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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 1467 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,731,681 ratings — published 1960
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1333 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,280,963 ratings — published 1949
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1271 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,346,753 ratings — published 1985
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The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 1212 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,822,358 ratings — published 1951
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1205 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,745,542 ratings — published 1953
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1007 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,400,802 ratings — published 1945
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The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 996 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.13 — 291,028 ratings — published 1970
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Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 948 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,769,987 ratings — published 1937
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 926 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,136,142 ratings — published 1954
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Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 914 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,260,340 ratings — published 1932
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The Color Purple The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 899 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.28 — 740,911 ratings — published 1982
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 876 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,960,464 ratings — published 1999
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The Giver (The Giver, #1) The Giver (The Giver, #1)
by (shelved 827 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,749,684 ratings — published 1993
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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 812 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.97 — 480,090 ratings — published 1987
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The Kite Runner The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 798 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.35 — 3,423,335 ratings — published 2003
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The Hate U Give The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 793 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.46 — 992,370 ratings — published 2017
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 767 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.06 — 282,229 ratings — published 2007
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 737 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.30 — 571,972 ratings — published 1969
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 726 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,458,711 ratings — published 1969
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The Diary of a Young Girl The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 715 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,100,086 ratings — published 1947
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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 698 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,772,551 ratings — published 1925
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Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 686 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,723,660 ratings — published 2005
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Paperback)
by (shelved 639 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,323,289 ratings — published 1884
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Speak Speak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 630 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.05 — 624,707 ratings — published 1999
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 614 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.87 — 925,303 ratings — published 1955
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Gender Queer: A Memoir Gender Queer: A Memoir (Paperback)
by (shelved 603 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.27 — 75,501 ratings — published 2019
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 593 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,666,514 ratings — published 2008
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All Boys Aren’t Blue All Boys Aren’t Blue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 580 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.19 — 44,877 ratings — published 2020
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The Grapes of Wrath The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 572 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.02 — 976,673 ratings — published 1939
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 564 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,139,602 ratings — published 1997
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Catch-22 Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 518 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.99 — 876,547 ratings — published 1961
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A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 518 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.00 — 757,255 ratings — published 1962
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 498 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.20 — 770,669 ratings — published 1962
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A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1) A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
by (shelved 416 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,267,366 ratings — published 1962
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Thirteen Reasons Why Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 407 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,016,654 ratings — published 2007
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Bridge to Terabithia Bridge to Terabithia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 407 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.06 — 582,267 ratings — published 1977
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The Outsiders The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 377 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,552,528 ratings — published 1967
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And Tango Makes Three And Tango Makes Three (Hardcover)
by (shelved 364 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.35 — 13,866 ratings — published 2005
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Their Eyes Were Watching God Their Eyes Were Watching God (Paperback)
by (shelved 358 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.99 — 379,809 ratings — published 1937
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Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Hardcover)
by (shelved 348 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.95 — 253,021 ratings — published 1970
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The Glass Castle The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 341 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,334,177 ratings — published 2005
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Go Ask Alice Go Ask Alice (Paperback)
by (shelved 338 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.74 — 289,555 ratings — published 1971
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Melissa Melissa (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 331 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.09 — 47,436 ratings — published 2015
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Out of Darkness Out of Darkness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 322 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.14 — 8,521 ratings — published 2016
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Gone With the Wind Gone With the Wind (Paperback)
by (shelved 313 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,247,680 ratings — published 1936
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Lady Chatterley’s Lover Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Hardcover)
by (shelved 310 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.50 — 135,466 ratings — published 1928
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Ulysses Ulysses (Paperback)
by (shelved 309 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.77 — 139,001 ratings — published 1922
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 309 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,380,449 ratings — published 2002
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The Call of the Wild The Call of the Wild (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 305 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.91 — 463,590 ratings — published 1903
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Lawn Boy Lawn Boy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 304 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.83 — 9,791 ratings — published 2018
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Anaïs Nin
“The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive and evil force which ever oppressed people and their literature: it created hypocrisy, perversion, fears, sterility.”
Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947

S.J. Parris
“I do not believe that any book should be denied to the man who possesses the wisdom to understand it, Bruno, but that does not mean I am confused about where truth lies.”
S.J. Parris, Heresy

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