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Banned, Burned, Beloved: Books They Tried to Silence

Books once banned or censored for being “dangerous,” “immoral,” or “subversive”—now regarded as essential reading.

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Cover of Ulysses by James Joyce

Ulysses

James Joyce, 1920

Cover of Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence

Lady Chatterley's Lover

D.H. Lawrence, 1928

Cover of Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

Cover of The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

The Satanic Verses

Salman Rushdie, 1988

Cover of All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

All Quiet on the Western Front

Erich Maria Remarque, 1928

Cover of The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

The Master and Margarita

Mikhail Bulgakov, 1972

Cover of The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye

J. D. Salinger, 1945

Cover of One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez, 1967

Cover of The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison, 1970

Cover of Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

Marjane Satrapi, 2003