
The Literary Community comes together each year in the last full week of September to honor our freedom to read and share ideas—even unpopular ideas. Banned Books Week spotlights historic and current attempts to censor literature in schools and libraries.
You might be surprised at some of the books that have been banned in the past. Here is a short list:
- The Call of the Wild by Jack London
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
- All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
- Animal Farm and 1984 by George Orwell
- As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
- A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- Beloved by Toni Morrison
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (Some people have an underdeveloped sense of irony.)
This year Flagstaff Writer's Connection invites you to read a brief excerpt of your favorite previously or currently banned book and post it to our website in the comments below. Or you can post it to our Facebook Page. You can also put it on You Tube and submit it to the National Virtual Read Out.
Here are some lists of Banned Books:
10 Classics50 Books that were Banned
Banned and Challenged Classics
Top 11 Challenged Books of 2018
33 Must Read Banned Books
Learn More about Banned Books Week:
Banned Books Week OrgBanned Books Week on Facebook
American Library Association
Support the Right to Read
Bookmans of Flagstaff
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
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