UNDERNEWS: Books the right wing has gotten banned

A vertical stack of hardcover books on a wooden shelf against a blurred background of more books. The visible titles from top to bottom include To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee in blue cover, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger in red cover, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain in yellow cover, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey in orange cover, Lord of the Flies by William Golding in green cover, Animal Farm by George Orwell in white cover, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne in red cover, 1984 by George Orwell in red cover, and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury in orange cover. The books represent banned classics in the context of political censorship.

Via Richard Angwin - These are just some of the books Republicans have banned in school and public libraries around the country.

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UNDERNEWS

October 27, 2025

Books the right wing has gotten banned

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