What banned or challenged book(s) have you read? (1 Viewer)

[Tickita]

Or, what banned/challenged book(s) do you plan to read?

 

[Tickita]

I went off Barnes & Noble's list here. Majority of these I had to read for school.

Speak
The Hate U Give
The Hunger Games
Of Mice and Men
Lord of the Flies
The Diary of Anne Frank
A Lesson Before Dying

Apparently HP book 1 and Hop on Pop are here too?

Haven't read Monday's Not Coming but I've seen it in my searches for my next book

 

[Ahsoka]

I don’t think I’ve ever read a book banned at the location I was in, only books banned in other locations

 

[Ahsoka]

I went off Barnes & Noble's list here. Majority of these I had to read for school.

Speak
The Hate U Give
The Hunger Games
Of Mice and Men
Lord of the Flies
The Diary of Anne Frank
A Lesson Before Dying

Apparently HP book 1 and Hop on Pop are here too?

Haven't read Monday's Not Coming but I've seen it in my searches for my next book

Fahrenheit 451 is on there? They can’t be serious

 

[doll]

the giver, its banned in my school district idk about everywhere else
such a greatttt booookkk i loved it so much

 

[MK3AM]

I went off Barnes & Noble's list here. Majority of these I had to read for school.

Speak
The Hate U Give
The Hunger Games
Of Mice and Men
Lord of the Flies
The Diary of Anne Frank
A Lesson Before Dying

Apparently HP book 1 and Hop on Pop are here too?

Haven't read Monday's Not Coming but I've seen it in my searches for my next book

my school library carries The Hate u give, Hunger games, Lord of the flies (we even had a play) and the diary of Anne Frank

 

[MK3AM]

Fahrenheit 451 is on there? They can’t be serious

oh yeah thats also a book they have and allowed sped to have a unit on it

 

[Selfmate]

none since there's no such thing as banned books down under

 

[Ahsoka]

none since there's no such thing as banned books down under

Not at all? Not even at a school level for example? I can’t imagine every book is allowed everywhere

 

[Selfmate]

Not at all? Not even at a school level for example? I can’t imagine every book is allowed everywhere

well I mean I have been out of school for like 20/30 years so...but to my knowledge there isn't anything like that...

EDIT: there is apparently

List of books banned by governments - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[athenaaa]

Going off the Barnes and Noble list:

Lord Of The Flies
The Hunger Games
To Kill A Mockingbird
Fahrenheit 451
Animal Farm
My Sisters Keeper
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Twilight
The Grapes of Wrath
Thirteen Reasons Why (I have my own copy)
Simon versus the Homo Sapiens Agenda

 

[Ahsoka]

well I mean I have been out of school for like 20/30 years so...but to my knowledge there isn't anything like that...

EDIT: there is apparently

List of books banned by governments - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

That list is interesting and tbh not fully what I expected in relation to countries and the books they ban.

 

[Selfmate]

That list is interesting and tbh not fully what I expected in relation to countries and the books they ban.

not sure how accurate it is but apparently in Australia as of right now there's only one book banned???

 

[athenaaa]

well I mean I have been out of school for like 20/30 years so...but to my knowledge there isn't anything like that...

EDIT: there is apparently

List of books banned by governments - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

This was definitely an entertaining list to read ngl

 

[Ahsoka]

not sure how accurate it is but apparently in Australia as of right now there's only one book banned???

Most of the books on Australias list seemed to be listed as unbanned, not that they’re all currently banned. I’m guessing that there’s still books banned regionally or in certain schools or so on though that aren’t counted on the list of one.

 

[Ahsoka]

Anyways here’s some from that Barnes and Nobles list (I stopped after ph 2):
1984
Lord of the Flies
Where the Wild Things Are
The Hinger Games
Fahrenheit 451
Animal Farm
The Giver
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
Brave New World
Haven’t read The Hate U Give but saw the movie
Twilight
I know Why the Caged Bird Sings

 

[Selfmate]

Most of the books on Australias list seemed to be listed as unbanned, not that they’re all currently banned. I’m guessing that there’s still books banned regionally or in certain schools or so on though that aren’t counted on the list of one.

that is true...but I'm so far removed from school and unlike the US right wing nuts don't dictate what goes and does not go in our libraries

 

[Ahsoka]

that is true...but I'm so far removed from school and unlike the US right wing nuts don't dictate what goes and does not go in our libraries

The way my dad talks youd think the democrats are the big problem when it comes to book censorship I looked quickly but didn’t find much about Australia schools banning books, though I did see Harry Potter and the Sorcerers stone was banned in at least one Australian school which is quite something. But they weren’t the only ones

 

[Selfmate]

The way my dad talks youd think the democrats are the big problem when it comes to book censorship I looked quickly but didn’t find much about Australia schools banning books, though I did see Harry Potter and the Sorcerers stone was banned in at least one Australian school which is quite something. But they weren’t the only ones

damn Harry Potter and his corruption of aussie youth!!!

 

[Yelena_Belova]

Some of these are very questionable to be honest. As in, who on Earth banned them and why? Anyway, based on other responses and off the top of my head:

Animal Farm
Hop On Pop
The Hunger Games
To Kill A Mockingbird

Half of these I read before I was even a teenager. Oh, the corruption! The horror!

Edited to add the Bible and The Great Gatsby to the list. Guess I'm more evil than I thought.