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"   Hey folks, it&amp;#039;s Banned Books Week, the &amp;quot;national celebration of the freedom to read!&amp;quot; While the idea of banning books makes me violent and sad, especially in light of the great books that were challenged (and, you know, on principle), I have to admit there are some books whose general quality, over-value, pretenciousness, and/or fan base also makes me violent, sad, or just really cofused. And I&amp;#039;d love to see them go. Forever.   Some friends and I are putting together a list of books we&amp;#039;d gleefully ban from the library, your local bookstore or online retailer, and the public consciousness. The list will evolve throughout the week. We don&amp;#039;t agree on every pick, but we do agree on most of them. Don&amp;#039;t get all high and mighty, we&amp;#039;re simply trying to do the world a favor.  The People of Paper, Salvador Plascencia  The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho  Special Topics in Calamity Physics, Marisha Pessl  Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand  I Know This Much Is True, Wally Lamb  Eat, Prey, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert  Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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