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It’s Banned Books Week, a time dedicated to drawing attention to the hundreds of books that have been banned or challenged in schools and libraries throughout the country. As a writer and voracious reader, it’s a subject near and dear to my heart.
In looking at the list of banned and challenged books while preparing this post, I was astounded at some of the choices. Some of them, like The Sun Also Rises, Slaughterhouse-Five, Catch-22, and The Great Gatsby, are among my favorite novels. And while they don’t always live up to the original material, some of the movies based on these books are pretty great in their own right.
So add a few of these movies to your Queue, then check out the books from your local library. It’ll be like partying with the First Amendment. Find out more on Banned Books Week.
A Clockwork Orange
A Farewell to Arms
A Separate Peace
All the King’s Men
American Psycho
Animal Farm
Beloved
Bridge to Terabithia
Call of the Wild
Catch-22
Flowers for Algernon
For Whom the Bell Tolls
From Here to Eternity
Go Tell it on the Mountain
Gone with the Wind
Gulliver’s Travels
Harry Potter
Huckleberry Finn
In Cold Blood
Lolita
Lord of the Flies
Maurice
Naked Lunch
Of Mice and Men
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Ordinary People
Slaughterhouse-Five
Sons and Lovers
The Chocolate War
The Color Purple
The Grapes of Wrath
The Great Gatsby
The Kite Runner
The Outsiders
The Sun Also Rises
The Witches
Their Eyes Were Watching God
To Kill a Mockingbird
Tom Sawyer
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Women in Love
