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Books From DK's 'Banned Books: The World's Most Controversial Books, Past and Present'

A complete list of the books mentioned in DK's 'Banned Books: The World's Most Controversial Books, Past and Present'. The chapters are as follows:
1 - 7: Pre-1900's
8 - 17: The 19th Century
18 - 31: Between the Wars
32 - 49: The Postwar Years
50 - 74: The Late 20th Century
75 - 87: The 21st Century
Keep in mind this book was published in 2022, and does not cover books published after the fact. this also is not a complete list of every banned book, and certain books may only be banned in certain countries (Ex: The play 'The Bus Stop' is banned in mainland China).
If you are interested in learning more, the book may be bought online. It may also reside in your local library (where I borrowed my copy).
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The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron
1
Giovanni Boccaccio
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
2
Geoffrey Chaucer
Wycliffe's Bible (Translated by Wycliffe)
Wycliffe's Bible
3
Translated by Wycliffe
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Galileo)
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
4
Galileo
Sor Juana Inés De La Cruz: Selected Works (Juana Inés De La Cruz)
Sor Juana Inés De La Cruz: Selected Works
5
Juana Inés De La Cruz
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders
6
Daniel Defoe
The 120 Days of Sodom (Marquis De Sade)
The 120 Days of Sodom
7
Marquis De Sade
Grimm's Fairy Tales (The Brothers Grimm)
Grimm's Fairy Tales
8
The Brothers Grimm
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
9
Mary Shelley
The History of Mary Prince (Mary Prince)
The History of Mary Prince
10
Mary Prince
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx)
The Communist Manifesto
11
Karl Marx
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
12
Walt Whitman
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
13
Gustave Flaubert
The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
The Origin of Species
14
Charles Darwin
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
15
Mark Twain
The Earth (Émile Zola)
The Earth
16
Émile Zola
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
17
Kate Chopin
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
18
James Joyce
Mein Kampf (Adolf Hitler)
Mein Kampf
19
Adolf Hitler
Elmer Gantry (Sinclair Lewis)
Elmer Gantry
20
Sinclair Lewis
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
21
D.H. Lawrence
The Well of Loneliness (Radclyffe Hall)
The Well of Loneliness
22
Radclyffe Hall
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
23
Ernest Hemingway
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
24
Erich Maria Remarque
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
25
William Faulkner
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
26
Aldous Huxley
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
27
Henry Miller
Mephisto (Klaus Mann)
Mephisto
28
Klaus Mann
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
29
Margaret Mitchell
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
30
Zora Neale Hurston
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
31
John Steinbeck
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy
32
Richard Wright
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
33
Anne Frank
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
34
George Orwell
The Hive (Camilo José Cela)
The Hive
35
Camilo José Cela
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
36
J.D. Salinger
Farenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Farenheit 451
37
Ray Bradbury
The Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
The Lord of the Flies
38
William Golding
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
39
Vladimir Nabokov
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
40
James Baldwin
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