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Banned Books


Banned Books

People try to ban books under the oddest pretexts — complaints ranging from "references to stuffing and snapping bras," being "happily nonphallocentric" or "presenting homosexuality in a non-judgmental context" (yup!). Our section below includes all books banned and challenged between 2004 and 2005, as well as the fifty most frequently banned books of the 1990s. For some of the stories behind this year's banned and challenged books please visit the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) website.

Children's Young Adult
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The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye
by J D Salinger
Publisher Comments
Ever since it was first published in 1951, this novel has been the coming-of-age story against which all others are judged. Read and cherished by generations, the story of Holden Caulfield is truly one of America's literary treasures.... (read more)

List Price $6.99
Your price: $3.50
Used - Mass Market


Literature
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Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
Publisher Comments
William Golding's compelling story about a group of very ordinary small boys marooned on a coral island has become a modern classic. At first it seems as though it is all going to be great fun; but the fun before long becomes furious and life on the... (read more)

List Price $9.99
Your price: $4.95
Used - Mass Market


Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Brave New World
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
Publisher Comments
A fantasy of the future that sheds a blazing critical light on the present--considered to be Aldous Huxley's most enduring masterpiece. "Mr. Huxley is eloquent in his declaration of an artist's faith in man, and it is his eloquence, bitter in... (read more)

List Price $13.95
Your price: $4.95
Used - Trade Paper


Children's
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
by J K Rowling
Publisher Comments
I say to you all, once again — in the light of Lord Voldemort's return, we are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided. Lord Voldemort's gift for spreading discord and enmity is very great. We can fight it only by showing... (read more)

List Price $29.99
Your price: $5.95
Used - Hardcover


Mythology
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The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
by Anne Rice as A. N. Roquelaure
Publisher Comments
From bestselling author Anne Rice, writing as A.N. Roquleaure. In the traditional folktale of 'Sleeping Beauty, ' the spell cast upon the lovely young princess and everyone in her castle can only be broken by the kiss of a Prince. It is an ancient story,... (read more)

List Price $15.00
Your price: $8.00
Used - Trade Paper


Pacific Northwest
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Ricochet River
Ricochet River
by Robin Cody
Publisher Comments
Set in a fictional Oregon town in the late 1960s, Cody's superlative coming-of-age novel is the story of Wade, Lorna and Jesse — teenagers preparing to break out of their small-town lives. Wade is the local sports hero. Jesse is his friend, a... (read more)

List Price $14.95
Your price: $7.95
Used - Trade Paper


Romance
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Animal Dreams
Animal Dreams
by Barbara Kingsolver
Publisher Comments
"Animals dream about the things they do in the day time just like people do. If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life." So says Loyd Peregrina, a handsome Apache trainman and latter-day philosopher. But when Codi Noline returns to her... (read more)

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Your price: $4.95
Used - Trade Paper


Sexuality
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How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale
How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale
by Jenna Jameson
Publisher Comments
When the stewardess brought me off the plane in a wheelchair, I lowered my head. I was too scared to even look at my father. I didn't want to see the disappointment and horror on his face. All that hate I had accumulated for him over the years, all the... (read more)

List Price $32.50
Your price: $19.95
Used - Hardcover


Gender Studies
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Women on Top
Women on Top
by Nancy Friday
Publisher Comments
Nancy Friday's phenomenal bestsellers My Secret Garden and Forbidden Flowers broke new ground, revealing for the first time the complexity of women's secret sexual fantasies. In Women on Top, she returns to the subject that made her famous, examining the... (read more)

List Price $7.99
Your price: $5.95
Used - Mass Market


Ethnic Studies
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Always Running La Vida Loca Gang Days
Always Running La Vida Loca Gang Days
by Luis Rodriguez
Publisher Comments
This award-winning and bestselling classic memoir about a young Chicano gang member is now updated with a new Introduction and reading group guide.... (read more)

List Price $15.00
Your price: $5.95
Used - Trade Paper


Sale Books
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Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes
Publisher Comments
Following his doctor's instructions, engaging simpleton Charlie Gordon tells his own story in semi-literate "progris riports." He dimly wants to better himself, but with an IQ of 68 can't even beat the laboratory mouse Algernon at maze-solving. Then, an... (read more)

List Price $8.95
Your price: $4.98
Sale - Mass Market


Used Books
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The Valley of Horses (Earth's Children)
The Valley of Horses (Earth's Children)
by Jean M Auel
Publisher Comments
This unforgettable odyssey into the distant past carries us back to the awesome mysteries of the exotic, primeval world of The Clan of the Cave Bear, and to Ayla, now grown into a beautiful and courageous young woman. Cruelly cast out by the new leader... (read more)

List Price $7.99
Your price: $1.95
Used - Mass Market


Bestsellers

Saturday, July 11, 2009
The Catcher in the Rye
  1. The Catcher in the Rye
    by J D Salinger
  2. To Kill a Mockingbird
    by Harper Lee
  3. Lord of the Flies
    by William Golding
  4. A Wrinkle in Time
    by Madeleine L'Engle
  5. Brave New World
    by Aldous Huxley
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