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Banned & Challenged Classic Books

A List from the ALA (American Library Association) of classic novels that have been either banned or challenged with a view to removing them from academic and public library's.
Requests are usually from religious nuts or people who miss the point of the book entirely and choose instead to focus on a naughty word of two.
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
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Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
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The Colour Purple - Alice Walker
The Colour Purple - Alice Walker
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Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses (James Joyce)
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
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Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
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Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
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Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
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The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
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As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
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A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
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Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
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Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
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Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son (Richard Wright)
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
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Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
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For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
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The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
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Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
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All the Kings Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the Kings Men (Robert Penn Warren)
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Lord of the Rings (JRR Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings (JRR Tolkien)
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The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
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Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928) - D. H. Lawrence
Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928) - D. H. Lawrence
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A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
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The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
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In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
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The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
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Sophie's Choice
Sophie's Choice
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Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
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Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
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A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
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Naked Lunch (1959) - William S. Burroughs
Naked Lunch (1959) - William S. Burroughs
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