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Books From DK's 'Banned Books: The World's Most Controversial Books, Past and Present' - Page 2

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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Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
42
Borstal Boy (Brendan Behan)
Borstal Boy (Brendan Behan)
43
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
44
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
45
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
46
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
47
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
48
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
49
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
50
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
51
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
52
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
53
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
54
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret. (Judy Blume)
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret. (Judy Blume)
55
Black Voices From Prison (Etheridge Knight)
Black Voices From Prison (Etheridge Knight)
56
Maurice (E.M. Forster)
Maurice (E.M. Forster)
57
The Gulag Archipelago (Aleksandr Solhenitsyn)
The Gulag Archipelago (Aleksandr Solhenitsyn)
58
Jenny Lives With Eric and Martin (Susanne Bösche)
Jenny Lives With Eric and Martin (Susanne Bösche)
59
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
60
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
61
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
62
The Bus Stop (Gao Xinjian)
The Bus Stop (Gao Xinjian)
63
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
64
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
65
Spycatcher (Peter Wright)
Spycatcher (Peter Wright)
66
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
67
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
68
Final Exit (Derek Humphry)
Final Exit (Derek Humphry)
69
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
70
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
71
Shame (Taslima Nasrin)
Shame (Taslima Nasrin)
72
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
73
His Dark Materials (Philip Pullman)
His Dark Materials (Philip Pullman)
74
The Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
The Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
75
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
76
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
77
The Bastard of Istanbul (Elif Shafak)
The Bastard of Istanbul (Elif Shafak)
78
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Alison Bechdel)
79
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
80
The Cartoons That Shook the World (Jytte Klausen)
The Cartoons That Shook the World (Jytte Klausen)
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