Banned Books Week 2024: The Classics | Loutit District Library

Their Eyes Were Watching God

by Hurston, Zora Neale

Book - 2000

Challenged for sexual explicitness. Challenged for sexual explicitness. Show less

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1984

by Orwell, George

Book - 1984

Challenged for "pro-communist and contained explicit sexual matter." Challenged for "pro-communist and contained explicit sexual matter." Show less

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Brave New World

by Huxley, Aldous

Book - 2006

Banned/Challenged "the book's language and moral content"; "the book has too many references to sex and drug use". Banned/Challenged "the book's language and moral content"; "the book has too many references to sex and drug use". Show less

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The Great Gatsby

by Fitzgerald, F. Scott

Book - 1995

Challenged for profanity; sexual references Challenged for profanity; sexual references Show less

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Invisible Man

by Ellison, Ralph

Book - 1994

Banned/Challenged: concerns about profanity and images of violence and sexuality Banned/Challenged: concerns about profanity and images of violence and sexuality Show less

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To Kill A Mockingbird

by Lee, Harper

Book - 1999

Banned/Challenged: "conflicted with the values of the community"; "contains profanity and racial slurs." Banned/Challenged: "conflicted with the values of the community"; "contains profanity and racial slurs." Show less

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The Catcher in the Rye

by Salinger, J. D.

Book - 1951

Banned/Challenged "anti-white" and "obscene."; "excess vulgar language, sexual scenes, things concerning moral issues, excessive violence, and anything dealing with the occult." Banned/Challenged "anti-white" and "obscene."; "excess vulgar language, sexual scenes, things concerning moral issues, excessive violence, and anything dealing with the occult." Show less

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Brideshead Revisited

The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder : A Novel

by Waugh, Evelyn

Book - 1979

Challenged- Alabama Representative Gerald Allen (R-Cottondale) proposed legislation that would prohibit the use of public funds for the "purchase of ...Show more Challenged- Alabama Representative Gerald Allen (R-Cottondale) proposed legislation that would prohibit the use of public funds for the "purchase of textbooks or library materials that recognize or promote homosexuality as an acceptable lifestyle." Show less

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The Grapes of Wrath

by Steinbeck, John

Book - 2006

Banned/Challenged because the book uses the name of God and Jesus in a "vain and profane manner along with inappropriate sexual references." Banned/Challenged because the book uses the name of God and Jesus in a "vain and profane manner along with inappropriate sexual references." Show less

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The Color Purple

by Walker, Alice

Book - 1992

Banned/Challenged "contain profanity and descriptions of drug abuse, sexually explicit conduct, and torture.” Banned/Challenged "contain profanity and descriptions of drug abuse, sexually explicit conduct, and torture.” Show less

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Catch-22

by Heller, Joseph

Book - 2011

Banned/Challenged for several references to women as "whores." Banned/Challenged for several references to women as "whores." Show less

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The Awakening

by Chopin, Kate

Book - 1995

Banned- First published in 1899, this novel so disturbed critics and the public that it was banished for decades afterward. Banned- First published in 1899, this novel so disturbed critics and the public that it was banished for decades afterward. Show less

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The Sun Also Rises

by Hemingway, Ernest

Book - 1996

"Banned in Boston, MA (1930), Ireland (1953), Riverside, CA (1960), San Jose, CA (1960). Burned in Nazi bonfires in Germany (1933)." "Banned in Boston, MA (1930), Ireland (1953), Riverside, CA (1960), San Jose, CA (1960). Burned in Nazi bonfires in Germany (1933)." Show less

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The Scarlet Letter

A Romance

by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Book - 1992

Banned/Challenged as "pornographic and obscene" Banned/Challenged as "pornographic and obscene" Show less

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Beloved

A Novel

by Morrison, Toni

Book - 1987

Banned/Challenged Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about antebellum slavery depicted the inappropriate topics of bestiality, racism, and sex. Banned/Challenged Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about antebellum slavery depicted the inappropriate topics of bestiality, racism, and sex. Show less

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Fahrenheit 451

by Bradbury, Ray

Book - 2013

Challenged for Crude language; using God's name in vain; sex, drugs, suicide, murder, and abortion Challenged for Crude language; using God's name in vain; sex, drugs, suicide, murder, and abortion Show less

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A Separate Peace

by Knowles, John

Book - 1996

Banned "offensive language."; citing profanity and negative attitudes; homoeroticism Banned "offensive language."; citing profanity and negative attitudes; homoeroticism Show less

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Go Tell It on the Mountain

by Baldwin, James

Book - 1953

Banned/Challenged book has recurring themes of rape, masturbation, violence, and degrading treatment of women Banned/Challenged book has recurring themes of rape, masturbation, violence, and degrading treatment of women Show less

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In Cold Blood

A True Account of A Multiple Murder and Its Consequences

by Capote, Truman

Book - 1994

Banned as parent complained about sex, violence, and profanity Banned as parent complained about sex, violence, and profanity Show less

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A Lesson Before Dying

by Gaines, Ernest J.

Book - 1993

Banned for "a love scene described in the book clashes with the school's Christian values." Banned for "a love scene described in the book clashes with the school's Christian values." Show less

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Gone With the Wind

by Mitchell, Margaret

Book - 2011

Banned/Challenged for use of racial slurs Banned/Challenged for use of racial slurs Show less

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