Great works of literature have been banned:
1984 - George Orwell
Some of the novel’s themes include nationalism, sexual repression, censorship, and privacy. Many of those subjects, and various scenes within the story, have stuck a nerve with people for its close parallels to actual events of the 20th century. In that respect it’s both sardonic and apt that it would wind up on the ALA’s list of the most commonly challenged classics.
Shortly after it was translated into Russian it was banned in the former U.S.S.R.
Some early reviewers suggested that it was a commentary against Joseph Stalin’s infamous “midnight purges;” though, ironically, parents in Jackson County, Florida, would make the challenge in 1981 that it was “pro communist” and that it contained “explicit sexual matter.”
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Throughout history, various people and groups have challenged books like Adventures of Huckleberry Finn because they contain information, ideas, or language that conflicts with their own values and beliefs. Huckleberry Finn remains one of the most controversial novels in classrooms and on school library shelves; the main criticism is Twain's treatment of the theme of race and his use of racial slurs in reference to African Americans, Native Americans, and poor white Americans. Although the novel is written in the vernacular of its historical setting and the time period in which it was written, people today find this language offensive. Some people believe the novel condones or promotes racism.
Adventures of Tom Sawyer
American Tragedy - Dreiser
Arabian Nights
The Arabian Nights is a collection of tales, which has been banned by Arab governments.
Awakening - Kate Chopin
Bible
Brave New World - Huxley
Call of the Wild - J.L.
Canterbury Tales - Chaucer
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
Catcher in the Rye - J.D.S.
Doctor Zhivago - Pasternak
Fahrenheit 451
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Leaves of Grass - Whitman
Lord of the Flies
Madame Bovary
Moll Flanders - Defoe
Of Mice and Men - Steinbeck
Scarlet Letter - Hawthorne
To Kill a Mockingbird
Ulysses - James Joyce
