"Manifesto of the Communist Party" by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (1848)
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20 controversial books that made a stir when they were published
Sometimes even incredibly popular books are first met with controversy. Here are 20 controversial books that made a stir when they were released.
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1852)
"On the Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin (1859)
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"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain (1885)
Rebecca Newland, the Library of Congress 2013-14 teacher in residence wrote "Perhaps the most controversial aspect of Huckleberry Finn is Twain’s use of racially charged language. "
Huckleberry Finn was first removed from a library in 1885, just after it was released in the US and has been debated since.
"Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley (1932)
the top 10 books that most Americans want banned for the following reasons: "
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"Tropic of Cancer" by Henry Miller (1934)
"Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck (1937)
"The Second Sex" by Simone de Beauvoir (1949)
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"The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger (1951)
"Lord of the Flies" by William Golding (1954)
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"Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov (1955)
"The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier (1974)
"Sophie's Choice" by William Styron (1979)
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"The Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie (1988)
"Heather Has Two Mommies" by Leslea Newman and illustrator Diana Souza (1989)
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"American Psycho" by Bret Easton Ellis (1991)
"The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky (1999)
"The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown (2003)
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"The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie (2007)
"Fifty Shades of Grey" by E.L. James (2011)
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