2005 Banned books
This is an updated list of the titles that both made it to the OCLC Top 1000 list and have been banned according to the 4 volumes in the Banned Books: Censorship Histories of World Literature series:
Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds by Nicholas J. Karolides. New York: Facts on File, 1998. ISBN 0-8160-3304-8
Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds, by Margaret Bald. New York: Facts on File, 1998. ISBN 0-8160-3306-4
Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Sexual Grounds, by Dawn B. Sova. New York: Facts on File, 1998. ISBN 0-8160-3305-6
Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds, by Dawn B. Sova. New York: Facts on File, 1998. ISBN 0-8160-3303-X
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#26 | Ulysses Library holdings: 13,877 Bibliographic records: 373 Rank on complete list: 134 ![]() |
#27 | Animal Farm Library holdings: 13,777 Bibliographic records: 296 Rank on complete list: 137 ![]() |
#28 | Nineteen Eighty-Four Library holdings: 13,729 Bibliographic records: 301 Rank on complete list: 139 ![]() |
#29 | Decameron Library holdings: 13,566 Bibliographic records: 909 Rank on complete list: 143 ![]() |
#30 | Candide Library holdings: 13,371 Bibliographic records: 493 Rank on complete list: 144 ![]() |
#31 | To Kill a Mockingbird Library holdings: 13,012 Bibliographic records: 151 Rank on complete list: 146 ![]() |
#32 | Analects Library holdings: 12,649 Bibliographic records: 426 Rank on complete list: 152 ![]() |
#33 | Dubliners Library holdings: 11,925 Bibliographic records: 283 Rank on complete list: 178 ![]() |
#34 | Of Mice and Men Library holdings: 11,879 Bibliographic records: 232 Rank on complete list: 179 ![]() |
#35 | Farewell to Arms Library holdings: 11,682 Bibliographic records: 271 Rank on complete list: 184 ![]() |
#36 | Red and the Black Library holdings: 11,413 Bibliographic records: 478 Rank on complete list: 191 ![]() |
#37 | Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Library holdings: 11,352 Bibliographic records: 458 Rank on complete list: 192 ![]() |
#38 | Capital Library holdings: 11,282 Bibliographic records: 509 Rank on complete list: 194 ![]() |
#39 | Flowers of Evil Library holdings: 11,086 Bibliographic records: 628 Rank on complete list: 203 ![]() |
#40 | Brave New World Library holdings: 11,037 Bibliographic records: 230 Rank on complete list: 205 ![]() |
#41 | Lady Chatterley's Lover Library holdings: 10,956 Bibliographic records: 355 Rank on complete list: 207 ![]() |
#42 | Jungle Library holdings: 10,903 Bibliographic records: 141 Rank on complete list: 209 ![]() |
#43 | Sister Carrie Library holdings: 10,695 Bibliographic records: 170 Rank on complete list: 214 ![]() |
#44 | Gone with the Wind Library holdings: 10,688 Bibliographic records: 290 Rank on complete list: 215 ![]() |
#45 | Lord of the Flies Library holdings: 10,316 Bibliographic records: 155 Rank on complete list: 238 ![]() |
#46 | All Quiet on the Western Front Library holdings: 10,238 Bibliographic records: 233 Rank on complete list: 242 ![]() |
#47 | Fahrenheit 451 Library holdings: 10,183 Bibliographic records: 178 Rank on complete list: 247 ![]() |
#48 | Communist Manifesto Library holdings: 10,151 Bibliographic records: 513 Rank on complete list: 249 ![]() |
#49 | Sun Also Rises Library holdings: 9,823 Bibliographic records: 201 Rank on complete list: 266 ![]() |
#50 | Jude the Obscure Library holdings: 9,776 Bibliographic records: 193 Rank on complete list: 267 ![]() |
#51 | Diary Library holdings: 9,729 Bibliographic records: 227 Rank on complete list: 268 ![]() |
#52 | Doctor Zhivago Library holdings: 9,453 Bibliographic records: 190 Rank on complete list: 277 ![]() |
#53 | Critique of Pure Reason Library holdings: 9,244 Bibliographic records: 358 Rank on complete list: 290 ![]() |
#54 | Praise of Folly Library holdings: 9,109 Bibliographic records: 414 Rank on complete list: 300 ![]() |
#55 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Library holdings: 8,996 Bibliographic records: 99 Rank on complete list: 308 ![]() |
#56 | East of Eden Library holdings: 8,881 Bibliographic records: 143 Rank on complete list: 318 ![]() |
#57 | Catch-22 Library holdings: 8,760 Bibliographic records: 117 Rank on complete list: 325 ![]() |
#58 | Moll Flanders Library holdings: 8,636 Bibliographic records: 241 Rank on complete list: 336 ![]() |
#59 | Color Purple Library holdings: 8,528 Bibliographic records: 67 Rank on complete list: 345 ![]() |
#60 | Catcher in the Rye Library holdings: 8,524 Bibliographic records: 159 Rank on complete list: 347 ![]() |
#61 | Autobiography of Malcolm X Library holdings: 8,470 Bibliographic records: 39 Rank on complete list: 351 ![]() |
#62 | Essay Concerning Human Understanding Library holdings: 8,445 Bibliographic records: 348 Rank on complete list: 355 ![]() |
#63 | Bluest Eye Library holdings: 8,413 Bibliographic records: 77 Rank on complete list: 358 ![]() |
#64 | Invisible Man Library holdings: 8,229 Bibliographic records: 61 Rank on complete list: 369 ![]() |
#65 | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Library holdings: 8,130 Bibliographic records: 43 Rank on complete list: 377 ![]() |
#66 | Leviathan Library holdings: 8,080 Bibliographic records: 162 Rank on complete list: 381 ![]() |
#67 | One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Library holdings: 8,072 Bibliographic records: 125 Rank on complete list: 383 ![]() |
#68 | Bridge to Terabithia Library holdings: 7,956 Bibliographic records: 74 Rank on complete list: 394 ![]() |
#69 | Confessions Library holdings: 7,915 Bibliographic records: 330 Rank on complete list: 401 ![]() |
#70 | Gargantua and Pantagruel Library holdings: 7,825 Bibliographic records: 167 Rank on complete list: 414 ![]() |
#71 | Women in Love Library holdings: 7,675 Bibliographic records: 143 Rank on complete list: 423 ![]() |
#72 | Social Contract Library holdings: 7,670 Bibliographic records: 353 Rank on complete list: 425 ![]() |
#73 | American Tragedy Library holdings: 7,637 Bibliographic records: 124 Rank on complete list: 430 ![]() |
#74 | Separate Peace Library holdings: 7,620 Bibliographic records: 65 Rank on complete list: 431 ![]() |
#75 | Bell Jar Library holdings: 7,602 Bibliographic records: 62 Rank on complete list: 433 ![]() |
#76 | Talmud Library holdings: 7,567 Bibliographic records: 658 Rank on complete list: 436 ![]() |
#77 | Mein Kampf Library holdings: 7,544 Bibliographic records: 183 Rank on complete list: 440 ![]() |
#78 | James and the Giant Peach Library holdings: 7,344 Bibliographic records: 94 Rank on complete list: 462 ![]() |
#79 | Red Pony Library holdings: 7,309 Bibliographic records: 114 Rank on complete list: 472 ![]() |
#80 | Popol Vuh Library holdings: 7,236 Bibliographic records: 324 Rank on complete list: 480 ![]() |
#81 | Metaphysics Library holdings: 7,165 Bibliographic records: 253 Rank on complete list: 490 ![]() |
#82 | Satyricon Library holdings: 7,141 Bibliographic records: 368 Rank on complete list: 496 ![]() |
#83 | Affluent Society Library holdings: 7,068 Bibliographic records: 42 Rank on complete list: 509 ![]() |
#84 | Little House on the Prairie Library holdings: 7,055 Bibliographic records: 97 Rank on complete list: 512 ![]() |
#85 | Institutes of the Christian Religion Library holdings: 7,011 Bibliographic records: 285 Rank on complete list: 523 ![]() |
#86 | Lolita Library holdings: 6,993 Bibliographic records: 180 Rank on complete list: 527 ![]() |
#87 | Slaughterhouse Five Library holdings: 6,988 Bibliographic records: 89 Rank on complete list: 528 ![]() |
#88 | Clan of the Cave Bear Library holdings: 6,909 Bibliographic records: 50 Rank on complete list: 540 ![]() |
#89 | Black Boy Library holdings: 6,794 Bibliographic records: 83 Rank on complete list: 567 ![]() |
#90 | Spirit of the Laws Library holdings: 6,778 Bibliographic records: 255 Rank on complete list: 569 ![]() |
#91 | Julie of the Wolves Library holdings: 6,603 Bibliographic records: 82 Rank on complete list: 599 ![]() |
#92 | Steppenwolf Library holdings: 6,498 Bibliographic records: 165 Rank on complete list: 627 ![]() |
#93 | Power and the Glory Library holdings: 6,479 Bibliographic records: 134 Rank on complete list: 635 ![]() |
#94 | Black Like Me Library holdings: 6,467 Bibliographic records: 46 Rank on complete list: 636 ![]() |
#95 | Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Library holdings: 6,211 Bibliographic records: 61 Rank on complete list: 689 ![]() |
#96 | Sanctuary Library holdings: 6,173 Bibliographic records: 128 Rank on complete list: 701 ![]() |
#97 | As I Lay Dying Library holdings: 6,145 Bibliographic records: 94 Rank on complete list: 707 ![]() |
#98 | Sorrows of Young Werther Library holdings: 6,130 Bibliographic records: 487 Rank on complete list: 713 ![]() |
#99 | Handmaid's Tale Library holdings: 5,992 Bibliographic records: 60 Rank on complete list: 754 ![]() |
#100 | Chocolate War Library holdings: 5,929 Bibliographic records: 51 Rank on complete list: 784 ![]() |
#101 | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Library holdings: 5,847 Bibliographic records: 17 Rank on complete list: 810 ![]() |
#102 | Clockwork Orange Library holdings: 5,838 Bibliographic records: 67 Rank on complete list: 813 ![]() |
#103 | General Introduction to Psychoanalysis Library holdings: 5,813 Bibliographic records: 144 Rank on complete list: 820 ![]() |
#104 | Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Library holdings: 5,688 Bibliographic records: 38 Rank on complete list: 851 ![]() |
#105 | Émile Library holdings: 5,615 Bibliographic records: 231 Rank on complete list: 872 ![]() |
#106 | Nana Library holdings: 5,605 Bibliographic records: 294 Rank on complete list: 880 ![]() |
#107 | Go Tell It on the Mountain Library holdings: 5,582 Bibliographic records: 55 Rank on complete list: 886 ![]() |
#108 | Gulag Archipelago Library holdings: 5,548 Bibliographic records: 80 Rank on complete list: 896 ![]() |
#109 | Stranger in a Strange Land Library holdings: 5,466 Bibliographic records: 44 Rank on complete list: 929 ![]() |
#110 | Flowers for Algernon Library holdings: 5,396 Bibliographic records: 49 Rank on complete list: 955 ![]() |
#111 | Day No Pigs Would Die Library holdings: 5,332 Bibliographic records: 49 Rank on complete list: 983 ![]() |
#112 | Ox-Bow Incident Library holdings: 5,321 Bibliographic records: 47 Rank on complete list: 988 ![]() |