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Banned & Challenged Books

American Psycho

Bret Easton Ellis | 1991

Challenge reasons: Sexual content, crude language, violence

Gloria Steinem urged people to boycott this book. Years later, her step-son Christian Bale starred in the movie adaptation of the book.