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The Most Feared Books of All Time

We've put together a list of the most feared books of all time in the infographic below. It includes classics, children's literature, and probably a few names you'll recognize from your high school reading list. Some of the titles will surprise you, but we'd bet that their banned or challenged status will make you that much more eager to read them.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
2
Sherman Alexie
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
3
Mark Twain
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
4
Bret Easton Ellis
The Anarchist Cookbook
The Anarchist Cookbook
5
And Tango Makes Three (Peter Parnell & Justin Richardson)
And Tango Makes Three
6
Peter Parnell & Justin Richardson
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (Judy Blume)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
7
Judy Blume
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
8
Kate Chopin
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
9
Sylvia Plath
The Bible (Anonymous)
The Bible
10
Anonymous
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
11
Aldous Huxley
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
12
Jack London
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
13
J.D. Salinger
The Chocolate War (Robert Cormier)
The Chocolate War
14
Robert Cormier
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
15
Anthony Burgess
The Collector (John Fowles)
The Collector
16
John Fowles
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels)
The Communist Manifesto
17
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
18
Dan Brown
Fifty Shades of Grey (E.L. James)
Fifty Shades of Grey
19
E.L. James
Foundation (Iaac Asimov)
Foundation
20
Iaac Asimov
Go Ask Alice (Anonymous)
Go Ask Alice
21
Anonymous
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
22
James Baldwin
Green Eggs and Ham (Dr. Seuss)
Green Eggs and Ham
23
Dr. Seuss
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
24
J.K. Rowling
Heather Has Two Mommies
Heather Has Two Mommies
25
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
26
D.H. Lawrence
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
27
Vladimir Nabokov
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
28
William Golding
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
29
John Steinbeck
The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
The Origin of Species
30
Charles Darwin
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
31
Stephen Chbosky
Quotations From Chairman Mao
Quotations From Chairman Mao
32
Qu'ran
Qu'ran
33
Rage (Richard Bachman)
Rage
34
Richard Bachman
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
35
Salman Rushdie
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Alvin Schwartz)
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
36
Alvin Schwartz
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
The Secret Agent
37
Joseph Conrad
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
38
William Styron
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
39
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
40
Friedrich Nietzsche
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