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11 books you won’t believe were banned

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You don’t need to hide in a field to read these books (Picture: Getty)

It’s Banned Books week, which means it’s time to mock that sub-section of society who haven’t quite realised that the best thing you can do to encourage someone to read a book is to ban it.

Some books that have been historically banned make sense, in a way. You can see why early 1900s society weren’t quite ready for sexually explicit books like Lady Chatterley’s Lover and Tropic of Cancer. But some are frankly mystifying. Here are some of the weirdest books to have been banned – and the ridiculous reasons behind them.

1. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll

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