Many books we enjoy today were once banned. Many bloggers are celebrating Banned Books Weeks so I thought I’d curate some of their wonderful posts. I know that it’s short notice and there are only two more days before Banned Books Week end on October 6th, but it would be great if you read one of the banned books. In the Business Insider blog post, @KarlaBowsher has graciously provided links for free downloads for the books she mentions in her post.
Celebrating Banned Books Week with the ALA: The American Library Association (ALA) is celebrating the “30 Years of Liberating Literature.”
Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel
by Kurt Vonnegut,
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
, Maya Angelou and
Of Mice And Men
, John Steinbeck
were some of the books banned. Read the rest of this post by Jillian Bergsma.
Get Your Hands On 20 Banned Books For Free: In this Business Insider blog post by Karla Bowsher (@KarlaBowsher), she lists 20 books that were banned and includes a link to where you can download an electronic version for free.
Complete List of Banned Books That I Have Read So Far: Josh Hanagarne (@joshhanagarne), the World’s Strongest Librarian wrote this post on October 11, 2010.
He includes a list of all the band books that he has read. Books on the list include: To Kill a Mockingbird: 50th Anniversary Edition
by Harper Lee, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Centennial Edition
by George Orwell, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Mark Twain, The Catcher in the Rye
by J.D. Salinger, The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey and Cat's Cradle: A Novel
by Kurt Vonnegut. Josh’s list is quite extensive.
Free People Read Freely: 7 Banned Books Worth Reading. Another banned books post by Josh Hanagarne, the World’s Strongest Librarian.
100 most frequently challenged books: 1990–1999, Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009, Banned and Challenged Classics. These were taken from the American Library Association’s website.
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