best known for The Catcher in the Rye, a classic coming-of-age story that has enjoyed enduring popularity since its publication in 1951. ... The Giver by Lois Lowry The Giver (1993) by Lois Lowry is a soft science fiction novel set in a possible future society which first seems to be a utopia and gradually appears more and more dystopian. ... Lois Lowry (born March 20, 1937) is a childrens author who has written many popular books. ... Goosebumps is a very popular American series of childrens horror fiction books created by author R. L. Stine. ... Robert Lawrence Stine (born October 8, 1943), better known as R. L. Stine, is an American writer. ... Robert Newton Peck is an American author of books for young adults. ... This article is about the novel. ... Alice Walker Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an African American author whose most famous novel, The Color Purple, won both the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award. ... Sex front cover Sex is a 1992 coffee table-size book by Madonna and photographer Steven Meisel which accompanied the release of her fifth studio album Erotica. ... Madonna Ciccone Madonna Louise Ciccone (born August 16, 1958 in Bay City, Michigan), simply known by the stage name Madonna, also occasionally referred to as Madonna Ciccone Ritchie, is an American singer frequently referred to as the Queen of Pop music. ... Jean Marie Auel (born February 18, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois) is a writer, who is best known for the Earths Children books, a series of books set in prehistoric Europe which explores interactions of Cro-Magnon people with Neanderthals. ... Katherine Paterson is an award-winning American author of books for children. ... A Wrinkle in Time is a childrens fantasy novel by Madeleine LEngle, written in 1962. ... Go Ask Alice, an account of drug abuse that has been controversial on several levels, is considered a classic of American young adult literature. ... ... Fallen Angels (1991) (ISBN 0743435826) is a Prometheus Award-winning novel by science fiction authors Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Michael Flynn. ... Maurice Sendak (born June 10, 1928) is an artist and creator of childrens literature who is best known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, published in 1963. ... The Stupids are a fictional family created by Harry G. Allard and James Marshall who appear in series of books by them. ... The Witches is a book for children by Roald Dahl, first published in London in 1983 by Jonathan Cape and made into a movie in 1990. ... Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1954 Roald Dahl (September 13, 1916 – November 23, 1990) was a British novelist and short story author of Norwegian descent, famous both as a writer of childrens fiction as well as adult and horror fiction. ... Lois Lowry (born March 20, 1937) is a childrens author who has written many popular books. ... Kaffir Boy is a book by Mark Mathabane about life under the apartheid regime. ... Mark Mathabane is a tennis player and author. ... Judy Blume (born February 12, 1938) is an American author. ... Killing Mr. ... Eve Merriam (1916-April 11, 1992) was an American author. ... We All Fall Down is a book written by Robert Cormier. ... Robert Edmund Cormier (January 17, 1925 - November 2, 2000) was an American author. ... Cover of The Handmaids Tale The Handmaids Tale is a 1985 dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. ... Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Peggy Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a novelist, poet, literary critic, and a pioneer of Canadian womens writing. ... Jean Craighead George (b. ... Spoiler warning: The Bluest Eye is a novel by Toni Morrison which details a summer in the life of a young black girl in Lorain, Ohio named Pecola. ... Toni Morrison Toni Morrison is an African-American author, born Chloe Anthony Wofford, February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio. ... To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1960 novel by Harper Lee, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961. ... Harper Lee (born April 28, 1926) is an American novelist, author of the classic 1960 novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. ... Beloved cover Beloved is a 1987 novel by Toni Morrison about the legacy of slavery. ... Toni Morrison Toni Morrison is an African-American author, born Chloe Anthony Wofford, February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio. ... For the comic book characters, see Outsiders (comics). ... Susan Eloise Hinton (born on July 22, 1948 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American author who wrote five young adult novels in the 1960s. ... The Pigman is a book for young adults written by Paul Zindel, first published in 1968. ... Paul Zindel (born May 15, 1936, died March 27, 2003) was an American author and playwright. ... Judy Blume (born February 12, 1938) is an American author. ... Flowers for Algernon is a science fiction story written by Daniel Keyes. ... Daniel Keyes is an American author. ... Nancy Garden (born May 15, 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American author best known for Annie on My Mind, which was critically acclaimed but attracted controversy because of its homosexual characters. ... The Boy Who Lost His Face (ISBN 0679886222) is a novel by Louis Sachar. ... Louis Sachar (1954 - ) is an author of childrens books. ... This article is in need of attention. ... A Light in the Attic by the American poet and childrens writer Shel Silverstein is a collection of poems for children. ... Sheldon Allan Shel Silverstein (September 25, 1930 – May 10, 1999) was an important American poet, songwriter, composer, cartoonist, screenwriter, and childrens writer. ... Brave New World is a 1932 dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley. ... Aldous Huxley Aldous Leonard Huxley (July 26, 1894 – November 22, 1963) was a British writer who emigrated to the United States. ... The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, Beautys Punishment, and Beautys Release, are erotic novels by Anne Rice writing under the pseudonym of A. N. Roquelaure. ... Anne Rice signing books at Olssons on 19th Street, N.W. in the District of Columbia circa 1990. ... Joanna Cole is a United States author of children’s books that teach science. ... Cujo is a 1981 novel by Stephen King. ... Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is a prolific American author best known for his horror novels. ... James and the Giant Peach is a childrens book by Roald Dahl, originally illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert, first published in the USA in 1961 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. ... Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1954 Roald Dahl (September 13, 1916 – November 23, 1990) was a British novelist and short story author of Norwegian descent, famous both as a writer of childrens fiction as well as adult and horror fiction. ... The Anarchist Cookbook (ISBN 0-9623032-0-8) is a book written by William Powell. ... William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 - March 5, 1984) was an American actor, noted for his sophisticated, cynical roles. ... Wardell Baxter Pomeroy (December 6, 1913 - September 6, 2001) was an American sexologist and co-author of Alfred C. Kinsey. ... Ordinary People is a 1980 film which tells the story of the disintegration of a family in Lake Forest, Illinois following the death of the oldest son. ... Judith Guest (born March 29, 1936), in Detroit, Michigan) is an American novelist and screenwriter. ... American Psycho (1991) is a novel by Bret Easton Ellis about a young Manhattanite serial killer. ... Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964) is an American author. ... Judy Blume (born February 12, 1938) is an American author. ... In radio communications, fade describes the loss of signal strength at the receiver. ... Robert Edmund Cormier (January 17, 1925 - November 2, 2000) was an American author. ... Guess What (ISBN 0152004521) is a picture book about an old woman, with various witchlike qualities. ... The House of Spirits is the first novel written by Isabel Allende. ... Isabel Allende Isabel Allende Llona (born August 2, 1942) is a Chilean writer whose books have been translated into many languages. ... The Face on the Milk Carton is a childrens novel written by Caroline B. Cooney. ... Caroline B. Cooney (born 1947) is an author of horror and mystery books for teenagers. ... Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Childrens Crusade: A Duty Dance With Death is a 1969 novel by best-selling author Kurt Vonnegut. ... Kurt Vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut, Junior (born November 11, 1922) is an American novelist, satirist, and most recently, graphic artist. ... A Lord of the Flies cover Lord of the Flies is an allegorical novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author William G. Golding. ... Sir William Gerald Golding (September 19, 1911 - June 19, 1993) is a Cornish novelist and poet and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1983) for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world... Native Son (ISBN 0060809779) is a novel published in 1940 and written by Richard Wright. ... Richard Wright, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1939 Richard Nathaniel Wright (September 4, 1908 - November 28, 1960) was an African-American author of novels and short stories. ... Nancy Friday (born August 27, 1937) is an author who has written on the topics of female sexuality and liberation (with a small l). Her writings argue that women have often been reared under an ideal of womanhood which was outdated and restrictive, and largely unrepresentative of many womens... Curses, Hexes and Spells (ISBN 0397314930) is a book by Daniel Cohen. ... Jack can have several meanings: For electrical connectors, see Jack (connector). ... Amy Michael Homes (born 1961) is an American author, known for controversial and unusual stories, like The End of Alice, Music for Torching, In a Country of Mothers and the short story compilations The Safety of Objects and Things You Should Know. ... Bless Me, Ultima is a novel by Rudolfo Anaya, published in 1972. ... Rudolfo A. Anaya was born in Pastura, New Mexico on October 30, 1937. ... Peter Mayle (born 1939) is a British-born author most famous for his series of books detailing life in Provence, France. ... Carrie (1974) was Stephen Kings first published novel. ... Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is a prolific American author best known for his horror novels. ... Tiger Eyes is a young adult novel written by Judy Blume in 1981. ... Judy Blume (born February 12, 1938) is an American author. ... The Dead Zone is a novel by Stephen King published in 1979. ... Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is a prolific American author best known for his horror novels. ... The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn book cover The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (published 1876) is a very well-known and popular story concerning American youth. ... Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was a famous and popular American humorist, writer and lecturer. ... Categories: Literature stubs | 1977 books | Novels ... Toni Morrison Toni Morrison is an African-American author, born Chloe Anthony Wofford, February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio. ... An intimate or private part is a place on the human body. ... Howard Stern with his signature round, dark glasses. ... Wally, as he appeared in the first edition of Wheres Wally? (1987). ... Martin Handford (born c. ... Little Black Sambo, from the cover of the 1899 edition The Story of Little Black Sambo is a childrens book by Helen Bannerman, a Scot living in India, first published in 1899. ... Helen Bannerman was the author of Little Black Sambo and Little Black Samba Categories: Stub ... Ken Follett (born June 5, 1949) is a British author of thrillers and historical novels. ... Sex education is education about sexual reproduction in human beings, sexual intercourse and other aspects of human sexual behavior. ... Wardell Baxter Pomeroy (December 6, 1913 - September 6, 2001) was an American sexologist and co-author of Alfred C. Kinsey. ... Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1927 –) is an acclaimed author of childrens books. ... Caroline B. Cooney (born 1947) is an author of horror and mystery books for teenagers. ...

Banned Books Week

During the last week of September of each year, the ALA celebrates Banned Books Week. Established in 1982, Banned Books Week celebrates freedom of the press and encourages people to read books which have been banned or challenged.


See also

Book burning is the practice of ceremoniously destroying by fire one or more copies of a book or other written material. ... Censorship is the systematic use of group power to broadly control freedom of speech and expression, largely in regard to secretive matters. ... Saint Peters Basilica in Rome. ... The Index Librorum Prohibitorum (List of Prohibited Books)—also called Index Expurgatorius—is a list of publications which Roman Catholic laymen were banned from reading, pernicious books, and also the rules of the Church relating to books. ...

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