Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds discusses writings that have been banned over the centuries because they offended or merely ignored official truths; challenged widely held assumptions; or contained ideas or language unacceptable to a state, religious institution, or private moral watchdog.Works covered Include: -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain-- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle-- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll-- As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner-- Black Boy, Richard Wright-- Camille, Alexandre Dumas, fits-- The Color Purple, Alice Walker-- Deliverance, James Dickey-- East of Eden, John Steinbeck-- Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury-- Faust, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe-- Gargantua and Pantagruel, Francois Rabelais-- Howl and Other Poems, Allen Ginsberg-- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou-- J'Accuse, Emile Zola-- Junky, William Burroughs-- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey-- One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez-- Strange Fruit, Lillian Smith-- Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe.