Articles

• The Christian Commonwealth By John Eliot (UNL Digital Commons)
• The Odyssey By Homer (MIT Internet Classics Archive)
• Moby-Dick; or, The Whale By Herman Melville (Project Gutenberg)
• Twelfth Night By William Shakespeare(Project Gutenberg)
• The New English Canaan by Thomas Morton (Project Gutenberg)
• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (Project Gutenberg)
• A Study in Scarlet by A. Conan Doyle (Project Gutenberg)
• Ulysses by James Joyce (Project Gutenberg)
• Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman (Whitman Archive)
• The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (Talk Origins Archive)
• The 1619 Project (Online Books - UPENN)

For an extensive and historically annotated list of online versions of banned books, visit Banned Books Online, edited by John Mark Ockerbloom.

It's important to understand that "banned books" are often challenged or restricted, rather than completely unavailable. Access to these books can vary depending on local laws and library or school policies. However, many of these texts are indeed available in digital formats. Here's a breakdown of resources and considerations:

Key Resources:

• Internet Archive:
  • The Internet Archive (archive.org) is a crucial resource for accessing digitized books, including many that have faced challenges. They have worked to make many of these books available.
  • Here is a link to their help page regarding banned books:
    • https://help.archive.org/help/most-challenged-books-since-2010/
  • The internet archive has digitized many books and made them available.
• Digital Public Library of America (DPLA):
  • The DPLA has launched "The Banned Book Club" to provide access to e-book versions of banned books.
  • Here is a link to their site:
    • https://dp.la/
• American Library Association (ALA):
  • The ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) tracks banned and challenged books. Their website provides lists and information about censorship.
  • Here is a link to their frequently challenged books archive:
    • https://www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10/archive