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Books have a funny way of getting under people’s skin. Sometimes that’s intentional. Other times, a novel or memoir ends up banned for reasons nobody saw coming. We hear a lot about the usual suspects when it comes to censorship, but what about those literary works that flew under the radar until someone decided they were too controversial?
The year 2024 was another record-breaking period for book challenges in American schools and libraries. In 2024, 2,452 unique titles were challenged, making it the third highest number of book challenges since tracking began in 1990, with ALA recording 821 attempts to censor library books across all library types. Let’s be real, these aren’t just numbers on a page. Each one represents a story someone tried to silence.
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Cat’s Cradle is a satirical, dark comedy written by Kurt Vonnegut in 1963 that uses an unconventional narrative structure to explore existential themes and a fear of technology. The book follows John, a writer researching the fathers of the atomic bomb, as he uncovers a fictional religion and a substance that could end all life on Earth. People tend to think of Slaughterhouse-Five when they talk about banned Vonnegut, but Cat’s Cradle has quietly faced its own battles with censors.
Cat’s Cradle has not been as widely banned or read as Vonnegut’s most popular work Slaughterhouse-Five, but it has still faced a…
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Author : Matthias Binder
Publish date : 2025-12-18 04:02:00
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