46 books
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16 voters
Banned Books Shelf
Showing 1-50 of 3,081

by (shelved 515 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.28 — 4,708,073 ratings — published 1960

by (shelved 452 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,836,941 ratings — published 1951

by (shelved 379 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,324,280 ratings — published 1949

by (shelved 368 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,765,449 ratings — published 1953

by (shelved 359 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,497,260 ratings — published 1932

by (shelved 332 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.69 — 2,345,564 ratings — published 1954

by (shelved 330 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.96 — 2,879,724 ratings — published 1945

by (shelved 304 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.88 — 2,012,761 ratings — published 1937

by (shelved 297 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,166,294 ratings — published 1969

by (shelved 286 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.48 — 7,423,990 ratings — published 1997

by (shelved 285 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.23 — 541,644 ratings — published 1982

by (shelved 281 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,171,789 ratings — published 1884

by (shelved 276 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,540,984 ratings — published 1985

by (shelved 269 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,303,317 ratings — published 1999

by (shelved 269 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.93 — 3,941,368 ratings — published 1925

by (shelved 262 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.89 — 684,043 ratings — published 1955

by (shelved 262 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,868,807 ratings — published 1993

by (shelved 239 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.98 — 741,880 ratings — published 1961

by (shelved 238 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.88 — 339,113 ratings — published 1987

by (shelved 237 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.09 — 233,950 ratings — published 2007

by (shelved 237 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.98 — 772,445 ratings — published 1939

by (shelved 213 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.25 — 430,282 ratings — published 1969

by (shelved 206 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.19 — 647,612 ratings — published 1962

by (shelved 199 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.99 — 619,983 ratings — published 1962

by (shelved 197 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.32 — 6,630,650 ratings — published 2008

by (shelved 190 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,884,690 ratings — published 1947

by (shelved 189 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.00 — 464,742 ratings — published 1977

by (shelved 187 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,076,913 ratings — published 1962

by (shelved 186 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.51 — 105,350 ratings — published 1923

by (shelved 175 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.43 — 2,873,560 ratings — published 1998

by (shelved 171 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.57 — 2,968,451 ratings — published 1999

by (shelved 170 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,165,800 ratings — published 2005

by (shelved 166 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.56 — 2,722,976 ratings — published 2000

by (shelved 164 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.50 — 2,627,569 ratings — published 2003

by (shelved 164 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,097,980 ratings — published 1936

by (shelved 164 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,518,751 ratings — published 2003

by (shelved 160 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.57 — 2,551,111 ratings — published 2005

by (shelved 160 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.62 — 2,932,059 ratings — published 2007

by (shelved 159 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.76 — 241,449 ratings — published 1971

by (shelved 153 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.07 — 553,847 ratings — published 1965

by (shelved 151 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.90 — 195,812 ratings — published 1970

by (shelved 150 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.02 — 496,021 ratings — published 1999

by (shelved 148 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.49 — 42,743 ratings — published 1974

by (shelved 147 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.10 — 981,694 ratings — published 1967

by (shelved 146 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.73 — 114,199 ratings — published 1922

by (shelved 144 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.88 — 355,277 ratings — published 1903

by (shelved 139 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.95 — 276,504 ratings — published 1937

by (shelved 130 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.67 — 66,844 ratings — published 1934

by (shelved 129 times as banned-books)
avg rating 3.70 — 58,104 ratings — published 1988

by (shelved 125 times as banned-books)
avg rating 4.01 — 397,546 ratings — published 1961

“If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries. These libraries should be open to all—except the censor. We must know all the facts and hear all the alternatives and listen to all the criticisms. Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors. For the Bill of Rights is the guardian of our security as well as our liberty.
[Response to questionnaire in Saturday Review, October 29 1960]”
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[Response to questionnaire in Saturday Review, October 29 1960]”
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“Censors don’t want children exposed to ideas different from their own. If every individual with an agenda had his/her way, the shelves in the school library would be close to empty.”
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