At the Strand's Bookstore here, there is a section where books that were banned at one time on display. I browsed the titles, noting that I had read a half dozen of them. Some of the other titles I have heard of them though I have not read them.
The reason those were banned are many. A common thread is that these books spoke of the ills of that particular society. There is a currently a drive to ban all books dealing with gender (specifically transgender) and sexuality. This is nothing new. Subjects such as homosexuality, women's rights, slavery, AIDS, and genocide were once taboo subjects.
I have a saying that if a person reads one book that was banned, then they are one right track. The truth eventually comes out, no matter how much the powers will try to suppress it.
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