Banned Books: A Censorship Timeline

The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

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Ulysses by James Joyce

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Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller

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Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

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