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The cheesy sex novel has long been a staple of literature, and its always a problem when staples are taken away.

But public libraries in several states are pulling the racy romance trilogy Fifty Shades of Grey from shelves or deciding not to order the best-seller at all, saying its too steamy or too poorly written.

Like there are no poorly written books in libraries.

When a book is removed from the shelf, folks who cant afford a Nook or a Kindle, the book is no longer available to them, said Deborah Caldwell Stone, of the American Library Associations office for intellectual freedom.

Fifty Shades of Grey, this generations 9?1/2 Weeks, has been called mommy porn because of its popularity among middle-age women.

This week, the trilogy holds the top three spots on the New York Times best-seller list.

Libraries in Wisconsin, Georgia and, of course, crazy Florida, all have had issues with the book.

Its semi-pornographic, said Don Walker, a spokesman for Brevard County, Fla., where the library put 19 copies of the book on the shelves and then pulled them after reading reviews. About 200 notices had to go out to people on the books waiting list.

It doesnt suit our community standards, said Cay Hohmeister, director of libraries for Leon County, home of Floridas capital.

Even though hundreds of people in the community want to read it.

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