Wikipedia hosts a list of banned books. Rarely do you get to see such a brilliant summary of human stupidty throughout the ages. From the expected concerned-parents-activist crap, to the oppressive regime, to blasphemy, to even the hideous PC crowds efforts, all in there.

You simply must read it. It's a necessity. Do it now. Click the above link. Or here it is again.

Highlights for me:

Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume was banned in some schools due to its characters' discussion of menstruation and breast development and its perceived anti-Christian themes. Judy Blume is also known as "The most banned author in the U.S.A". [21] ALA_2000

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell was banned in South Africa due to the use of the word 'black' in the title.

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (Banned for language and depictions of migrant life. Also cited as socialist propaganda.) Several months after the book's publication, a St. Louis, MO library ordered 3 copies to be burned for the vulgar words used by its characters. It was also banned in Kansas City and in Oklahoma.

Macbeth by William Shakespeare (graphic violence and witchcraft)

Peter Pan Racism, and on charges of promoting Homosexuality, drug use and miscreantism.

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (Banned in Southern U. S. states as anti-slavery propaganda and for negative depiction of slave-owners; banned in czarist Russia...)

Where's Waldo? by Martin Handford (Banned from schools for the nudity (effectively toplessness, since no genitalia are visible) of a mermaid in it.) ALA_2000

Wikipedia, you make me so very hard... with knowledge!