Meg Waite Clayton

New York Times Bestselling Author

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What Favorite Books of Yours Have Been Banned?

Today is the first day of Banned Books Week, and this year marks its 30th year. Tuesday, I’ll be posting an essay on one of my favorites, To Kill A Mockingbird–mostly as a reminder to myself of how important it is to stand up against the challenging or banning of books. Some of my other favorites books that have seen opposition include

  • The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger,
  • Beloved by Toni Morrison,
  • The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, and
  • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Do you have a favorite? Please share it in the comments below. Better yet, write something somewhere about why it is important to you, and post a link in the comments.
And for a list of classics that have been banned, check out this ALA List of classics that have been challenged or banned. – Meg

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Meg Waite Clayton

Meg Waite Clayton is a New York Times and internationally bestselling author of THE LAST TRAIN TO LONDON, a Jewish Book Award finalist based on the true story of the Kindertransport rescue of ten thousand children from Nazi-occupied Europe—and one brave woman who helped them escape. Her six prior novels include the Langum-Prize honored The Race for Paris and The Wednesday Sisters, one of Entertainment Weekly's 25 Essential Best Friend Novels of all time. A graduate of the University of Michigan and its law school, she has also written for the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, Forbes, Runners World, and public radio, often on the subject of the particular challenges women face. megwaiteclayton.com