25 Books That Caused a Commotion

Some books really hit a nerve, taking such risks with language or subject matter that they're denounced, banned, or even burned. Find out why these books--including Charlotte Roche's international sensation Wetlands--have caused such a commotion.

We Need To Talk About Kevin: A Novel Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values Unbearable Lightness Of Being The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel
We Need To Talk About Kevin: A Novel
by Lionel Shriver
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 Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
by Robert Pirsig
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 Unbearable Lightness Of Being
by Milan Kundera
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 The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel
by Michael Chabon
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Lullabies For Little Criminals: A Novel To Kill A Mockingbird Under The Volcano: A Novel The Grass Is Singing
Lullabies For Little Criminals: A Novel
by Heather O'Neill
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 To Kill A Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
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 Under The Volcano: A Novel
by Malcolm Lowry
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 The Grass Is Singing
by Doris May Lessing
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With Or Without God The Sheltering Sky The Average American Male: A Novel The Pleasures Of The Damned: Poems, 1951-1993
With Or Without God
by Gretta Vosper
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 The Sheltering Sky
by Paul Bowles
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 The Average American Male: A Novel
by Chad Kultgen
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 The Pleasures Of The Damned: Poems, 1951-1993
by Charles Bukowski
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Bright Shiny Morning The Doors Of Perception And Heaven And Hell Wetlands Londonstani
Bright Shiny Morning
by James Frey
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 The Doors Of Perception And Heaven And Hell
by Aldous Huxley
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 Wetlands
by Charlotte Roche
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 Londonstani
by Gautam Malkani
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Animal Liberation Grass Is Singing Complete Works Of Oscar Wilde Seven Years In Tibet
Animal Liberation
by Peter Singer
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 Grass Is Singing
by Doris Lessing
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 Complete Works Of Oscar Wilde
by Oscar Wilde
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 Seven Years In Tibet
by Heinrich Harrer
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Native Son Their Eyes Were Watching God Brave New World Revisited Female Eunuch Modern Classics
Native Son
by Richard Wright
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 Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora N Hurston
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 Brave New World Revisited
by Aldous Huxley
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 Female Eunuch Modern Classics
by Germaine Greer
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Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West Empire Of The Sun Modern Classics Seven Years in Tibet Film Tie-in Edition
Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West
by Benazir Bhutto
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 Empire Of The Sun Modern Classics
by J G Ballard
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 Seven Years in Tibet Film Tie-in Edition
by Heinrich Harrer
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