"Lady Chatterley's Lover" Is Among These Iconic Books That Have Been Banned

"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" ($14, originally $18) by Maya Angelou is an undisputed literary classic. Angelou's autobiographical coming-of-age tale depicts her childhood growing up with the trauma of racism and sexual abuse. With its frank depictions of those topics, however, it has long been a target for challenges, particularly over sexually explicit passages, profanity, and irreverence toward religion. The American Library Association ranked it sixth on its list of the most-banned and challenged books of the 2000s.