I believe banning books is only a hop, skip and a jump away from burning books. Books are more than a window to another world, an escape, or a place to stretch the wings of your imagination. They let you walk in someone else’s shoes, see the world from a different perspective. They make you think and feel. They challenge your assumptions about the world and make you more compassionate. If you can cry for a heroine in a novel, aren’t you more likely to sympathize with your next door neighbor? I think so. So, when I found a list of the 100 most banned books between 2000 and 2009 compiled by the American Library Association I immediately added those books to my books-to-read spreadsheet. (Yes, I used to have a spreadsheet for books.) Based on the books I’d already read that were on the list, I knew I’d find a lot of gems/Jill Barville, 3Rs. More here.

Question: What's the last banned book that you've read?