List of controversial books

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Contents 1 The list 1.1 A - M 1.2 N-Z 2 See also 3 References

[edit] The list

[edit] A - M

• 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 racist overtones and use of provocative and insulting 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
• The Bias Against Guns - claims that widespread gun ownership prevents crime and is a net social good
• Bilingual Today, French Tomorrow - claims that, with current policies, Canada will be primarily French-speaking in the near future
• The Black Book of Communism - catalogs human rights violations by some Communist states.
• The Book Your Church Doesn't Want You to Read by Tim C. Leedom traces the origins and history of modern day western religions
• The Calcutta Quran Petition - 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
• The Camp of the Saints - 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
• The Cider House Rules - 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
• The Confessions of Nat Turner - 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
• The Controversy of Zion- supposes Jewish plot to take over the world by subverting countries.
• The Culture of Critique series- portrays Jewish group behavior/culture as a competitive strategy
• The DaVinci Code - 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
• The Emperor's New Mind - subtitle: Concerning Computers, Minds and The Laws of Physics
• The Enemy Within (book) - subtitle: Saving America from the Liberal Assault on our Schools, Faith and Military
• The Feminine Mystique - claims that some women can find fulfillment in non-traditional roles
• Finnegans Wake - This is in the style Ulysses, but much more obscure.
• The First Stone - 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
• The Green Book - Muammar al-Qaddafi's views on democracy and his political philosophy.
• The Harry Potter Series - Depictions of witchcraft and the supernatural.
• Hogg (novel) - a pornographic novel endorsed by Norman Mailer
• The Hollow Hope - Subtitle: Can Courts Bring About Social Change? (examines judicial activism)
• The Holocaust Industry - 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
• The Lives of John Lennon - 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
• The Mad Man - a "pornotopic fantasy" (novel)
• The Malay Dilemma - promotes autonomy for the indigenous people of Malaysia
• Mandingo - 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.
• Josefine Mutzenbacher fictional autobiography novel which deals with sexual activities of Josefine when she was a child.
• The Myth of Islamic Tolerance - ST:How Islamic Law Treats Non-Muslims (suggests: not very nicely)

[edit] N-Z

• 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
• Bicameralism (psychology) - divides primitive human mind to expressive and obedient parts
• The Painted Bird (novel) Involves incest, etc.
• Paulicéia Desvairada Poetry that sometimes condemns Brazilian society
• The Plot Against America 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
• The Rage and The Pride - post-9/11 condemnation of Islam as a totalitarian force bent on destroying Western civilisation
• The Real Anita Hill - purports to revealed the real motives of Anita Hill. Later repudiated by its author.
• The Real Lincoln - 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?
• The Satanic Bible, by Anton La Vey
• The Satanic Verses (novel) by Salman Rushdie - considered blasphemous by many Muslims.
• The Secret Mulroney Tapes: Unguarded Confessions of a Prime Minister NISM?
• The Seduction of Hillary Rodham - 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.
• The Story of Ferdinand - 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
• The Truth About Hillary - delves into her sexuality and political ambitions, but includes proven inaccuracies ^[1]
• The Turner Diaries - 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

[edit] See also

• List of banned books
• List of controversial non-fiction books

[edit] References

1. ^ "Klein nailed on falsehoods in Al Franken Show grilling". Mediamatters. Retrieved on November 29, 2005. (With audio interview with Klein on the lies in his book The Truth About Hillary)