I really like books with warnings and messages, especially ones that are extremely controversial. I went to a school that banned most classic literature, except Christian authors, so I missed a lot. Here's a list of the books I've read that were banned from my school that I loved:
- Lord of the Flies
- 1984
- To Kill A Mockingbird
- Fahrenheit 451
- The Call of the Wild
- Into the Wild
- the complete Diary of Anne Frank
- The Giver
- All Quiet on the Western Front
I'm planning to read Maus as well but would like more books related to that
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Try Brave New World by Huxley
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Slaughterhouse V by Vonnegut
Satanic Verses by Rushdie
Here’s a list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/74448.Banned_Challenged_Classics
T.A.Z.: The Temporary Autonomous Zone by the anarchist writer/poet Hakim Bey.
Das Kapital
What the fudge. Who the Hell would ban the Diary of Anne Frank?
Anyway, since you liked Anne Frank and plan to read Maus, I suggest [The Boy in the Striped Pajamas](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39999.The_Boy_in_the_Striped_Pajamas) . It’s a fictional work about Auschwitz and it’s fantastic. I don’t think it’s a controversial book. But I also didn’t think Anne Frank and Maus were controversial. Yet here we are.
Edit: apparently, some right wing mom group managed to get the diary banned in Florida. I found [this article](https://www.timesofisrael.com/mom-for-liberty-who-banned-anne-frank-graphic-novel-appears-on-antisemitic-livestream/) about it. Trigger Warning: Read at your own peril. the antisemitism of those people is just vile.
If you’re open to non-fiction, A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margret Atwood
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Babel by R.F. Kuang
In the ww2 category, Night by Elie Weisel
Paolo Bacigalupi is very good at coming up with lots of plausible environmental disasters; each story of his in Pump 6 is a different apocalyptic scenario.
Speak is a classic
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood.
John Steinbeck I believe is banned from many libraries.
If you loved 1984, check *Animal Farm* and *America is a Zoo*.