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Many societies have banned certain books. This is a partial list of books that have been banned.

Various scriptures have been banned (and sometimes burned) at several points in history. The Bible, the Qur'an, and other religious scriptures have all been subjected to censorship and have been banned in various cities and countries. In Medieval Europe, the Roman Catholic Church created a program that lasted until 1966 to deal with dissenting printed opinion; it was called the Index Librorum Prohibitorum (index of prohibited books). Over the years many books based on the scriptures have also been banned, such as Leo Tolstoy's The Kingdom of God Is Within You, which was banned in Russia for being anti-establishment.

Books deemed critical of the state or its interests are another common target for banning.

Books that present criminal matters have also been subjected to censorship. Small-press titles that have become infamous by being banned include The Anarchist Cookbook and Hit Man.

Children's books that deal with death or other teenage angst or various crimes often find themselves challenged perhaps because of parental worries about teenage suicide or copycat crimes. Many publications are targeted on the premise that children would be corrupted by reading them. This fear led to the creation of the Comics Code Authority in 1954.


Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z— See also — References — External links


[edit] List of banned books

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[edit] A

Title Author Type of Literature Reason
Albertine Christian Krohg Novel Banned in Norway in 1886, immediately after its publishing
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll Children's Novel/Adventure Banned in China (1931) for the portrayal of anthropomorphized animals acting on the same level as humans.[1]
All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque Anti-war novel Banned in Nazi Germany for demoralizing and insulting the Wehrmacht.[2]
Angaray Sajjad Zaheer Progressive short stories Banned in 1936 by the British government[citation needed]
Animal Farm George Orwell Political novella Publication delayed in UK because of anti-Stalin theme. Confiscated in Germany by Allied troops. Banned in 1946 in Yugoslavia. Also banned in Kenya in 1991 and in the United Arab Emirates in 2002.[3]
Areopagitica John Milton Essay Banned in England for political reasons.[4]
As I Lay Dying William Faulkner Novel Banned in Kentucky for language and for being anti-Christian.[5]

[edit] B

Title Author Type of Literature Reason
Black Beauty Anna Sewell Novel Was banned in South Africa in 1955 because of the use of the word 'black' in the title.[6]
Burger's Daughter Nadine Gordimer Novel Banned in South Africa in 1979 for going against the government's racial policies.[7]

[edit] C

Title Author Type of Literature Reason
The Call of the Wild Jack London Novel Banned in Yugoslavia and Italy.[8]
Candide Voltaire Novel Seized by US Customs in 1930 for obscenity.[8]

[edit] D

Title Author Type of Literature Reason
The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown Novel Banned in Lebanon after Catholic leaders deemed it offensive to Christianity.[9]
The Death of Lorca Ian Gibson Biography, True crime Banned briefly in Spain.[10]
Doctor Zhivago Boris Pasternak Novel Banned within the USSR until 1988 for its criticism of the Bolshevik Party.[11]
Droll Stories Honoré de Balzac Banned in Canada in 1914.[12]

[edit] E

Title Author Type of Literature Reason
El Señor Presidente Miguel Ángel Asturias Novel Banned in Guatemala because it went against the ruling political leaders. [13]

[edit] F

Title Author Type of Literature Reason
Fanny Hill or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure John Cleland Novel Banned in the USA in 1821 for obscenity, then again in 1963. This was the last book ever banned in the USA.[2] See also Memoirs v. Massachusetts.
The Federal Mafia Irwin Schiff Nonfiction An injunction was issued by a U.S. District Court in Nevada under 26 U.S.C. § 7408 against Irwin Schiff and associates Cynthia Neun and Lawrence Cohen, against the sale of this book by those persons as the court found that the information it contains is fraudulent.[14]
Fra Kristiania-Bohêmen Hans Jæger Novel Banned in Norway in 1885, immediately after its publishing.
The Fugitive (Perburuan) Pramoedya Ananta Toer Novel Banned in Indonesia for being too communistic and for other political reasons.[15]

[edit] G

Title Author Type of Literature Reason
The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy Novel Written in 1996, claimed to be portraying intereligion occasional sex scenes involving a Christian woman and low caste-Hindu servant. Ban overturned in India.[16]
The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck Novel Banned in many places in the US. In the region of California in which it was partially set, it was banned because it made the residents of this region look bad.[17]
The Gulag Archipelago Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Nonfiction Banned in the Soviet Union because it went against the common way of thinking there.[18]

[edit] H

Title Author Type of Literature Reason

[edit] I

Title Author Type of Literature Reason

[edit] J

Title Author Type of Literature Reason

[edit] K

Title Author Type of Literature Reason
The King Never Smiles Paul M. Handley Biography Banned in Thailand for its criticism of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.[19]

[edit] L

Title Author Type of Literature Reason
Lady Chatterley's Lover D. H. Lawrence Novel Temporarily banned in the United States and UK for violation of obscenity laws.

Temporarily banned in Australia.[20]
Little Black Sambo Helen Bannerman Children's Book Banned in Japan (1988 - 2005) to quell "political threats to boycott Japanese cultural exports", although the pictures were not those of the original version.[21]
The Lottery Shirley Jackson Short Story Banned in South Africa during Apartheid; Jackson responded that the government of South Africa "understood the story".

[edit] M

Title Author Type of Literature Reason
Mein Kampf Adolf Hitler Political ideology Banned due to anti-Nazi laws. However, possession and sale for historical reasons is legal in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands[citation needed]. It is legal to buy and sell in Canada.
Mirror of the Polish Crown Sebastian Miczyński Anti-Semitic pamphlet Because this pamphlet published in 1618 was one of the causes of the anti-Jewish riots in Cracow, it was banned by Sigismund III Vasa[22]
The Mountain Wreath Petar II Petrović-Njegoš Drama in verse Banned in Bosnia schools by Carlos Westendorp.[23]

[edit] N

Title Author Type of Literature Reason
Naked Lunch William S. Burroughs Novel Banned by Boston courts in 1962 for obscenity, but that decision was reversed in 1966 by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.[24]
Notre ami le roi Gilles Perrault Biography of Hassan II of Morocco Banned in Morocco. This book is a biography of King Hassan and examines cases of torture, killing and political imprisonment said to have been carried out by the Moroccan Government.[25]

[edit] O

Title Author Type of Literature Reason
On the Origins and Perpetual Use of the Legislative Powers of the Apostolic Kings of Hungary in Matters Ecclesiastical. Adam F. Kollár Legal-political Banned by the Vatican in 1514 for arguments against the political role of the Roman Catholic Church.[26] Original title: De Originibus et Usu perpetuo.

[edit] P

Title Author Type of Literature Reason
The Peaceful Pill Handbook Philip Nitschke and Fiona Stewart Instructional manual on euthanasia It was initially banned in New Zealand by Office of Film & Literature Classification since it was deemed to be objectionable.[27] In May 2008 it was allowed for sale if sealed and an indication of the censorship classification was displayed. The book remains banned outright in Australia. A digital edition is available from Peacefulpill.com [6][28]

[edit] Q

Title Author Type of Literature Reason

[edit] R

Title Author Type of Literature Reason
Rangila Rasul Pt. Chamupati Religious Currently banned in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.[29]
Rights of Man Thomas Paine Political Banned in the UK and author charged with treason for supporting the French Revolution.[8] Banned in Tzarist Russia after the Decembrist revolt.[30]

[edit] S

Title Author Type of Literature Reason
The Satanic Verses Salman Rushdie Novel Banned in Bangladesh, India, Singapore,[31] and Iran for blasphemy.[32]
Soft Target: How Indian Intelligence Service Penetrated Canada Zuhair Kashmeri & Brian McAndrew Investigative Journalism Banned in India.[33]
The Song of the Red Ruby Agnar Mykle Novel Banned in Norway in 1957 for its explicit sexual content. The ban was lifted by the Supreme Court in 1958.
Spycatcher Peter Wright Autobiography Banned in UK 1985-1988 for revealing secrets. Wright was a former MI5 intelligence officer and his book was banned before it was even published in 1987.[34][35]

[edit] T

Title Author Type of Literature Reason
Tropic of Cancer Henry Miller Novel (fictionalized memoir) Banned in the US in the 1930s until the early 1960s, seized by US customs for sexually explicit content and vulgarity. The rest of Miller's work was also banned by the United States.[37] Also banned in South Africa until the late 1980s.[citation needed]
The Turner Diaries William Luther Pierce Novel Banned in Germany for its Nazi ideology theme and Pierce leadership in the American Nazi Party. Blamed for a number of crimes allegedly inspired by the novel.[38]

[edit] U

Title Author Type of Literature Reason
Ulysses James Joyce Novel Challenged and temporarily banned in the US for its sexual content. Ban overturned in United States v. One Book Called Ulysses.[citation needed]
Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe Novel Banned in the Southern States and Tzarist Russia.[39]
United States-Vietnam Relations: 1945-1967 Robert McNamara and the United States Department of Defense Government Study President Nixon attempted to suspend publication of classified information. See: New York Times Co. v. United States[citation needed]
Uten en tråd Jens Bjørneboe Novel Published in 1966, banned in Norway for its explicit sexual content. The ban was later lifted.

[edit] V

Title Author Type of Literature Reason
Various Various Various Various books were burned and librarians jailed in Cuba, 2003.[40]

[edit] W

Title Author Type of Literature Reason
The Wealth of Nations Adam Smith Economic treatise Banned in communist nations[citation needed] for its capitalist content.
The Well of Loneliness Radclyffe Hall Novel Banned in the UK in 1928 for its lesbian theme, republished in 1949.[41]

[edit] X

Title Author Type of Literature Reason

[edit] Y

Title Author Type of Literature Reason
Year 501: The Conquest Continues Noam Chomsky Politics Banned for distribution in South Korean military as one of 23 books banned from Aug 1st 2008.

[42]

[edit] Z

Title Author Type of Literature Reason
Zhuan Falun Li Hongzhi Spiritual Banned as part of the persecution of Falun Gong, which began in 1999.[citation needed]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ a b Grannis, Chandler B.; Haight, Anne (Lyon) (1978). Banned books, 387 B. C. to 1978 A. D. New York: R. R. Bowker, 80. ISBN 0-8352-1078-2. 
  3. ^ Karolides et al, p. 13-16
  4. ^ Karolides et al, p. 16-20
  5. ^ Noble, William (1990). Bookbanning in America: Who Bans Books? - And Why. Middlebury, VT: Paul S. Eriksson, 6-8. ISBN 0-8397-1080-1. 
  6. ^ "Why Were These Books Banned?".[dead link]
  7. ^ Karolides et al, p. 29-32
  8. ^ a b c "Banned Books Online".
  9. ^ [2]
  10. ^ [3]
  11. ^ Karolides et al, p. 40-45
  12. ^ CBC's The Current the whole show blow by blow.
  13. ^ Karolides et al, p. 45-50
  14. ^ See also footnote 1, United States v. Schiff, 2008-1 U.S. Tax Cas. (CCH) paragr. 50,111 (9th Cir. 2007), citing United States v. Schiff, 379 F.3d 621, 630 (9th Cir. 2004), regarding the Court's finding that the book The Federal Mafia: How the Government Illegally Imposes and Unlawfully Collects Income Taxes constituted "fraudulent commercial speech."
  15. ^ Karolides et al, p. 50-57
  16. ^ "Top 10 "Obscene" Literary Classics".
  17. ^ Karolides et al, p 57-71
  18. ^ Karolides et al, p 71-78
  19. ^ Warrick-Alexander, James (February 6, 2006). Thailand Bars Univ. Website. Yale Daily News.
  20. ^ Cleland, John; Rembar, Charles; Miller, Henry (1986). The end of obscenity: the trials of Lady Chatterley, Tropic of cancer, and Fanny Hill. San Francisco: Harper & Row. ISBN 0-06-097061-8. 
  21. ^ "Banned Books" (undated). Retrieved on 2008-09-06.
  22. ^ Ringelblum, Emanuel; Joseph Kermish, Shmuel Krakowski. Polish-Jewish Relations During the Second World War. Northwestern University Press, 190. ISBN 0810109638. 
  23. ^ "New World Order's Inquisition in Bosnia".
  24. ^ http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/03/01/features/beats.php
  25. ^ Notre ami le roi par Gilles Perrault
  26. ^ Andor Csizmadia, Adam Franz Kollár und die ungarische rechtshistorische Forschung. 1982.
  27. ^ Office of Film & Literature Classification - "The Peaceful Pill Handbook banned"
  28. ^ http://www.censorship.govt.nz/pdfword/peaceful%20pill%20s38.pdf Office of Film & Literature Classification
  29. ^ Self and Sovereignty: Individual and Community in South Asian Islam Since 1850 by Ayesha Jalal
  30. ^ [4]
  31. ^ "Singapore will not Allow Publication of Prophet Cartoons", Bloomberg.com (2006-02-10). Retrieved on 14 June 2007. [dead link]
  32. ^ [5]
  33. ^ "Amazon Soft Target Book listing". Retrieved on 2007-12-19.
  34. ^ Zuckerman, Laurence (1987-08-17). "How Not to Silence a Spy". Time. Time Warner. Retrieved on 2008-01-20.
  35. ^ 1987: Ban lifted on MI5 man's memoirs
  36. ^ "Edict Against Arius" (333).
  37. ^ From Henry Miller to Howard Stern, by Patti Davis, Newsweek, March, 2004
  38. ^ "'Turner Diaries' introduced in McVeigh trial".
  39. ^ "Stowe Debate".
  40. ^ "The Online Books Page Presents BANNED BOOKS ONLINE", edited by John Mark Ockerbloom, University of Pennsylvania, undated. "In 2003, Cuba jailed 75 dissidents, many of whom were involved in the US-backed 'independent library' movement, which distributes literature to interested citizens outside the state-funded library system. In the court hearing that followed, many of these dissidents were then sentenced to jail for distributing 'subversive content', which was then ordered destroyed. Among the content was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the US Constitution (both cited in the sentencing document for Pedro Argfuelles Moran and Pablo Pacheco Avila). According to Amnesty International reports, 69 prisoners of conscience remain in jail for non-violent political views and activities."
  41. ^ Smith, David (2005-01-02). "Lesbian novel was 'danger to nation'", The Observer. Retrieved on 9 October 2006. 
  42. ^ Military expands book blacklist

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