List of most-commonly challenged books in the US

I am surprised at some of the books in there, I believe that many have, many things to teach people and its just a surprise to me that they were banned(somewhere)

what are your thoughts?

I would have expected 'the god dilusion' to have been on there. Certainly over huckelberry fin. :PNinja-Kitteh

I would have expected 'the god dilusion' to have been on there. Certainly over huckelberry fin. :PNinja-Kitteh

Anyway, this thread subject line is misleading as the list actually says they are the most commonly challenged books, not the most commonly banned.

The craziest thing that I saw while briefly skimming the list is that How to Eat Fried Worms is on it. Maybe there are lots of slow days at PETA or something. :P

The most unsurprising one is probably The Anarchist Cookbook.

It's actually kind of funny to see how many books on that list are required reading for English / literature classes in various schools. Actually, that might be the primary reason some of the "classic" novels on the list are commonly challenged.