What are some of the most challenged books of all time?

I mean books that have been protested, burned, etc. Also why do you think these books were so largely hated?

What are some of the most challenged books of all time?
I really don't know why. Some of the books were considered genuinely obscene by contemporary standards. Others are challenged because someone doesn't want to think that there are other perspectives out there with equal validity, or truly believes that a book's contents are dangerous to the impressionable. Some get into the control aspect; from articles I've read, I would have to say that some are parents who, in order to keep their kids "pure", try to remove the source of trouble from everyone so there's no chance their baby will run across it and actually have to think beyond the family box. Most won't admit to selfish, controlling, reasons aloud, so I have to say I'm guessing.


(I haven't actually read most of these books, but not because I think they're wrong, but because they don't appeal to me)





Huck Finn


anything by Judy Blume





According one list, Catcher in the Rye %26amp; Of Mice %26amp; Men have some of the longest list of actions taken against it (http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=... )





The American Library Association just released a list of the top 10 most challenged (meaning complained about) books of 2007:





1. “And Tango Makes Three,” by Justin Richardson/Peter Parnell


Reasons: Anti-Ethnic, Sexism, Homosexuality, Anti-Family, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group





2. “The Chocolate War,” by Robert Cormier


Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Violence





3. “Olive’s Ocean,” by Kevin Henkes


Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language





4. “The Golden Compass,” by Philip Pullman


Reasons: Religious Viewpoint





5. “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” by Mark Twain


Reasons: Racism





6. “The Color Purple,” by Alice Walker


Reasons: Homosexuality, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language





7. “TTYL,” by Lauren Myracle


Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group





8. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” by Maya Angelou


Reasons: Sexually Explicit





9. “It’s Perfectly Normal,” by Robie Harris


Reasons: Sex Education, Sexually Explicit





10. “The Perks of Being A Wallflower,” by Stephen Chbosky


Reasons: Homosexuality, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group





Off the list this year, are two books by author Toni Morrison. "The Bluest Eye" and "Beloved," both challenged for sexual content and offensive language.





For more information on book challenges and censorship, please visit the ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom’s Banned Books Web site at http://www.ala.org/bbooks.
Reply:Certainly Darwin's "On The Origin Of Species". From the Scopes "Monkey" trial to the "Intelligent Design" purveyors of today this work has been assailed since it's inception. People just don't want to believe that they come from apes. I think they give God too little credit. Why couldn't He have created this incredible system which takes billions of years to bring to fruition His most beautiful (and horrible ) accomplishment - Mankind.
Reply:To Kill A Mocking Bird-- there is racism, social class discrimination, and, of course, the rape.
Reply:Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn.
Reply:the feminine mystique

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