What’s Your Favorite Banned Book?
1 October 2012 by Julie Biando EdwardsIn recognition of the 30th Anniversary of Banned Books Week, we asked people around the library to share their favorite banned books. The list might surprise you. Take a look and leave us a comment telling us about your favorite banned books.
Audra Loyal, Adjunct Reference Librarian
Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes
Lolita, Vladimir Nbakov
Lord of the Flies, William Goldberg
Susanne Caro, Government Documents Librarian
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis
Julie Biando Edwards, Ethnic Studies Librarian
Ulysses, James Joyce
Lord of the Flies, William Goldberg
Animal Farm and 1984, George Orwell
The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway
Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison
The Awakening, Kate Chopin
A Separate Peace, John Knowles
Rabbit, Run, John Updike
A Wrinkle in Time, Madeline L’Engle
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret, Judy Blume
Megan Stark, Undergraduate Services Librarian
Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson
In the Night Kitchen, Maurice Sendak
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Sherman Alexie
Mike Maas, Circulation Night Supervisor
Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad
The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, and For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway
Sue Samson, Humanities Librarian
Merriam Webster and the American Heritage Dictionaries
Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck
The Bluest Eye and Beloved, Toni Morrison
The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank
Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
A Farewell to Arms and For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway
A Light in the Attic, Shel Silverstein
Kate Zoellner, Education, Human Sciences, Psychology and Social Work Librarian
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
1984, George Orwell
Kimberly Swanson, Interim Social Sciences Librarian
In the Night Kitchen, Maurice Sendak
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou
The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck.
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Wow, I am surprised. This is an interesting list of classics – http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedclassics/reasonsbanned.
What about Herman Hesse’s books. Those seem like prime ban candidates!