▲Bradbury’s book is literally about a world in which book are burned. Ironic, no? Instead of setting the book aflame, a middle school in Irvine, CA utilized a version of the novel that blacked out choice “unacceptable” words.

▲Several schools have banned this book repeatedly, calling it “blasphemous,” “obscene,” and “filthy.”

▲Beat poet Ginsberg’s book has been banned because it describes homosexual acts.

▲The Tucson Unified School District dissolved its Mexican-American Studies program for legal reasons, at which time it also banned many books, including the works of Chavez.

▲Parents of students in Advanced English classes in a Virginia high school did not approve of the sexual content and language used in Hurston’s highly acclaimed novel, which has also been made into a movie starring Halle Berry.

▲Mitchell’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, which was also turned into an Academy Award-winning film, has been banned in many places for its controversial depictions of slavery and use of racist terms.

▲The adult themes in this book were subjected to parental disapproval in Mercedes, TX, and parents were soon given more control to censor their children's reading assignments.

▲Parents and librarians have found this story dark and disturbing.

▲A Baptist college in South Carolina tried to ban Fitzgerald’s classic novel because of its references to sex.

▲Some educators consider the Pulitzer Prize-winning book to be degrading, obscene, and racist.

▲This groundbreaking book about female sexuality and anatomy has been challenged since around the time of its publication, due to accusations of it promoting homosexuality and disapproval of use of the word “vagina.”

▲From inclusion in Nazi book-burnings to garden variety bans in Italy, Yugoslavia, and elsewhere, people take issue with this book’s gory violence, dark tone, and “radical” content.

▲This book was removed in 1972 from a high school curriculum and library in Ohio. However, in 1976, the District Court ruled to overturn the ban.

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▲Kinsey’s groundbreaking study was banned from publication abroad and heavily criticized in the States for asking men and women questions about their sex lives.

▲Wright’s book has been challenged or banned in at least eight states due to claims about depictions of graphic sex and violence.

▲Human rights activist Malcolm Little (also known as Malcolm X) co-wrote this autobiography, which has been called a “how-to manual” for crime, and “anti-white” by those who think it deserves to be banned.

▲This book has been banned due to claims that it’s sinful and doesn’t align with community values.

▲This National Book Award-winner was banned from high schools in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Washington for its explorations of black nationalism and Marxism.

▲Hemingway’s book was declared nonmailable by the US Post Office shortly after its publication, which effectively censored the book’s distribution.

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▲When this popular play was made into a popular movie, the director censored out a number of scenes to cut down on the show’s sexual content.

▲This book was seen as overly sensual by the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice when it was first published, and some bookstores in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and New York advised their customers not to buy it.

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Steinbeck’s book was banned in Kern County, CA, the setting where its story takes place. Objectors complained of profane language and sexual references. The book has also been banned internationally in places like Turkey.

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▲This books allegedly socialist views mean that it’s been banned in places like Yugoslavia, East Germany, South Korea, and Boston.

▲Parents in the Bay School District lodged complaints about this book with the school board. Many have said that the book is too violent.

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Complaints of profanity, sex, and violence earned Capote’s book a spot on the banned list, but it has since been brought back.

▲Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize winner is often assigned in high schools, at which point parents tend to complain about its violent and sexual content.

▲This controversial classic by Mark Twain (pictured) has been frequently banned since 1885, when it was first banned in Concord, MA. Most complaints point to the book’s racist content.

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Many books have caused quite a stir when they were released. Whether for their controversial ideas, sexual nature, or racial observations, there are some that continue to cause a stir many years later.

In 1980, Art Spiegelman created a graphic novel called 'Maus' that told the story of how his parents survived at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. The tale is illustrated with hand-drawn cats and mice. In 1992, it became the only graphic novel ever to win a Pulitzer Prize. 'Maus' is a popular book used to help school children learn about life during the Holocaust, similar to Anne Frank's diary. However, a school board in Tennessee has decided that it should be banned from classrooms due to "“vulgar and inappropriate” content. They gave examples of eight curse words and a lew illustration. "God damn" is one of the offending phrases cited, and the illustration in question is of a female mouse.

Spiegelman said he was baffled by the decision and described the school bad as "Orwellian." “I’ve met so many young people who … have learned things from my book,” Spiegelman commented. “I also understand that Tennessee is obviously demented. There’s something going on very, very haywire there.”

The following books are all featured in the Library of Congress’ exhibit ‘Books that Shaped America,' and have all been banned, challenged, or censored.

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Dee Brown’s book relays US history from an American Indian viewpoint, telling about the country’s growth and expansion into the west. A Wisconsin school district official chose to ban it in 1974, in case it might be controversial.

'Maus' and other popular banned books

Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer prize-winning novel has been banned from classrooms in Tennessee

27/01/22 por StarsInsider

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In 1980, Art Spiegelman created a graphic novel called 'Maus' that told the true story of his parents' survival at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. The tale is illustrated with hand-drawn cats and mice. In 1992, it became the only graphic novel ever to win a Pulitzer Prize. 'Maus' is a popular book used to help school children learn about life during the Holocaust, similar to Anne Frank's diary. However, a school board in Tennessee has decided that it should be banned from classrooms due to "vulgar and inappropriate” content. They gave examples of eight curse words and a lewd illustration. "God damn" is one of the offending phrases cited, and the illustration in question is of a female mouse.

Spiegelman said he was baffled by the decision and described the school board as Orwellian. “I’ve met so many young people who … have learned things from my book,” Spiegelman commented. “I also understand that Tennessee is obviously demented. There’s something going on very, very haywire there.”

The following books are all featured in the Library of Congress’ exhibit ‘Books that Shaped America,' and have all been banned, challenged, or censored.