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Banned for profanity and rebellion, yet Holden Caulfield’s voice still speaks to misunderstood youth everywhere.
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Censored for anti-authoritarian themes, this dystopian novel eerily mirrors today’s surveillance-driven world.
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Banned for religious controversy, yet it’s a bold exploration of faith, identity, and freedom.
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Censored for themes of sex and control, this chilling future challenges modern comfort and conformity.
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Banned for disturbing themes, yet Nabokov’s prose is a haunting masterpiece of obsession and manipulation.
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Too political for many regimes, Orwell’s allegory unmasks tyranny through talking animals—brilliant and dangerous.
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Banned for explicit content, but its raw honesty broke literary taboos and redefined modern writing.
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Banned for being “too depressing” in some schools, yet it’s a vital, humanizing Holocaust testimony.