Top 20 Books That Were Banned

Name: Top 20 Books That Were Banned
Uploaded: 2022-01-23T15:00:00-05:00
Description: These literary classics were not always regarded as such. For this list, we're looking at books that have been banned for sale and distribution at some point for a wide variety of reasons.

VOICE OVER: Peter DeGiglio

These literary classics were not always regarded as such. For this list, we're looking at books that have been banned for sale and distribution at some point for a wide variety of reasons. Our countdown includes “Fahrenheit 451”, “Of Mice and Men”, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, “American Psycho”, “Brave New World”, and more!

#21: "Fahrenheit 451" (1953)
#20: "The Diary of a Young Girl" (1947)
#19: "A Farewell to Arms" (1929)
#18: "Of Mice and Men" (1937)
#17: "Lady Chatterley's Lover" (1928)
#16: "Lord of the Flies" (1954)
#15: "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1960)
#14: "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1890)
#13: "The Color Purple" (1982)
#12: "Ulysses" (1922)
#11: "A Clockwork Orange" (1962)
#10: "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (1884)
#9: "Nineteen Eighty-Four" (1949)
#8: "And Tango Makes Three" (2005)
#7: "American Psycho" (1991)
#6: "The Satanic Verses" (1988)
#5: "Mein Kampf" (1925)
#4: "Lolita" (1955)
#3: "Brave New World" (1932)
#2: "The Catcher in the Rye" (1951)

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