| Yesterday was the last day of Banned Books Week...

29th Sep 2013

Yesterday was the last day of Banned Books Week 2013, and in honor of that, LARB asked our followers which banned or challenged book was you favorite and why.

Here are some of the responses we liked best:

“To Kill a Mockingbird - for this book to be accused of racism, the very thing it did most to confront is just utterly befuddling” - notkafka

“Farenheit 451. That book planted the first seeds in me to question everything I read, see or hear in the media.” - anotherinterruptedstory

“Judy Blume! She has always been an unabashed believer in the notion that children and young adults shouldn’t be talked down to. Loved her Fudge books and later Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret, Blubber, and the rest. She is the real deal.” - luluthelibrarian

“My favorite is Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian. The story of Junior’s first year in high school, in a white high school off the rez, is full of boyhood on the verge of manhood, of striving despite dire poverty, of family love that always breaks your heart and of true friendship.” - lynnesbooknotes

Thank you to every one who responded! We’ll be doing more short surveys like this in the future, so keep an eye out, and happy reading!

* image courtesy of www.ftrf.org