Section 14

“There are worse crimes than burning books. One is not reading them.”
- Joseph Alexandrovitch Brodsky, exiled Russian-American poet.

Librarian Janet Yanoshko has done us all a great favour and compiled an extensive list of banned and “challenged” books at Forbidden Library.

Most of the usual suspects are there for most of the usual reasons along with a few oddities. James and the Giant Peach apparently promotes drug use.

If your bookshelves are looking for a bit more zing, head over and see what takes your fancy.

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