Banned Books Week may have end Saturday, but that doesn’t mean that you still can’t pick up a banned book and start reading. Banned Books Week promotes the freedom for all to read what they chose without being censored. Here is a list of several staff member’s favorite banned books, and the reasoning behind the controversy.
And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson
Book portrays same-sex marriage
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Contains offensive and obscene passages referring to abortion and uses God’s name in vain; contains profanity; has a segment on masturbation
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Too violent; inappropriate language; sexual material; inappropriate topics such as: bestiality, racism and sex
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Shows contempt for religion, marriage, and family; adult themes of sexuality, drugs, and suicide; book makes promiscuous sex “look like fun”
Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Contains profanity, violence and contains a rape scene
Promotes Islam
Promotes Christianity
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
Contains a nude child
Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and Other Writings by Marquis de Sade
Contains sex, homosexuality, and adultery
Contains sex, homosexuality, and adultery
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Promotes disrespect towards parents, horror, and violence
Little Red Riding Hood by Jacob Grimm
Red takes wine to her grandmother; violence
Lolita by Vladaimir Nobokov
Addresses themes of pedophilia and incest; unsuitable for minors
Age inappropriate since it contains the definition of “oral sex”
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Jacob Grimm
Too scary and inappropriate for children
What’s your favorite banned book?
Source: ALA
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