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Posted: 12/14/2013 5:51:09 PM EDT

Controversial in general - probably "Foreign Enemies and Traitors" by Bracken
Controversial according to this site - "The God Delusion" by Dawkins

Posted: 12/14/2013 5:55:25 PM EDT

[#1]

Templar Legacy

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[#2]

The Turner Diaries...

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[#3]

General - Mein kampf
Here - case for old earth, don't think it's the actual title

Posted: 12/14/2013 5:56:32 PM EDT

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in before The Bible

Posted: 12/14/2013 5:56:44 PM EDT

[#5]

The Bible

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Posted: 12/14/2013 5:57:20 PM EDT

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The Turner Diaries it was...meh.

Posted: 12/14/2013 5:58:04 PM EDT

[#7]

Mein Kampf.

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Knew someone would drop TTD...

I've been wanting to read it on the Kindle for awhile but I'm pretty sure that will definitely get my Amazon account flagged by the NSA.

And to be honest, keeping a hard copy doesn't seem like a good idea, either, in case god forbid I have a DGU with a Tray Tray... that wouldn't look so good for me...

Posted: 12/14/2013 5:58:45 PM EDT

[#9]

Catcher in the Rye.

I had the strangest desire to shoot John Lennon after I finished it.

Posted: 12/14/2013 5:59:31 PM EDT

[#10]

The cat in the hat by Dr. Seuss

Posted: 12/14/2013 5:59:52 PM EDT

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If they cut the racists stuff out i believe it would have been a lot better book

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:01:57 PM EDT

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'Rage' by Stephen King. It wasn't that good.

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:02:14 PM EDT

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The Turner Diaries it was...meh.

If they cut the racists stuff out i believe it would have been a lot better book

What's it about? I never heard of it.

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:02:27 PM EDT

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I tried to read it just to see what the big deal was. I got about half way through it before I had to skip to the end because it was so terribly written I couldn't take it anymore. I think a 4th grader could write a better story imo.

His other book "Hunter" wasn't any better.

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:04:41 PM EDT

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What's it about? I never heard of it.

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The Turner Diaries it was...meh.

If they cut the racists stuff out i believe it would have been a lot better book

What's it about? I never heard of it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Turner_Diaries

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:04:49 PM EDT

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This.

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:05:16 PM EDT

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Meh? It was absolute shit.

I had heard so much about it, when I spotted it at a gun show I had to buy it. I was embarrassed while reading it. I actually felt dirty after reading it. The first and only book that I have ever thrown out in the trash.

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:06:10 PM EDT

[#18]

Tropic of Cancer

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:06:31 PM EDT

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Knew someone would drop TTD...

I've been wanting to read it on the Kindle for awhile but I'm pretty sure that will definitely get my Amazon account flagged by the NSA.

And to be honest, keeping a hard copy doesn't seem like a good idea, either, in case god forbid I have a DGU with a Tray Tray... that wouldn't look so good for me...

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The Turner Diaries...

Knew someone would drop TTD...

I've been wanting to read it on the Kindle for awhile but I'm pretty sure that will definitely get my Amazon account flagged by the NSA.

And to be honest, keeping a hard copy doesn't seem like a good idea, either, in case god forbid I have a DGU with a Tray Tray... that wouldn't look so good for me...

It's been online for free for years. Same with the "Hitman" book that got a lot of press years ago.

You can always get "The Turner Diaries" audiobook and drive any passengers crazy.

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:07:03 PM EDT

[#20]

The Satanic Verses

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[#21]

The Bell Curve

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[#22]

Herman Kahn's On Thermonuclear War

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[#23]

"the king in yellow"

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:08:10 PM EDT

[#24]

Bible..

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:08:22 PM EDT

[#25]

One of my High School girlfriends diary.

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:10:00 PM EDT

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The Turner Diaries it was...meh.

If they cut the racists stuff out i believe it would have been a lot better book

What's it about? I never heard of it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Turner_Diaries

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:10:49 PM EDT

[#27]

The Bible
Mein Kampf

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:11:53 PM EDT

[#28]

Probably Tropic of Cancer or Brave New World.

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:13:43 PM EDT

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I take it back. I read the Hit Man book in high school, along with "How to Hide Anything" and the "Anarchist Cookbook".

Damn. Forget what a deviant I was back then! LOL

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:14:04 PM EDT

[#30]

"Christology at the Crossroads". It is about something called liberation theology. Our current pope has been, no doubt, influenced by it. You need a really good dictionary to read it.

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:14:31 PM EDT

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The Turner Diaries it was...meh.

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I would have to agree. I did not finish it because of this BS.

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:16:12 PM EDT

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My first thought. I actually had a copy sent to me while I was in England. Book was banned there at the time.

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:16:33 PM EDT

[#34]

The River. by Edward Hooper

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:17:31 PM EDT

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The Turner Diaries it was...meh.

If they cut the racists stuff out i believe it would have been a lot better book

I would have to agree. I did not finish it because of this BS.

If they had cut out all that "Force" stuff, Star Wars would have flowed a lot better, too.

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:17:48 PM EDT

[#36]

Juliette by the Marquis de Sade.

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:18:48 PM EDT

[#37]

Satanic Verses by S. Rushdie. It was actually quite difficult to read. Mr. Rushdie is a highly educated man...and his style of writing is sometime hard to follow. When he does flashbacks, and flash forwards, they arent measured in days or weeks,. We are talkin thousands of years! And no, it not about Satan worship, or anything even remotely close

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:18:57 PM EDT

[#38]

Green Eggs and Ham

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:20:09 PM EDT

[#39]

Steal This Book
1984
Animal Farm
Fahrenheit 451

Go Dog Go

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:20:56 PM EDT

[#40]

The Bible

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:21:04 PM EDT

[#41]

Unibomber manfesto? Blood Meridian? Huckleberry Fin? the Bible? Depends on the definition of controversial, and to whom.

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:21:16 PM EDT

[#42]

The Bible.

I wish King's "The Long Walk" would be turned into a movie.

"1984" may not be controversial, but after the Bible it's probably the most influential book I've ever read.

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:21:22 PM EDT

[#43]

Maybe...
"Steal this Book"
by Abbie Hoffman
hey it was the '70s man

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:22:28 PM EDT

[#44]

Not sure if it was controversial, but if you don't like to sleep well...Hostage to the Devil by Malachi Martin

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:24:05 PM EDT

[#45]

Motley Crüe's "The Dirt"

I felt dirty after reading that and regretted ever giving Tommy & Nikki Sixx the high five many years back.....

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:24:16 PM EDT

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That ....and it was pretty lame

A few anarchy-type books , a bunch of improvised 'fun' types , Unintended Consequences , Patriots 1+2 , Bracken's finest , and a bunch of other odd stuff .

It'll look scary when it's all laid out on tables with the assortment of toys and all the accoutrements .

Posted: 12/14/2013 6:24:35 PM EDT

[#47]

My copy of the "Anarchist's Cookbook".

It aint the book, it's how it came to be in my hands.

Grandpa was a cop in Newark. Used to stop in at one of the department stores on break and browse the book section. One day he stopped in and found this on the shelf. Grabbed it up, brought it to the manager who he knew, and asked if the guy knew what his store was selling.

Manager was horrified, pulled the copies on the floor, and gave my grandfather this copy as a keepsake.