Banned Books

Interesting for the list of banned books and for the various reasons people have had to ban books, this book is nothing more than that however. A deeper discussion of the social phenomenon of book banning would have made the book better.

Banned Books tells the stories behind books that have been banned through the centuries. The books is divided up into time periods—Pre-1900, 19th Century, Between the Wars, Postwar Years, Late 20th Century, 21st Century—and the reasons and locations for the decisions to ban books are offered for each book included.