National Library Week is a time to celebrate the most influentialbooksin literary history . But not every novel that ’s conceive a classic today received instant extolment . Many beloved title had to overcome year of censoring before securing billet on required reading leaning andlibraryshelves .
TheAmerican Library Associationhas share a list of books from the Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the twentieth Century that have been take exception or banned . Of the 100 books , about half have receive pushback from introduction in the past . Some have been criticized for featuring fierceness ( Beloved ) , profanity ( To Kill a Mockingbird ) , or controversial political messages ( Animal Farm ) . Even ostensibly inoffensive novel have been target by censors . ( The Lord of the Ringswas burn outside a New Mexico church in 2001 for being " satanic . " )
Below are 25 of the most popular works of literature from the last century that have been banned from school , libraries , and , in some cases , entire res publica . For even more capital Koran that have been banned , include pic book likeDr . Seuss’sThe Lorax , check outthis list .
