Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds, Third Edition discusses the many works that have been banned over the centuries because they offended or merely ignored official truths;
challenged widely held assumptions; or contained ideas or language unacceptable to a state, religious institution, or private moral watchdog.
New and revised entries include:
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
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As I Lay Dying(William Faulkner)
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
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The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
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Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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Howl and Other Poems (Allen Ginsberg)
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
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The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
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Of Mice and Men(John Steinbeck)
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
- and more.
