List of controversial books
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- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain - a book famously banned in a large number of U.S. states and even branded by the NAACP for its alleged racist overtones and alleged racist language
- All I Need Is Love - Aging actor talks about his love life
- American Psycho - a fictional narrative of a stock broker who lives a double life as a serial killer.
- Annie on my Mind - A fictional tale about two women who meet and fall in love
- Apocalypse Culture II - probes social taboos
- Bias Against Guns, The - claims that widespread gun ownership prevents crime and is a net social good
- Bicameralism (psychology) - divides primitive human mind to expressive and obedient parts
- Bilingual Today, French Tomorrow - claims that, with current policies, Canada will be primarily French-speaking in the near future
- Black Book of Communism, The - catalogs human rights violations by some Communist states.
- Book Your Church Doesn't Want You to Read, The by Tim C. Leedom traces the origins and history of modern day western religions
- Calcutta Quran Petition, The - discusses Hindu/Muslim tensions in India, including several accounts of banning; incidentally, it was itself subject to attempts to ban it
- Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger was frequently criticized in the United States and Australia for its supposed glorification of violence and sexism
- Camp of the Saints, The - Predicts uprising of (and revolution by?) minorities in France and then the world.
- Chariots of the Gods - suggests that extraterrestrials have visited Earth
- A Child Called It - autobiographical account of child abuse
- Cider House Rules, The - for support of the pro-choice abortion movement
- Clandestine in Chile:The Adventures of Miguel Littin - discusses an exile secretly visits Chile during Pinochet
- Collapse (book) - deals with societal collapses involving an environmental component
- Confessions of Nat Turner, The - historical novel
- Conscience of a Conservative - known as a social commentary by Barry Goldwater
- Consciousness Explained - examines mind/brain relationship
- Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge- dreams of grand unification of sciences and humanities
- Controversy of Zion, The- supposes Jewish plot to take over the world by subverting countries.
- Culture of Critique series, The- portrays Jewish group behavior/culture as a competitive strategy
- Da Vinci Code, The - Fictional account wherein characters expose hidden truths the Catholic Church has concealed for centuries, including Christ's divinity, his celibacy and thus the possibility of a genetic heritage. (Jesus' descendants.)
- Deadly Deceits (My 25 Years in the CIA) by Ralph McGheehee - Its publication was delayed for three years by the CIA itself despite much of the book's content already being public knowledge
- Dictionnaire philosophique- Voltaire is critical of society, religion - in alphabetical order
- Dude, Where's My Country? - Michael Moore deals with corporate and political events in the U.S.
- Flowers in the Attic - V.C. Andrews discusses a sexual relationship that develops between an adolescent brother and sister
- Fight Club - throws into light some darker philosophy
- Forever - Judy Blume was banned in several states for openly discussing adolescent sexuality
- Emperor's New Mind, The - subtitle: Concerning Computers, Minds and The Laws of Physics
- Enemy Within, The (book) - subtitle: Saving America from the Liberal Assault on our Schools, Faith and Military
- Feminine Mystique, The - claims that some women can find fulfillment in non-traditional roles
- Finnegans Wake - This is in the style Ulysses, but much more obscure.
- First Stone, The - deals with a 1992 sexual harassment scandal at Ormond College, Melbourne
- From Time Immemorial (book) argues that many of the refugees from the 1948 Arab-Israeli war were not native Palestinians
- God's Politics - why the right are wrong and the left just don't get it
- Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck was often criticized for its vulgar language
- Green Book, The - Muammar al-Qaddafi's views on democracy and his political philosophy.
- Harry Potter Series, The - Depictions of witchcraft and the supernatural.
- Hogg (novel) - a pornographic novel endorsed by Norman Mailer
- Hollow Hope, The - Subtitle: Can Courts Bring About Social Change? (examines judicial activism)
- Holocaust Industry, The - Subtitle: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering
- Homesteading the Noosphere - anthropological examination of Open Source software management
- How Europe Underdeveloped Africa - claims Africa was held down and used by European colonial regimes.
- In Defense of Internment - subtitle: The Case for Racial Profiling in World War II and the War on Terror
- Invasion: How America Still Welcomes Terrorists, Criminals, and Other Foreign Menaces Exactly as the title states.
- Jewish History, Jewish Religion claims Jewish history as told by Israel is ethoncentric
- Like Water for Chocolate frustrated lovers consummate their love late in life in magical Mexico
- Live from Death Row memoirs of a cop-killer, reviews long history of blacks in America
- Lives of John Lennon, The - critical of Lennon
- Le Livre noir du Canada Anglais - purports injustices in Canada against the Quebecois, Jewish and aboriginal peoples.
- Lolita - Deals explicitly with pedophelia
- Mad Man, The - a "pornotopic fantasy" (novel)
- Malay Dilemma, The - promotes autonomy for the indigenous people of Malaysia
- Mandingo (novel) - a novel about violence towards black slaves in antebellum South
- Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White Man rebuts the arguments set forth in Michael Moore's books
- Might is Right discusses Social Darwinism in a way that could be construed as a blunt affirmation of it.
- Josephine Mutzenbacher - 1906 Pornographic novel that graphically depicts the sexual activities of a Viennese girl from ages 5-12.
- Myth of Islamic Tolerance, The - ST:How Islamic Law Treats Non-Muslims (suggests: not very nicely)
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- Nickel and Dimed ST: On (Not) Getting By in America. Examines "working poor" in post welfare-reform USA
- On the Justice of Roosting Chickens Portrays 9/11 as revenge for Western meddling in Mid-East in 20th century
- Painted Bird, The (novel) Involves incest, etc.
- Paulicéia Desvairada Poetry that sometimes condemns Brazilian society
- Plot Against America, The alternate history novel where Charles Lindbergh is elected U.S. President in 1940
- A Prison Diary diary of a former MP and British prisoner in various jails
- Rage and The Pride, The - post-9/11 condemnation of Islam as a totalitarian force bent on destroying Western civilisation
- Real Anita Hill, The - purports to revealed the real motives of Anita Hill. Later repudiated by its author.
- Real Lincoln, The - severely critical view of Lincoln presidency.
- Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations NISM?
- Samizdat (book) ST: And Other Issues Regarding the 'Source' of Open Source Code . NISM?
- Satanic Bible, The, by Anton La Vey
- Satanic Verses, The (novel) by Salman Rushdie - considered blasphemous by many Muslims.
- The Secret Mulroney Tapes: Unguarded Confessions of a Prime Minister NISM?
- Seduction of Hillary Rodham, The - written by some media watchdog?
- Show Boat - Broadway musical with stereotypical portrayal of blacks as socially inferior
- Siege (book) - Embraces Charles Manson as a Leader for today.
- Starship Troopers - a science fiction novel depicting a lot of warfare. Also considered by many to advocate militaristic anti-democracy, or fascism.
- Story of Ferdinand, The - children's book supposedly promoting pacifist propaganda
- Testimony (book) - supposed the memoirs of the composer Dmitri Shostakovich, purporting that he could be, a times, quite rude
- Truth About Hillary, The - delves into her sexuality and political ambitions, but includes proven inaccuraciesTemplate:Ref
- Turner Diaries, The - details a fictional white supremacist takeover of the world
- Unsafe at Any Speed claims that car manufacturers resisted implementing safety features
- Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation Pre-Darwin attacks on creationism
- Will They Ever Trust Us Again? questions military sense of loyality after invasion of Iraq
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