# Explain these "challenged books" to me.

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 7, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-these-challenged-books-to-me/211942 "2003-11-07T18:49:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4da419/32.png) [@Wheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheel)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-these-challenged-books-to-me/211942/61 "2003-11-11T00:41:05Z")

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So…that’s what’s wrong with me!!! I’ve read practically every one of those books! And no one made me, I checked them out of the library on purpose.

Seriously, I was floored to see A Wrinkle in Time on that list. I loved that book!! It was a beautiful and moving book for a young person. Some of those books would be a bit much for younger readers, but for anyone of normal intelligence and mature outlook a great deal can be gained by reading these books.

I saw practically every signifigant religions book mentioned there except the Christian bible, The Book of Mormon/Pearl of Great Price, and the Bahagavad Ghita. Wonder how they missed them? Of course the torah is the Pentatuch, the first 5 books of the Christian bible, Genesis, Exodous, Leviticus, Numbers and (my favorite because of all the practical advice) Dueteronomy, so a case could be made that the basis of the Christian Bible made the list.

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