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Books From DK's 'Banned Books: The World's Most Controversial Books, Past and Present'

A complete list of the books mentioned in DK's 'Banned Books: The World's Most Controversial Books, Past and Present'. The chapters are as follows:
1 - 7: Pre-1900's
8 - 17: The 19th Century
18 - 31: Between the Wars
32 - 49: The Postwar Years
50 - 74: The Late 20th Century
75 - 87: The 21st Century
Keep in mind this book was published in 2022, and does not cover books published after the fact. this also is not a complete list of every banned book, and certain books may only be banned in certain countries (Ex: The play 'The Bus Stop' is banned in mainland China).
If you are interested in learning more, the book may be bought online. It may also reside in your local library (where I borrowed my copy).
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The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
2
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
3
Wycliffe's Bible (Translated by Wycliffe)
Wycliffe's Bible (Translated by Wycliffe)
4
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Galileo)
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Galileo)
5
Sor Juana Inés De La Cruz: Selected Works (Juana Inés De La Cruz)
Sor Juana Inés De La Cruz: Selected Works (Juana Inés De La Cruz)
6
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
7
The 120 Days of Sodom (Marquis De Sade)
The 120 Days of Sodom (Marquis De Sade)
8
Grimm's Fairy Tales (The Brothers Grimm)
Grimm's Fairy Tales (The Brothers Grimm)
9
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
10
The History of Mary Prince (Mary Prince)
The History of Mary Prince (Mary Prince)
11
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx)
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx)
12
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
13
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
14
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
15
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
16
The Earth (Émile Zola)
The Earth (Émile Zola)
17
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
18
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses (James Joyce)
19
Mein Kampf (Adolf Hitler)
Mein Kampf (Adolf Hitler)
20
Elmer Gantry (Sinclair Lewis)
Elmer Gantry (Sinclair Lewis)
21
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)
22
The Well of Loneliness (Radclyffe Hall)
The Well of Loneliness (Radclyffe Hall)
23
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
24
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
25
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
26
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
27
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
28
Mephisto (Klaus Mann)
Mephisto (Klaus Mann)
29
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
30
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
31
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
32
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
33
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
34
1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
35
The Hive (Camilo José Cela)
The Hive (Camilo José Cela)
36
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
37
Farenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Farenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
38
The Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
The Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
39
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
40
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
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