Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books

This is a list of books that have at one point either been banned, censored, or requested for removal from libraries.

1	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.28 avg rating — 4,710,213 ratings score: 81,484, and 828 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling 4.48 avg rating — 7,428,032 ratings score: 65,347, and 669 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	1984 by George Orwell 4.19 avg rating — 3,324,154 ratings score: 58,269, and 598 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Animal Farm by George Orwell 3.96 avg rating — 2,881,243 ratings score: 45,968, and 477 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 3.99 avg rating — 1,766,386 ratings score: 41,677, and 437 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 4.16 avg rating — 2,886,159 ratings score: 38,925, and 411 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 3.81 avg rating — 2,837,907 ratings score: 38,078, and 396 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) by J.K. Rowling 4.62 avg rating — 2,932,376 ratings score: 36,587, and 382 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Giver by Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 1,868,682 ratings score: 33,229, and 349 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 3.99 avg rating — 1,497,314 ratings score: 30,306, and 322 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3) by J.K. Rowling 4.57 avg rating — 2,969,440 ratings score: 29,705, and 318 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll 4.06 avg rating — 476,087 ratings score: 29,625, and 309 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4) by J.K. Rowling 4.56 avg rating — 2,724,304 ratings score: 29,454, and 319 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) by J.K. Rowling 4.43 avg rating — 2,875,118 ratings score: 28,216, and 308 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Lord of the Flies by William Golding 3.69 avg rating — 2,345,563 ratings score: 27,804, and 303 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Handmaid's Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 1,541,886 ratings score: 27,604, and 295 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) by J.K. Rowling 4.50 avg rating — 2,628,771 ratings score: 27,491, and 307 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) by J.K. Rowling 4.57 avg rating — 2,552,266 ratings score: 27,328, and 303 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1) by Madeleine L'Engle 3.99 avg rating — 1,077,102 ratings score: 27,098, and 283 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 3.82 avg rating — 1,171,748 ratings score: 27,002, and 290 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins 4.32 avg rating — 6,633,216 ratings score: 19,361, and 214 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin 3.98 avg rating — 103,198 ratings score: 19,266, and 208 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 4.09 avg rating — 1,020,001 ratings score: 18,939, and 212 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 465,011 ratings score: 18,901, and 206 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 3.89 avg rating — 684,278 ratings score: 18,828, and 204 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 3.98 avg rating — 772,671 ratings score: 18,536, and 204 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes 4.15 avg rating — 500,037 ratings score: 17,627, and 193 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 4.30 avg rating — 1,098,218 ratings score: 17,595, and 194 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Holes (Holes, #1) by Louis Sachar (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 1,005,010 ratings score: 17,054, and 189 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey 4.19 avg rating — 647,797 ratings score: 16,497, and 184 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 195,841 ratings score: 16,354, and 179 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Color Purple by Alice Walker 4.23 avg rating — 541,877 ratings score: 16,294, and 183 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess 3.99 avg rating — 620,220 ratings score: 15,339, and 169 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein 4.37 avg rating — 941,983 ratings score: 14,923, and 171 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 496,134 ratings score: 14,907, and 163 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2) by Dan Brown (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 1,998,877 ratings score: 14,088, and 159 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl 4.01 avg rating — 397,800 ratings score: 14,060, and 162 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	His Dark Materials (His Dark Materials #1-3) by Philip Pullman 4.25 avg rating — 149,260 ratings score: 13,907, and 151 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 3.98 avg rating — 742,107 ratings score: 12,996, and 149 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 4.09 avg rating — 39,116 ratings score: 11,936, and 136 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) by Suzanne Collins 4.29 avg rating — 2,636,297 ratings score: 11,245, and 130 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) by Maya Angelou 4.25 avg rating — 430,503 ratings score: 11,139, and 129 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.08 avg rating — 1,166,649 ratings score: 11,118, and 126 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	East of Eden by John Steinbeck 4.38 avg rating — 441,533 ratings score: 10,726, and 123 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque 3.99 avg rating — 365,143 ratings score: 10,713, and 122 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein 4.33 avg rating — 389,638 ratings score: 10,587, and 125 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Black Beauty by Anna Sewell 3.96 avg rating — 246,554 ratings score: 10,130, and 119 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 3.88 avg rating — 2,013,584 ratings score: 9,787, and 119 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer 3.51 avg rating — 193,968 ratings score: 9,752, and 113 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein 4.30 avg rating — 1,212,779 ratings score: 9,351, and 112 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, #1) by Orson Scott Card 4.30 avg rating — 1,171,140 ratings score: 9,276, and 107 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Hamlet by William Shakespeare 4.03 avg rating — 756,395 ratings score: 9,152, and 113 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Holy Bible: King James Version by Anonymous 4.41 avg rating — 228,078 ratings score: 8,964, and 102 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	The Call of the Wild by Jack London 3.88 avg rating — 355,401 ratings score: 8,885, and 107 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 3.91 avg rating — 784,825 ratings score: 8,798, and 110 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Looking for Alaska by John Green (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 1,166,361 ratings score: 8,680, and 99 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks (as "Anonymous") 3.76 avg rating — 241,467 ratings score: 8,492, and 94 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Candide by Voltaire 3.77 avg rating — 227,244 ratings score: 8,438, and 100 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare 3.80 avg rating — 161,599 ratings score: 8,420, and 101 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 3.82 avg rating — 1,209,957 ratings score: 8,394, and 104 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) by Suzanne Collins 4.05 avg rating — 2,450,794 ratings score: 8,343, and 100 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 513,255 ratings score: 8,264, and 95 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 4.20 avg rating — 1,303,898 ratings score: 8,159, and 94 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Civil Disobedience and Other Essays by Henry David Thoreau 4.07 avg rating — 15,813 ratings score: 7,395, and 85 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson 4.06 avg rating — 65,395 ratings score: 7,052, and 85 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1) by Roald Dahl 4.14 avg rating — 696,967 ratings score: 6,996, and 87 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller 3.54 avg rating — 192,529 ratings score: 6,857, and 85 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1) by V.C. Andrews 3.82 avg rating — 167,662 ratings score: 6,388, and 74 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 3.83 avg rating — 684,115 ratings score: 5,384, and 67 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson 4.24 avg rating — 10,848 ratings score: 5,331, and 61 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence 3.51 avg rating — 105,356 ratings score: 5,147, and 65 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie 4.09 avg rating — 233,949 ratings score: 5,024, and 60 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 86,025 ratings score: 4,777, and 61 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis 3.82 avg rating — 251,063 ratings score: 4,756, and 55 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	The Crucible by Arthur Miller 3.59 avg rating — 333,544 ratings score: 4,693, and 59 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie 3.70 avg rating — 58,111 ratings score: 4,680, and 56 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell 3.75 avg rating — 45,927 ratings score: 4,678, and 59 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	Lysistrata by Aristophanes 3.86 avg rating — 35,861 ratings score: 4,645, and 58 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 982,128 ratings score: 4,518, and 57 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Forever . . . by Judy Blume (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 56,083 ratings score: 4,419, and 52 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	Alice in Wonderland by Jane Carruth (Adapted By) 4.02 avg rating — 383,450 ratings score: 4,402, and 57 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg 4.12 avg rating — 96,714 ratings score: 4,336, and 52 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner 3.72 avg rating — 140,345 ratings score: 4,264, and 51 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak 3.99 avg rating — 17,521 ratings score: 4,254, and 54 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	Ulysses by James Joyce 3.73 avg rating — 114,201 ratings score: 4,254, and 54 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	The Jungle by Upton Sinclair 3.75 avg rating — 131,051 ratings score: 4,007, and 51 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.50 avg rating — 586,220 ratings score: 3,727, and 48 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert 3.68 avg rating — 265,348 ratings score: 3,698, and 48 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	Christine by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 208,930 ratings score: 3,586, and 45 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss 4.29 avg rating — 647,391 ratings score: 3,540, and 46 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	Heather Has Two Mommies by Lesléa Newman (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 1,529 ratings score: 3,469, and 45 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	Blubber by Judy Blume (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 32,903 ratings score: 3,427, and 43 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.37 avg rating — 2,426,943 ratings score: 3,424, and 43 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	Rights of Man by Thomas Paine 4.03 avg rating — 9,644 ratings score: 3,413, and 42 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine 4.12 avg rating — 7,999 ratings score: 3,402, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 4.28 avg rating — 21,477 ratings score: 3,177, and 39 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	The Chocolate War (Chocolate War, #1) by Robert Cormier 3.49 avg rating — 42,744 ratings score: 3,070, and 39 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe 3.87 avg rating — 203,414 ratings score: 2,887, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio 3.89 avg rating — 33,894 ratings score: 2,868, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1) by Edgar Rice Burroughs 3.90 avg rating — 39,907 ratings score: 2,823, and 38 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Vicki (new)

Sep 21, 2009 08:19PM

I feel that it is crazy to ban a book at all, and I can't believe some of the books that are on this list. Oh the ignorance and shallow mindedness of people.

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message 2: by Helena (new)

Sep 30, 2009 10:11AM

I bookmarked the list under "to-read books"... if someone does not want us to read it, well it must be interesting stuff.

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message 3: by [deleted user] (new)

Sep 30, 2009 11:00AM

I'm amazed at the number of children's books listed; and, of those so listed, the number I shared for many years with my students...

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message 4: by Poietes (new)

Sep 30, 2009 02:35PM

I know that I shouldn't be, but I am simply amazed by some of the titles that are still on this list. Anytime someone mentions banning a book in the news, I always think back to those images of Nazi' bonfires made from banned books. Don't people get it: Being able to read without censorship is one of the more treasured things of belonging to a democracy. Just think of all of the countries in the world that censor what a person can read. Banned Book Week should be banned.

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message 5: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Oct 06, 2009 12:58PM

Uh, Banned Book Week celebrates the books that some people try to ban. And urges people to go read a banned book.

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message 6: by Poietes (new)

Oct 07, 2009 09:20PM

Meant the need for banned book week should be banned...

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message 7: by Adam (last edited Oct 09, 2009 01:50PM) (new)

Oct 09, 2009 01:50PM

i do not believe in "banned" books. that is just pure junk that a book would be "banned"

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message 8: by Adam (new)

Oct 09, 2009 02:00PM

who would want to ban how to eat fried worms? the giver? the giver is AMAZING. i dont get "banned books"

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message 9: by Mikayla (new)

Oct 18, 2009 12:34PM

A wrinkle in time is pretty interesting.It's like my favorite book!!!!!

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message 10: by David (new)

Oct 31, 2009 07:17PM

Censhorship in any form, outside of an elemantary school, is intolerable. Everything should be avalible to everyone.

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message 11: by Barb (last edited Dec 12, 2009 05:56PM) (new)

Dec 12, 2009 05:56PM

Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall

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message 12: by Darius (last edited Feb 17, 2012 10:31AM) (new)

Dec 30, 2009 05:35PM

1984 by George Orwell was banned in Eastern Europe between 1950-1980 and people were prosecuted and went to jail for having it at home.
Also Gulag Archipelagos, Master and Margarita and many, many more.

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message 13: by Jenn (new)

Feb 10, 2010 07:03PM

Um darius, I believe Adam meant that the idea of banning books is 'pure junk'. Not that it didnt/doesnt happen.

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message 14: by [deleted user] (new)

Mar 16, 2010 01:47AM

I love writing and hope to get a book published someday. If my book were banned, I would feel I was doing something right. Only books with something to say get banned. Be it for religious, moral or magick reasons.

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message 15: by Imani ♥ ☮ (new)

May 08, 2010 01:08PM

It's pretty ironic Fahrenheit 451 is on this list since it IS about censorship.

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message 16: by Elana (new)

Jun 27, 2010 11:18PM

im sorry but most of these r not never mind...

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message 17: by Rachael (new)

Jul 26, 2010 04:34AM

i think it's horrible to ban books!!!! i can't belive eaast of eden is banned thats my favorite book in the world

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message 18: by Ronyell (new)

Aug 13, 2010 01:26AM

I'm not sure why Robert Munsch's book I have to Go is a banned book. Why was it banned?

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message 19: by Mina^_^ (new)

Aug 26, 2010 12:00AM

Imani wrote: "It's pretty ironic Fahrenheit 451 is on this list since it IS about censorship."

LOL!!! i thought the exact same thing...I also didnt understand why Shel Silverstein's A Light In The Attic was banned.Well i kind of see cause i think there was something about somebody dying or something along the lines like that in there but come on, really? Does anybody know why this book was banned? And i have to agree banning books are horrible well unless...hmmm i see clearly now why they ban so many books...its still not cool though

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message 20: by Adaji (new)

Aug 26, 2010 04:39AM

i think if a writer is inspired and write a book there should be no reason or whatsoever to banned that bbook

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message 21: by Ariel (new)

Sep 27, 2010 12:28PM

The Giver is one of the best books ever written. It has a TRUE meaning and shows us what can happen if we let everything in our world become undistinct and without a unique quality. The Messenger and Gathering Blue are also extremely good books, some of my favorites. His Dark Materials is just showing everyone the fallacies and faults in some organized religion, and it is up to the reader to decide whether the author is right or wrong.

A book should never be banned! Books allow us to explore places we havenot been and extends the mind of children to where they understand more and think freely and without restraints. Reading should have no consequences nor should we have barriers. Even in schools, books with erotic or romantic scenes shouldn't not be kept on the shelves. All literature is to be enjoyed by all ages.

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message 22: by Ariel (new)

Sep 27, 2010 12:31PM

Mina wrote: " Imani wrote: "It's pretty ironic Fahrenheit 451 is on this list since it IS about censorship."

LOL!!! i thought the exact same thing...I also didnt understand why Shel Silverstein's A Light In T..."

Even if someone dies, what about Wizard of Oz, where a man is hanging from a noose in the background? Banning book just shows the true trophies of modern society, entertainment in the form of watching and being told rather than reading and figuring out. I am apalled that there are banned books at all, especially books as creative as Shel silverstein's Light in the Attic.

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message 23: by Daria (new)

Sep 29, 2010 03:42PM

Darius wrote: "Adam wrote: "i do not believe in "banned" books. that is just pure junk that a book would be "banned"

"you are an idiot !!!
read some history books or have a conversation with a foreigner or two for a change

the USA is not the center of the world you moron!

just for example the book 1984 by George Orwell was banned in Easter Europe between 1950-1980 and some people were prosecuted and some went jail for having it at home."

I completely agree with you

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message 24: by Karolina (new)

Sep 29, 2010 03:48PM

Where's "Master and Margarita"?!?

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message 25: by Diane (new)

Sep 29, 2010 03:51PM

Freedom of Press, Freedom of speech .... You best not be banning ANY book. You don't like a book? Don't read it! Simple as that ....

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message 26: by Gaile (new)

Sep 29, 2010 04:38PM

I was a teen in the fifties and back then, when we were told NOT to read a book, it was a sure thing we would read it! I can remember Lady Chatterly's Lover and Peyton Place being slipped from locker to locker. I didn't vote for all the books on the list because some I didn't read but I do think if you ban a book or tell a kid not to read it, he will READ it!

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message 27: by Georgi (new)

Sep 29, 2010 04:50PM

Gaile...I was just going to say the same thing. If someone said we couldn't read it, that was the first book I was going to find a way to get my hands on. LOL

It's unimaginable to me that some of these books are in/have been on the banned list. Many of them were required reading when I was in high school, and there were several that I purchased for my kids.

Just my opinion, but I have always felt that those who ban books are either of the closed minded group or those who fear that people will learn from them (i.e. Eastern Europe with 1984).

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message 28: by Karen (new)

Sep 29, 2010 06:33PM

Some of the best books ever!!!!on this list!

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message 29: by Janet Flora (new)

Sep 29, 2010 07:50PM

I was trying to vote for them all, starting with the children's picture books and poetry (that are harmless!) and the diaries and memoirs and classics and essays and freaking important contributions to literature and culture, all the way down to the ones that I haven't read and don't even want to, but which I would never limit someone else's choice or ability to read, but GR put a limit on my votes so... :(
STOP BOOK BANNING! Books are for reading, not burning!

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message 30: by Howard (new)

Sep 29, 2010 08:16PM

the "man hanging from a noose" in the Wizard OZ movie is actually a peacock walking around in the background of the scene (when they find the tin man). I studied that portion of the film over and over until I figured it out.

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message 31: by Gaile (new)

Sep 29, 2010 09:03PM

Karen wrote: "Some of the best books ever!!!!on this list!"

I had to look at your photo twice to make sure it wasn't Jamie Lee Curtis.

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message 32: by Maja (new)

Sep 30, 2010 09:12AM

who the f'ck would bann harry potter?! i thought it should be on list of awfully most profitable books of all time or something like that

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message 33: by ♥Xeni♥ (new)

Oct 07, 2010 03:03AM

Amazing how many dystopian novels make it onto banned lists... perhaps that should be looked into more deeply and not just used as a means to ban wonderful books?

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message 34: by Morgan (new)

Dec 05, 2010 12:23PM

i agree wuth Xeni. A few of these books I can see why they were banned or chanllenged, but for the most part those are books I've wanted to read and there were TONS more I couldl think of that aren't on this list. I dont think people are idiots for saying that books shoudlnt be banned. It depends. there are some subject realy young kids shouldn't be subjected to. The fact is, these books are peoples opinions, maybe even people you know and it's un fair to keep these books away from people, when they;ss fund a way to read then anyway

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message 35: by Morgan (new)

Dec 05, 2010 12:23PM

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message 36: by Morgan (new)

Dec 05, 2010 12:24PM

Maja wrote: "who the f'ck would bann harry potter?! i thought it should be on list of awfully most profitable books of all time or something like that"
its mostly just because it talks about witchcraft. that's the only reason

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message 37: by ♥Xeni♥ (new)

Dec 05, 2010 12:40PM

Morgan wrote: "its mostly just because it talks about witchcraft. that's the only reason"

Surprisingly enough, it's not the only reason. Harry Potter revolts against the current government (Ministry of Magic) and governments feel that this could rouse today's youth into revolting against them.

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message 38: by Morgan (new)

Dec 05, 2010 12:45PM

♥Xeni♥ wrote: "Morgan wrote: "its mostly just because it talks about witchcraft. that's the only reason"

Surprisingly enough, it's not the only reason. Harry Potter revolts against the current government (Minist..."
ahh i see.

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message 39: by Amanda (new)

Mar 16, 2011 05:32AM

I remember when the Harry Potter books came out when I was in grade school. I began to read them and fell in love with them, but whenever my best friend would come over I had to hide them because her parents thought they were satanic. I'm STILL scared of her parents finding out I've read Harry Potter. That's how bad it is.

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message 40: by Janie (last edited May 22, 2011 09:28AM) (new)

May 22, 2011 09:27AM

I'd really like more information on where, when and why these books were censored or banned. Some we know about but Harry Potter, Blubber (Judy Blume) and Catcher in the Rye (Salinger) are just three for which I cannot fathom why - there are plenty more mysteries on this list. Even those that I know the reasoning behind I just cannot understand!

In the words of Walt Whitman: Damn all expurgated books; the dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

As for banning - it says far more about those doing the banning than the book itself or those who might read it.

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message 41: by Gaile (new)

May 22, 2011 09:51AM

The kids see worse on TV and on the computer than they would in books.

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message 42: by Katie (new)

May 28, 2011 06:58PM

Janie wrote: "I'd really like more information on where, when and why these books were censored or banned. Some we know about but Harry Potter, Blubber (Judy Blume) and Catcher in the Rye (Salinger) are just thr..."

I don't know about Judy Blume (I thought she was a 4th grade-ish level book writer??), but I know that Harry Potter was banned from some area Catholic schools because there's magic and that goes against the Bible. Heaven forbid!! As for Catcher in the Rye, I'd assume it's because of the profanity. They think that the kids will actually say the cuss words if they read it.

It's nonsense, really.

I'm not sure anybody really understands except for the ones who do the banning.

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message 43: by Bobbie (last edited Jul 20, 2011 01:08AM) (new)

Jul 19, 2011 11:41PM

The more they ban / challenge a book, the more interested people--especially teenagers--are in the book. Young adults are curious, as well as mutinous. When an organization bans a book, young adults realize the "power" the book holds because of how it scares authorities. Hence, they get curious. Hence, they get more interested. Hence, they read.

Thanks to book-banning, I'm discovering more of the best contemporary books written. :)

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message 44: by Varian Rose (new)

Sep 13, 2011 01:39PM

The Anne Rice books, when I read the reason they were banned I laughed. All I can say is look at the genre, it's supposed to be like that.

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message 45: by Becky (new)

Sep 23, 2011 06:26PM

I go alonge with my locol book store: cencership is the assanation of a good idea.

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message 46: by Lynn (new)

Sep 26, 2011 12:29PM

These are good decent books. How dare the goverments try to force us to be alike. Not everybody likes/dislikes these books nor is there ANY reason why people should try to censor something they "think" is not good to read. Ofcourse you wouldn't give a ten year old "Lord of the flies" to read but they are banning the books appropraite for high schoolers too. Freedom of speech. Its in the constitution. Read it!

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message 47: by Loveliest Evaris (new)

Dec 02, 2011 02:00PM

People have banned books like "Huckleberry Finn" because it features the "N" word and has racism towards blacks. That was the times! And if you censor that, you're basically censoring history. You're making it too "politically correct". And history was NOT politically correct back then. And if you hide the truth, what else will you hide from the public that it NEEDS to know happened?

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message 48: by Clíodhna (new)

Feb 17, 2012 10:12AM

It is depressing to see how far the human race hasn't come in the freedom of speech and expression. So what if a book talks about revolting or witchcraft or the absolute wreck that past governments have made of countries? For revolting, REVOLUTIONS HAPPENED BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT WAS BAD! So making -- no wait make that trying to make us unable to read about when the government was bad or when a government would be bad is stupid! The people should know whether they're being fleeced or not. As for witchcraft, yes, there are some people who believe in it, including me (in a way) if you don't like, don't believe in it!! People should also know that things in the past were bad but we have come a long way in knowing what is right and what is wrong but if they try to ban these books then clearly we haven't come far enough.

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message 49: by Meels (new)

Mar 30, 2012 06:54AM

Where the Sidwalk Ends was banned? Who made this list?

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message 50: by [deleted user] (new)

May 04, 2012 12:00AM

I remember when I was younger my dad would get me the Harry Potter books when they came out. My very Catholic grandmother who I lived with at the time took them away from me and hid them (citing witchcraft and all that jazz). Luckily my mom went and got them back for me, but I remember feeling so puzzled because I obviously knew the books were fiction and that magic isn't real. I may have been a kid, that doesn't mean I was stupid, haha. A lot of times I feel like adults go to unnecessary lengths to "shield" children, simultaneously underestimating them and not allowing them to grow and learn on their own.

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