Banned Books Challenge for 2015

I must stop signing up for reading challenges - but I just keep running across more challenges that sound so fun and that I know I can meet with my current TBR pile and my other current challenges, so I justify all these sign-ups that way. To be honest, I have avoided a few challenges that look really, really, cool and fun just because they won't help me with my ongoing TBR pile reduction plan, so I feel OK caving in to others, like this great one. As an avid reader I am glad to take part in this challenge and to reflect on censorship while I read. I am so thankful every day that I am able to read just about any book I want to read, and I wish everyone had that same opportunity.

This challenge is straightforward - it's reading banned and/or frequently challenged books. The challenge is hosted by Christine at Buckling Bookshelves, and the signup post has a lot of great resources for determining books that have been banned or challenged - and you won't believe some of them, particularly the classics! I'm going to keep it simple and sign up for the Trouble-Maker level of 3 - 5 books to ensure success - I have already seen several of my planned books on various lists, so I'm sure to be successful. What are your recommendations for me for this challenge? I'd love to start a list, so please feel free to leave a comment!

As always, I will keep track of the books I read for this challenge in this post as I go along.

1. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon (appears on the ALA Challenged or Banned books list for 2010 - 2011 for "foul language" and for 2005 - 2006 because "the book could 'pollute' young minds" - ???)
2. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - Dai Sijie (appears on the ALA list for 2004 - 2005 because it's "sexually explicit and inappropriate")
3. Native Son - Richard Wright (appears as #27 on ALA's most frequently challenged classics list; has been challenged multiple times for being "sexually explicit and violent")
4. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood (#88 on the ALA's most frequently banned/challenged list)
5. 1984 - George Orwell (#9 on the ALA's list of most frequently challenged classics)
6. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - Sherman Alexie (#1 on the ALA list of frequently challenged books)
7. The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank (has been challenged since its original publication as being a "hoax" by Holocaust deniers; has been challenged for being "depressing" - see this link for some details)
8. The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition - Anne Frank (challenged multiple times for being "pornographic" and "inappropriate" etc. - here's a link to one article about this, there are many more!)
9. Women in Love - D.H. Lawrence (#75 on the ALA list of the most frequently challenged classics)
10. Tartuffe - Molière (was banned from being produced by the King of France; was considered offensive and frequently banned/challenged in its time)
11. The Eighth Day of the Week - Marek Hłasko (all books by this author were banned for many years in Poland by the government)
12. Lord of the Flies - William Golding (#8 on the ALA list of the most frequently challenged classics)