The Forbidden Library
The Forbidden Library has a list of books that have either been challenged or banned, whether currently or at some point during the past. This list includes novels such as:
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Cantebury Tales
- Catcher in the Rye
- Don Quixote
- Fahrenheit 451
- Grapes of Wrath
- Hamlet
- King Lear
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
- Raisin in the Sun
The site also gives an explanation as to when and why the novels were challenged/banned.
Filed under: Fiction on September 17th, 2008
Very interesting site. I read Farheneit 451 a few years ago and always thought it strange that a book about censorship and book banning was itself, banned.
Ironic indeed.