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The Not So Horrible Consequences of Reading Banned Books. A new study of Texas teens found no connection between reading edgy books and mental health issues or delinquent behavior.

The Not So Horrible Consequences of Reading Banned Books

From The Catcher in the Rye to The Color Purple, countless books have been banned from school libraries over the years, usually because parents or administrators fear they somehow could be harmful to kids. Well, new research suggests these volumes may indeed have an impact on young, malleable minds. A positive impact. Bibliotheek.nl. The Reading Room. Goodreads. Best Utopian and Dystopian Fiction. An Interactive Guide. Whichbook. YA - Top 100. It's almost a cliche at this point to say that teen fiction isn't just for teens anymore.

YA - Top 100

Just last year, the Association of American Publishers ranked Children's/Young Adult books as the single fastest-growing publishing category. Which is why we were only a little surprised to see the tremendous response that came in for this summer's Best-Ever Teen Fiction poll. A whopping 75,220 of you voted for your favorite young adult novels, blasting past the total for last year's science fiction and fantasy poll at, dare we say it, warp speed.

And now, the final results are in. While it's no surprise to see Harry Potter and the Hunger Games trilogy on top, this year's list also highlights some writers we weren't as familiar with. Selecting a manageable voting roster from among the more than 1,200 nominations that came in from readers wasn't easy, and we were happy to be able to rely on such an experienced panel of judges. Summer, like youth, is fleeting. YA - 25 Must-Read Summer Books. 10 Books To Read After The Hunger Games. Fantasy - Top 100. More than 5,000 of you nominated.

Fantasy - Top 100

More than 60,000 of you voted. And now the results are in. The winners of NPR's Top 100 Science-Fiction and Fantasy survey are an intriguing mix of classic and contemporary titles. Books That Will Induce A Mindfuck. Here is the list of books that will officially induce mindfucks, sorted alphabetically by author.

Books That Will Induce A Mindfuck

Those authors in bold have been recommended by one or more people as being generally mindfucking - any books listed under their names are particularly odd. You're welcome to /msg me to make an addition to this list. And finally, although he's way down at the bottom, my personal recommendation is definitely Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, as it turns the ultimate mindfuck: inverting the world-view of our entire culture, and it is non-fiction. The 10 Most Disturbing Books Of All Time.

In my younger days if I heard a book or movie was disturbing or hard to handle I generally took that as a challenge.

The 10 Most Disturbing Books Of All Time

Most books generally turned out to not be too bad, but occasionally I’d come across something that would leave me with a sick feeling in my stomach for weeks. A Brilliant List of Science Books. 30 Books I’m Glad I Read Before 30. In various ways, these 30 books convey some of the philosophy of how Angel and I live our lives.

30 Books I’m Glad I Read Before 30

I honestly credit a fraction of who I am today to each title. Thus, they have indirectly influenced much of what I write about on this site. A medley of both fiction and nonfiction, these great reads challenged my internal status quo, opening my mind to new ideas and opportunities, and together they gave me a basic framework for living, loving, learning and working successfully. If you haven’t read these books yet, I highly recommend doing so. They will enrich your library and your life. Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert – Gilbert, a Harvard professor of psychology has studied happiness for decades, and he shares scientific findings that just might change the way you look at the world.

26 Books Every Man Must Read. Heard the tired old mantra: ‘Men Don’t Read’?

26 Books Every Man Must Read

Publishers and marketers have been touting this lie for ages because they’ve told themselves that women read more and men don’t read at all, regardless of the validity of this statement. Because it’s simply NOT true. Men LOVE to read. 40 Modern Nonfiction Books. 8 Books Every Intelligent Person Should Read. A Reddit.com user posed the question to Neil deGrasse Tyson: "Which books should be read by every single intelligent person on the planet?

8 Books Every Intelligent Person Should Read

" Below, you will find the book list offered up by the astrophysicist, director of the Hayden Planetarium, and popularizer of science. Where possible, we have included links to free versions of the books, all taken from our Free Audio Books and Free eBooks collections. Or you can always download a professionally-narrated book for free from Audible.com. Details here. 10 Essential Books for Book Nerds. What makes a book nerd?

10 Essential Books for Book Nerds

Reading a lot of books — and liking to talk about said books — is a major requirement, of course, but there’s often something a little more nebulous involved: book nerds are the kinds of people who get a little thrill when walking into a bookstore, who press volumes into their friends’ hands with serious promises of life changing moments, who are fascinated by following the many tangled threads through authors and literature, happily wandering wherever they might lead. Robin Sloan’s recently published Mr.

Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore is a book for such people — if you can’t already tell from the title. A List Of 623 Books. 50 Most Influential Books of the Last 50 Years. In compiling the books on this list, the editors at SuperScholar have tried to provide a window into the culture of the last 50 years.

50 Most Influential Books of the Last 50 Years

Ideally, if you read every book on this list, you will know how we got to where we are today. Not all the books on this list are “great.” The criterion for inclusion was not greatness but INFLUENCE. All the books on this list have been enormously influential. The books we chose required some hard choices. The Strange Stories Behind Famous Writers' Pen Names. How authors came up with pseudonyms like Dr. Seuss, O. Henry, and more Wikimedia Commons Pen names speckle literary history and our modern bookshelves.