Banned Books - Recent Fiction and Nonfiction

Explore a curated list of banned books—recent fiction and nonfiction titles that challenge norms and spark debate. Discover controversial reads shaping today's literary landscape.

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Brokeback Mountain

by Annie Proulx

The friendship between Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist, two cowboys, evolves into an intimate relationship while they are working together as a herder and …
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Choke

by Chuck Palahniuk

Victor Mancini, a medical-school dropout, is an antihero for our deranged times. Needing to pay elder care for his mother, Victor has devised an ingenious …
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Leaving Disneyland

by Alexander Parsons

Leaving Disneyland is the story of an aging black convict, Doc Kane, struggling to make parole after having served 16 years of a 20-year murder …
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Cracking India

by Bapsi Sidhwa

During the 1947 Partition of India, young Lenny Sethi suffers from polio and spends her days with Ayah, her beautiful nanny, who exposes her to …
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It Stops with Me

by Charleen Touchette

Artist'ss captivating and sober memoir of survival, renewal and healing among French Canadian, Jewish and Indian families across America. Follows the Author from Woonsocket, RI …
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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book) Teacher's Edition

by Jon Stewart

For everyone who was too cheap to buy the hardcover, the blockbuster, award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller is now in trade paperback-with a new …
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Dante's Inferno

 

A faithful yet totally original contemporary spin on a classic, Dante's Inferno as interpreted by acclaimed artist Sandow Birk and writer Marcus Sanders is a …
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The Illustrated Guide to Extended Massive Orgasm

by Steve Bodansky

In this fully illustrated companion book to "Extended Massive Orgasm" by sex workshop leaders Steve and Vera Bodansky, readers delve deeper than ever before into …
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

by Mark Haddon

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A modern classic—both poignant and funny—about a boy with autism who sets out to solve the murder of a neighbor's dog and …