It's Teen Read Week! Why not celebrate in the most devious way possible - by reading something that'll make the adults around you worry about your mental health?
One of the Most Banned Books Ever
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. A classic because of its depiction of African American life in the 1940's; banned by libraries everywhere for its themes of incest and child molestation.
A Book So Freaky You'll Have Trouble Sleeping
The Road by Cormac McCarthy. A terrifyingly bleak story about trying to stay alive after the apocalypse. You're bound to get nightmares, but you won't want to put it down.
The Ultimate Serial Killer Thriller
The Alienist by Caleb Carr. Set in Victorian New York, this page turner will trick you into getting a history lesson between all the blood, gore and jars of eyeballs.
A Sci-Fi Classic That's All About Subversion and Sex
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein. This story of a man raised on Mars was so shocking in 1961 that whole scenes had to be pulled out of it. Be sure you pick up the uncut version that was released thirty years later.
The Original Teen Angst Novel
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. It's filled with swear words and debauchery, and it's also one of the best novels ever written. You'll probably love this book forever so you'd might as well read it now.
One of the Most Banned Books Ever
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. A classic because of its depiction of African American life in the 1940's; banned by libraries everywhere for its themes of incest and child molestation.
A Book So Freaky You'll Have Trouble Sleeping
The Road by Cormac McCarthy. A terrifyingly bleak story about trying to stay alive after the apocalypse. You're bound to get nightmares, but you won't want to put it down.
The Ultimate Serial Killer Thriller
The Alienist by Caleb Carr. Set in Victorian New York, this page turner will trick you into getting a history lesson between all the blood, gore and jars of eyeballs.
A Sci-Fi Classic That's All About Subversion and Sex
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein. This story of a man raised on Mars was so shocking in 1961 that whole scenes had to be pulled out of it. Be sure you pick up the uncut version that was released thirty years later.
The Original Teen Angst Novel
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. It's filled with swear words and debauchery, and it's also one of the best novels ever written. You'll probably love this book forever so you'd might as well read it now.
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