Question of the Day

Suggested by Shaker masculine_lady: "In honor of Banned Book Week, what's your favorite banned book? Or several."

You can find compiled information on frequently banned and/or challenged books here, if you need to take a peek at the list(s) to find your answer.

In 2013, the Top Ten challenged books "out of 307 challenges as reported by the Office for Intellectual Freedom" were:

1. Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey | Reasons: Offensive language, unsuited for age group, violence
2. The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison | Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, violence
3. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie | Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, offensive language, racism, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
4. Fifty Shades of Grey, by E.L. James | Reasons: Nudity, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
5. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins | Reasons: Religious viewpoint, unsuited to age group
6. A Bad Boy Can Be Good for A Girl, by Tanya Lee Stone | Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit
7. Looking for Alaska, by John Green | Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
8. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky | Reasons: drugs/alcohol/smoking, homosexuality, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
9. Bless Me Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya | Reasons: Occult/Satanism, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit
10. Bone (series), by Jeff Smith | Reasons: Political viewpoint, racism, violence

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