These Books Are “Dangerous”! ⚠️
Get ready to put on your anti-censorship hard hats and join us in celebrating the freedom to read during Banned Books Week. Given the severity of current attacks on books and their authors, we hope you will stand in solidarity with us against the banning of books. Browse our selection of “dangerous” books, which includes titles by Nobel prize winner, Toni Morrison, and internationally acclaimed author, Salman Rushdie, among others. Spoiler alert! The most dangerous thing about these books is the people banning them.
Reason: LGBTQ
GENDER QUEER by Maia Kobabe
FUN HOME by Alison Bechdel
LAST NIGHT AT THE TELEGRAPH CLUB by Malinda Lo
ALL BOYS AREN’T BLUE by George M. Johnson
AND TANGO MAKES THREE by Justin Richardson
ANGELS IN AMERICA by Tony Kushner
Reason: PROFANITY
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess
MAUS by Art Spiegelman
SONG OF SOLOMON by Toni Morrison
NATIVE SON by Richard Wright
FAHRENHEIT 451 by Ray Bradbury
THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD by Zora Neale Hurston
Reason: WITCHCRAFT / SATANISM
BLESS ME ULTIMA by Rudolfo Anaya
HARRY POTTER series by JK Rowling
THE WITCHES by Roald Dahl
A WRINKLE IN TIME by Madeleine L’Engle
CHARLOTTE’S WEB by E.B. White
THE LORD OF THE RINGS by J.R.R. Tolkein
Reason: RELIGIOUS / POLITICAL
PERSEPOLIS by Marjane Satrapi
THE SATANIC VERSES by Salman Rushdie
ARE YOU THERE GOD, IT’S ME MARGARET by Judy Blume
SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut
BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
Reason: SMOKING/DRINKING
THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY OF A PART TIME INDIAN by Sherman Alexie
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER by Stephen Chbosky
NAKED LUNCH by William S. Burroughs
THE OUTSIDERS by S.E. Hinton
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger
HOWL by Allen Ginsburg
Reason: RACISM
I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS by Maya Angelou
THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Mark Twain
INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison
GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Mitchell
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee
