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No Book Is Immune From Book Banners

"Think the fact that a book is a classic or widely respected grants it protection from book banners? Think again." (from the 'Progressive on the Prairie' website)
These are 43 'best' novels on the famous Radcliffe list that also happened to raise the ire of banners. The books are ranked here in the same order as on the aforementioned list.
The full title of the Radcliffe list is "The 100 Best English-Language Novels of the 20th Century".
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
1
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
2
J.D. Salinger
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
3
John Steinbeck
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
4
Harper Lee
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
5
Alice Walker
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
6
James Joyce
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
7
Toni Morrison
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
8
William Golding
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
9
George Orwell
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
10
Vladimir Nabokov
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
11
John Steinbeck
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
12
Joseph Heller
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
13
Aldous Huxley
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
14
Ernest Hemingway
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
15
William Faulkner
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
16
Ernest Hemingway
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
17
Joseph Conrad
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
18
Zora Neale Hurston
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
19
Ralph Ellison
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
20
Toni Morrison
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
21
Margaret Mitchell
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
22
Richard Wright
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
23
Ken Kesey
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
24
Kurt Vonnegut
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
25
Ernest Hemingway
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
26
Jack London
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
27
James Baldwin
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
28
Robert Penn Warren
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
29
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
30
Upton Sinclair
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
31
D.H. Lawrence
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
32
Anthony Burgess
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
33
Truman Capote
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
34
Salman Rushdie
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
35
D.H. Lawrence
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
36
Kurt Vonnegut
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
37
John Knowles
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
38
William S. Burroughs
Women in Love (D.H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
39
D.H. Lawrence
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
40
Norman Mailer
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