A dark and unsettling novel that is likely even more important in the 21st century than is was in the 20th.
Banned in the USA for being pro-communist, and banned in the USSR for being anti-communist. In actuality, it is anti-authoritarian.
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Created by Edan Osborne
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Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
5 stars
Newspeak, Doublethink, Big Brother, the Thought Police - the language of 1984 has passed into the English language as a …
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Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
4 stars
Seventeen year old Marcus and his friends are in the wrong place at the wrong time during a major terrorist …
Edan Osborne says: A brilliant and relevant series. This book was banned in Florida in 2014 for challenging authority and promoting hacker culture.
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
4 stars
The terrifyingly prophetic novel of a post-literate future.
Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which …
Edan Osborne says: This has been a book I found to feel too real, at times. A must-read for any fans of the genre.#
This book was never actually banned, but it has had language censored on multiple occasions and it has been challenged in the USA for "going against religious beliefs".
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4 stars
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” A farm is taken over by its overworked, …
Edan Osborne says: An allegory of the Russian Revolution, and a must-read for fans of the genre.
This book was banned in the USSR for its portrayal of Stalin, but also challenged in the USA for being pro-communist (somehow).
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The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
4 stars
Just before dawn one winter's morning a hijacked jumbo-jet blows apart high above the English Channel. Through the debris of …
Edan Osborne says: This book has been banned in many countries, mainly for its satirical take on Islam. This was most notable in Iran, when the book was banned and the author, Salman Rushdie, had to go into hiding for nine years to avoid being murdered. The most recent attempt on his life was in Chautauqua in 2022.
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How to set a fire and why by Jesse Ball
Lucia's father is dead; her mother is in a mental institute; she's living in a garage-turned-bedroom with her aunt. And …
