List of books banned by governments explained
Banned books are books or other printed works such as essays or plays which have been prohibited by law, or to which free access has been restricted by other means. The practice of banning books is a form of censorship, from political, legal, religious, moral, or commercial motives. This article lists notable banned books and works, giving a brief context for the reason that each book was prohibited. Banned books include fictional works such as novels, poems and plays and non-fiction works such as biographies and dictionaries.
Since there have been a large number of banned books, some publishers have sought out to publish these books. The best-known examples are the Parisian Obelisk Press, which published Henry Miller's sexually frank novel Tropic of Cancer, and Olympia Press, which published William Burroughs's Naked Lunch. Both of these, the work of father Jack Kahane and son Maurice Girodias, specialized in English-language books which were prohibited, at the time, in Great Britain and the United States., also located in Paris, specialized in books prohibited in Spain during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco. Russian literature prohibited during the Soviet period was published outside of Russia.
Many countries throughout the world have their own methods of restricting access to books, although the prohibitions vary strikingly from one country to another.
Despite the opposition from the American Library Association (ALA), books continue to be banned by school and public libraries across the United States. This is usually the result of complaints from parents, who find particular books not appropriate for their children (e.g., books with depictions of LGBTQ+ individuals, like ). In many libraries, including the British Library and the Library of Congress, erotic books are housed in separate collections in restricted access reading rooms. In some libraries, a special application may be needed to read certain books.[1] Libraries sometimes avoid purchasing controversial books, and the personal opinions of librarians have at times affected book selection.
The following list of countries includes historical states that no longer exist.
Bible
See main article: Censorship of the Bible. The distribution, promotion of different Bible versions and verses or translation seen as incorrect that have been prohibited or impeded throughout its history. Violators of Bible prohibitions have at times been punished by imprisonment, forced labor, banishment and execution, as well as the destruction or confiscation of the Bibles. In most cases this was related to them being viewed as incorrect and different from the accepted canon within the religion but there are also examples of the distribution and promotion of the Bible and the religion being banned in general and are ongoing in various jurisdictions.
Australia
Title | Author(s) | Year published | Year Banned | Year Unbanned | Type | Notes |
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The Decameron | Giovanni Boccaccio | 1353 | 1927 | 1936 | Story collection | Banned in Australia from 1927 to 1936 and from 1938 to 1973.[4] |
1938 | 1973 |
The 120 Days of Sodom (1789) | Marquis de Sade | 1789 | 1957 |
| Novel | Banned by the Australian Government in 1957 for obscenity.[5] |
Droll Stories | Honoré de Balzac | 1837 | 1901, 1928 | 1923, 1973 | Short stories | Banned for obscenity from 1901 to 1923 and 1928 to c.1973.[6] [7] |
The Straits Impregnable | Sydney Loch | 1916 | 1914 |
| Fictionalised Autobiography | First edition published as a novel, second edition banned by the military censor in Australia under regulations of the War Precautions Act 1914.[8] |
Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928) | D. H. Lawrence | 1928 | 1929 | 1965 | Novel | Banned from 1929 to 1965.[9] |
Rowena Goes Too Far (1931) | H. C. Asterley | 1931 |
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| Novel | Banned in Australia because of customs belief that it "lacked sufficient claim to the literary to excuse the obscenity"[10] |
Brave New World | Aldous Huxley | 1932 | 1932 | 1937 | Novel | Banned in Australia from 1932 to 1937. |
The Cautious Amorist | Norman Lindsay | 1932 | 1933 | 1953 | Novel | Banned in Australia from 1933 to 1953.[11] |
Age of Consent | Norman Lindsay | 1938 | 1938 | by 1939 | Novel | Banned in Australia, briefly, in 1938.[12] |
Forever Amber (1944) | Kathleen Winsor | 1944 | 1945 |
| Novel | Banned by Australia in 1945 as "a collection of bawdiness, amounting to sex obsession."[13] [14] |
Borstal Boy | Brendan Behan | 1958 | 1958 |
| Autobiographical novel | Banned shortly after its ban in Ireland in 1958.[15] |
Another Country | James Baldwin | 1962 | 1963 | 1966 | Novel | Banned in Australia by the Commonwealth Customs Department in February 1963. The Literature Censorship Board described it as "continually smeared with indecent, offensive and dirty epithets and allusions," but recommended that the book remain available to "the serious minded student or reader." The ban was lifted in May 1966.[16] |
Ecstasy and Me | Hedy Lamarr | 1966 | 1967 | 1973 | Autobiography | Banned in Australia from 1967 until 1973. |
The World Is Full of Married Men (1968) | Jackie Collins | 1968 | 1968 |
| Novel | Banned in Australia in 1968. |
The Stud (1969) | Jackie Collins | 1969 | 1969 |
| Novel | Banned in Australia in 1969. |
The Anarchist Cookbook | William Powell | 1971 | 1985 | Currently banned | Instructional | The book was refused classification in 1985 thus making it banned in Australia under the National Classification Code Table 1.(c) for publications that could "promote, incite or instruct in matters of crime or violence"[17] [18] [19] |
How to make disposable silencers (1984) | Desert and Eliezer Flores | 1984 |
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| Instructional | An example of a class of books banned in Australia that "promote, incite or instruct in matters of crime or violence".[20] [21] |
American Psycho | Bret Easton Ellis | 1991 | 1991 | 1992 (ages 18+) *Unknown* (younger than 18) | Novel | Sale and purchase was banned in the Australian State of Queensland. Now available in public libraries and for sale to people 18 years and older. Sale restricted to persons at least 18 years old in the other Australian states.[22] |
A Sneaking Suspicion (1995) | John Dickson | 1995 | 2015 | 2015 | Religious text | Banned by the New South Wales Department of Education and Communities from state schools May 6, 2015, on the basis of a "potential risk to students in the delivery of this material, if not taught sensitively and in an age appropriate manner."[23] The ban was lifted May 18, 2015. |
The Peaceful Pill Handbook (2007) | Philip Nitschke and Fiona Stewart | 2007 | 2007 | 2007 | Instructional manual on euthanasia | The book was initially restricted in Australia:[24] after review the 2007 edition was banned outright.[25] [26] |
You: An Introduction (2008) | Michael Jensen | 2008 | 2015 | 2015 | Religious text | Banned by the New South Wales Department of Education and Communities from state schools May 6, 2015, on the basis of a "potential risk to students in the delivery of this material, if not taught sensitively and in an age appropriate manner." The ban was lifted May 18, 2015. |
No Game No Life (Volumes 1, 2, 9) | Yuu Kamiya | 2012–2016 | 2020 |
| Novel | Light novel volumes banned in Australia due to depiction which "in a way that is likely to cause offence to a reasonable adult, a person who is, or appears to be, a child under 18".[27] | |
Austria
Title | Author(s) | Year published | Year Banned | Year Unbanned | Type | Notes |
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The Sorrows of Young Werther | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | 1774 |
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| Novel | Banned by the authorities in the Austrian territories ruled by the Habsburg monarchy.[28] |
Works | Karl Marx | 1841–1883 | 1938 |
| Non-fiction | All of Marx's works were banned in Austria after the country was annexed by Nazi Germany. |
Works | Albert Einstein | 1901–1938 | 1938 |
| Non-fiction | All of Einstein's works published up to 1938 were banned in Austria, after it was annexed by Nazi Germany. |
Mein Kampf (1925) | Adolf Hitler | 1925 | 1947 | | Political manifesto | In Austria, the Verbotsgesetz 1947 prohibits the printing of the book. It is illegal to own or distribute existing copies.[29] Following the general prohibition of advocating the Nazi Party or its aims in § 3 and of re-founding Nazi organizations in § 1, § 3 d. of the Verbotsgesetz states: "Whoever publicly or before several people, in printed works, disseminated texts or illustrations requests, encourages or seeks to induce others to commit any of the acts prohibited under § 1 or § 3, especially if for this purpose he glorifies or advertises the aims of the Nazi Party, its institutions or its actions, provided that it does not constitute a more serious criminal offense, will be punished with imprisonment from five to ten years, or up to twenty years if the offender or his actions are especially dangerous." | |
Bangladesh
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Rangila Rasul (1927) | Pandit M. A. Chamupati | 1927 | Religious | Currently banned in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.[30] |
The Satanic Verses (1988) | Salman Rushdie | 1988 | Novel | Banned for blasphemy against Islam. Salman received a fatwa for his alleged blasphemy[31] |
Naree (1992) | Humayun Azad | 1992 | Criticism | Banned in Bangladesh in 1995,[32] though the ban was later lifted in 2000.[33] |
Lajja (1993) | Taslima Nasrin | 1993 | Novel | Banned in Bangladesh,[34] [35] and a few states of India. Other books by her were also banned in Bangladesh or in the Indian state of West Bengal. Amar Meyebela (My Girlhood, 2002), the first volume of her memoir, was banned by the Bangladeshi government in 1999 for "reckless comments" against Islam and the prophet Mohammad.[36] Utal Hawa (Wild Wind), the second part of her memoir, was banned by the Bangladesh government in 2002.[37] Ka (Speak up), the third part of her memoir, was banned by the Bangladeshi High Court in 2003. Under pressure from Indian Muslim activists, the book, which was published in West Bengal as Dwikhandita, was banned there also; some 3,000 copies were seized immediately.[38] The decision to ban the book was criticised by "a host of authors" in West Bengal,[39] but the ban was not lifted until 2005.[40] [41] Sei Sob Ondhokar (Those Dark Days), the fourth part of her memoir, was banned by the Bangladesh government in 2004.[42] [43] | |
Canada
Chile
Czechoslovakia
Egypt
Title | Author(s) | Year published | Type | Notes |
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A Feast for the Seaweeds (Walimah li A'ashab al-Bahr) | Haidar Haidar | 1983 | Novel | Banned in Egypt and several other Arab states, and even resulted in a belated angry reaction from the clerics of Al-Azhar University upon reprinting in Egypt in the year 2000. The clerics issued a fatwa banning the novel, and accused Haidar of heresy and offending Islam. Al-Azhar University students staged huge protests against the novel, that eventually led to its confiscation.[63] [64] [65] |
The Satanic Verses (1988) | Salman Rushdie | 1988 | Novel | Banned for blasphemy against Islam. | |
Eritrea
Title | Author(s) | Year published | Type | Notes |
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I Didn't Do It for You: How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation (2005) | Michela Wrong | 2005 | History | Banned in Eritrea in 2014 for its criticism of President Isaias Afewerki.[67] |
My Father's Daughter (2005) | Hannah Pool | 2005 | Biography | Banned in Eritrea in 2014 for political content. |
Scouting for the Reaper (2014) | Jacob M. Appel | 2014 | Fiction | Banned in Eritrea in 2014 for its criticism of civil liberties under President Isaias Afewerki. | |
France
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Les Mœurs | François-Vincent Toussaint | | Book | Officially banned in France in 1748.[68] |
Lolita (1955) | Vladimir Nabokov | 1955 | Novel | French officials banned it for being "obscene". |
Suicide mode d'emploi (1982) | Claude Guillon | 1982 | Instructional | This book, reviewing recipes for committing suicide, was the cause of a scandal in France in the 1980s, resulting in the enactment of a law prohibiting provocation to commit suicide and propaganda or advertisement of products, objects, or methods for committing suicide.[69] Subsequent reprints were thus illegal. The book was cited by name in the debates of the French National Assembly when examining the bill.[70] | |
Germany
Nazi Germany (1933–1945)
In today's Germany, a book is considered banned if it has been confiscated by a court. The distribution of a confiscated book is prohibited, but private possession and reading is still legal (with the exception of child and youth pornographic material, where possession is already a criminal offense).
The official list of confiscated books was published by the Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons (Bundeszentrale für Kinder- und Jugendmedienschutz) in the magazine "BzKJaktuell" until the beginning of 2022.
The list of confiscated books should not be confused with books on the "List of Media Harmful to Young Persons" (colloquially known as the "Index"). Books indexed by the Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons are subject to strict restrictions and may only be offered and sold to adults.[82]
List of books confiscated for violating Criminal Code 86, 86a, 130 or 130a
This list collectively lists media that violate one of the following paragraphs:
- Section 86: Dissemination of propaganda material of unconstitutional and terrorist organisations[83]
- Section 86a: Use of symbols of unconstitutional and terrorist organisations[84]
- Section 130: Incitement of masses[85]
- Section 130a: Instructions for committing criminal offences[86]
Title | Author(s) | Year published | Type | Notes |
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Auschwitz - Die Erste Vergasung - Gerüchte und Wirklichkeit | Carlo Mattogno | 2007 | Holocaust denial | Confiscated by the Mannheim Regional Court in September 2012.[87] Unofficial title translation: Auschwitz, The First Gassing, Rumors and Reality |
Auschwitz - Tätergeständnisse und Augenzeugen des Holocaust | Jürgen Graf | 1994 | Holocaust denial | Confiscated by the Mannheim Regional Court in November 1994.[88] Unofficial title translation: Auschwitz - Confessions of Perpetrators and Eyewitnesses of the Holocaust |
Der Auschwitz-Mythos - Legende oder Wirklichkeit | Wilhelm Stäglich | 1978 | Holocaust denial | Confiscated by the Stuttgart Regional Court in May 1982.[89] Unofficial title translation: The Auschwitz Myth - Legend or Reality |
Balisong - The Lethal Art of Filipino Knife Fighting | Sid Cambell, Gary Cagaanan, Sonny Umpad, published by Paladin Press | 1986 | Instructional | Confiscated by the Munich Regional Court in May 1991.[90] |
Black Book Companion - State-of-the Art Improvised Munitions | Published by Paladin Press | 1990 | Instructional | Confiscated by the Munich Regional Court in July 1991.[91] |
Die Chemie von Auschwitz - Die Technologie und Toxikologie von Zyklon B und den Gaskammern - Eine Tatortuntersuchung | Germar Rudolf | 2017 | Holocaust denial | Confiscated by the Darmstadt Regional Court in March 2018.[92] Unofficial title translation: The Chemistry of Auschwitz - The Technology and Toxicology of Zyklon B and the Gas Chambers - A Crime Scene Investigation |
Cold Steel - Technique of Close Combat | John Styres, published by Paladin Press | 1952 | Instructional | Confiscated by the Munich Regional Court in May 1991.[93] |
Deathtrap! Improvised Booby-Trap Devices | Jo Jo Gonzales, published by Paladin Press | 1989 | Instructional | Confiscated by the Munich Regional Court in July 1991.[94] |
Dragons Touch - Weaknesses of the Human Anatomy | Master Hei Long, published by Paladin Press | 1983 | Instructional | Confiscated by the Munich Regional Court in May 1991.[95] |
Get Tough! How to Win in Hand-to-Hand Fighting | William E. Fairbairn, published by Paladin Press | 1942 | Instructional | Confiscated by the Munich Regional Court in July 1991.[96] |
Der Holocaust auf dem Prüfstand - Augenzeugenberichte versus Naturgesetze | Jürgen Graf | 1992 | Holocaust denial | Confiscated by the Weinheim Regional Court in September 1993.[97] Unofficial title translation: The Holocaust under scrutiny - eyewitness accounts versus natural laws |
Der Holocaust-Schwindel | Jürgen Graf | 1993 | Holocaust denial | Confiscated by the Weinheim Regional Court in September 1993.[98] Unofficial title translation: The Holocaust Hoax |
Home Workshop Explosives | Uncle Fester, published by Loompanics Unlimited | 1990 | Instructional | Confiscated by the Munich Regional Court in July 1991.[99] |
Homemade Guns and Homemade Ammo | Ronald B. Brown, published by Loompanics Unlimited | 1986 | Instructional | Confiscated by the Munich Regional Court in July 1991.[100] |
Mein Kampf | Adolf Hitler | 1925 | Political manifesto | In Germany, the copyright of the book was held by the State Government of Bavaria, and the Bavarian authorities prevented any reprinting from 1945 onward. This did not affect existing copies, which were available as vintage books. In 2016, following the expiration of the copyright, Mein Kampf was republished in Germany for the first time since 1945 as a commented edition by the Institut für Zeitgeschichte.[101] An uncommented reprint was confiscated by the Forchheim Regional Court in October 2016 for Incitement of masses.[102] [103] Annotated editions are not affected by the confiscation. |
The Poisoner's Handbook | Maxwell Hutchkinson, published by Loompanics Unlimited | 1988 | Instructional | Confiscated by the Munich Regional Court in May 1991.[104] |
Silent Death | Uncle Fester, published by Loompanics Unlimited | 1989 | Instructional | Confiscated by the Munich Regional Court in May 1991.[105] |
Todesursache Zeitgeschichtsforschung | Jürgen Graf | 1995 | Holocaust denial | Confiscated by the Mannheim Regional Court in January 1996.[106] Unofficial title translation: Cause of death: Contemporary history research |
Vorlesungen über den Holocaust - Strittige Fragen im Kreuzverhör | Germar Rudolf | 2005 | Holocaust denial | Confiscated by the Mannheim Regional Court in March 2007.[107] Unofficial title translation: Lectures on the Holocaust - Controversial Questions in Cross-Examination | |
Guatemala
India
See main article: List of books banned in India.
Indonesia
Title | Author(s) | Year published | Type | Notes |
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The Fugitive (Perburuan) (1950) | Pramoedya Ananta Toer | 1950 | Novel | Banned in Indonesia in 1950, for containing "subversive" material, including an attempt to promote Marxist–Leninist thought and other Communist theories. As of 2006, the ban is still in effect. |
All Chinese literature | | 1967 | Literature and Culture | Presidential Instruction No. 14/1967 (Inpress No. 14/1967) on Chinese Religion, Beliefs, and Traditions effectively banned any Chinese literature in Indonesia, including the prohibition of Chinese characters. |
The Satanic Verses (1988) | Salman Rushdie | 1988 | Novel | Banned for blasphemy against Islam.[110] |
Interest | Kevin Gaughen | 2015 | Novel | Banned by the government of Indonesia for subversive and/or anti-government themes. | |
Iran
Ireland
Italy
Lebanon
Malaysia
Title | Author(s) | Year published | Type | Notes |
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The Satanic Verses (1988) | Salman Rushdie | 1988 | Novel | Banned for blasphemy against Islam. |
Onward Muslim Soldiers | Robert Spencer | 2003 | Non-fiction | On July 12, 2007, the government of Malaysia announced a ban on Spencer's book, citing "confusion and anxiety among the Muslims" as the cause.[127] |
Fifty Shades Trilogy | E L James | 2011–12 | Novel | The entire trilogy was banned in Malaysia from 2015 for containing "sadistic" material and "threat to morality".[128] |
The Mask of Sanity (2017) | Jacob M. Appel | 2017 | Novel | Banned preemptively in Malaysia for blasphemy.[129] |
Rebirth: Reformasi, Resistance, and Hope in New Malaysia | Kean Wong | 2020 | Non- fiction | Banned for containing insulting elements to the Malaysian coat of arms which is likely to be prejudicial to public order, security, national interest, alarm public opinion and contrary to any law, and therefore is "absolutely prohibited throughout Malaysia".[130] |
Gay is OK! A Christian Perspective(2013–2022) | Boon Lin Ngeo | 2013 | Non-fiction | Banned for attempting to promote homosexual culture in Malaysia, which goes against religious and cultural sensitivities in the country.[131] In 2022, the ban was challenged through a judicial review petition in High Court of Kuala Lumpur. The court quashed the ban and ordered the Home Ministry of Malaysia to pay RM 5000 to the author.[132] |
Peichi (Tamil: ''பேய்ச்சி'') | Ma. Naveen | 2020 | Novel | Banned for containing pornographic and immoral content.[133] Notably, it was the first Tamil language publication to be banned in the country. | |
Morocco
Title | Author(s) | Year published | Type | Notes |
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Notre ami le roi (1993) | Gilles Perrault | 1993 | 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 at his orders.[134] |
Le roi prédateur (2012) | Catherine Graciet and Éric Laurent | 2012 | Investigative Journalism | Banned in Morocco. This book makes allegedly "defamatory" accusations of corruption against Mohammed VI of Morocco, after investigating the exponential growth of his wealth.[135] [136] | |
Nepal
New Zealand
Title | Author(s) | Year published | Type | Notes |
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Lolita (1955) | Vladimir Nabokov | 1955 | Novel | Banned for being "obscene"; uncensored in 1964. |
Borstal Boy | Brendan Behan | 1958 | Autobiographical novel | Banned shortly after its ban in Ireland in 1958. It was allowed to be published in New Zealand in 1963. |
The Peaceful Pill Handbook (2007) | Philip Nitschke and Fiona Stewart | 2007 | Instructional manual on euthanasia | Initially banned in New Zealand by Office of Film & Literature Classification since it was deemed to be objectionable.[141] In May 2008 an edited version of the book was allowed for sale if sealed and an indication of the censorship classification was displayed. |
Into the River (2012) | Ted Dawe | 2012 | Novel | Banned in New Zealand in 2015; subsequently unrestricted in the same year.[142] |
The Great Replacement (2019) | Brenton Harrison Tarrant | 2019 | Manifesto | The Christchurch shooter's manifesto was banned shortly after it appeared on the internet in 2019. |
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Norway
Pakistan
See main article: List of books banned in Pakistan.
Philippines
Title | Author(s) | Year published | Type | Notes |
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Noli Me Tángere | Jose Rizal | 1887 | Novel | Banned by Spanish colonial authorities in the Philippines due to being critical to the Spanish government.[150] |
El Filibusterismo | Jose Rizal | 1891 | Novel |
The Conjugal Dictatorship of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos | Primitivo Mijares | 1976 | Non-fiction | Banned for during the Martial Law period due to being critical of the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos.[151] |
The Untold Story of Imelda Marcos | Carmen Navarro Pedrosa | | Biography | Banned in 1972, shortly after the start of the Martial Law period under President Ferdinand Marcos. The "unauthorized" biography was banned for the depiction of First Lady Imelda Marcos' extravagance. |
Tawid diwa sa pananagisag ni Bienvenido Lumbera: Ang Bayan, ang Nanunulat at ang Magasing Sagisag sa Imahinatibong Yugto ng Batas Militar 1975–1979 | Dexter Cayanes | | | Research on the literary works by Bienvenido Lumbera, who was imprisoned during the Martial Law period under President Ferdinand Marcos. Banned in 2022 by the Commission on the Filipino Language (KWF) from public libraries and schools for being "anti-government".[152] |
Teatro Political Dos | Malou Jacob | | | Banned in 2022 by the Commission on the Filipino Language (KWF) from public libraries and schools for being "anti-government". The works are previously published under the auspices of the KWF. |
Kalatas: Mga Kuwentong Bayan at Kuwentong Buhay | Rommel Rodriguez | | |
May Hadlang ang Umaga | Don Pagusara | | |
Labas: Mga Palabas ng Sentro | Reuel Aguilla | | | Banned in 2022 by the Commission on the Filipino Language (KWF) from public libraries and schools for being "anti-government | |
Poland
Portugal
Title | Author(s) | Year published | Type | Notes |
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História do Mundo para as Crianças (pt) | Monteiro Lobato | 1933 | Novel | The book was banned by the Portuguese government without any clear reason. According to the author, one possible reason was because he was from the "current of thought what claims that the discovery of Brazil happened 'by random'" or by the fact he "have registered the history of the 1600 years cut to the Arabian navy by Vasco da Gama".[154] |
New Portuguese Letters (Novas Cartas Portuguesas) | Maria Isabel Barreno, Maria Teresa Horta and Maria Velho da Costa | 1972 | | Banned as "pornographic and an offense to public morals"; authors charged with "abuse of the freedom of the press" and "outrage to public decency"; uplifted after the Carnation Revolution in 1974.[155] | |
Qatar
Russia
See also: Federal List of Extremist Materials.
Title | Author(s) | Year published | Type | Notes |
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Quran | Unknown | | Religious text | In 2013, a Russian court censored the text under the country's 'extremism' laws.[160] |
Rights of Man (1791) | Thomas Paine | 1791 | Political theory | Banned in Tsarist Russia after the Decembrist revolt.[161] |
The Communist Manifesto | Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels | 1848 | Political Manifesto | Prohibited by several countries, including Tsarist Russia. |
Works | Friedrich Nietzsche | 1872–1901 | Non-fiction | Banned in Soviet Union since 1923 on proposal of Nadezhda Krupskaya. All works were placed on the list of forbidden books and kept in libraries only for restricted, authorized use.[162] |
Looking Backward | Edward Bellamy | 1888 | Novel | Prohibited by the Tsarist Russian censors.[163] |
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion (1903) | Unknown | 1903 | A forgery, portraying a Jewish conspiracy to take over the world | Banned in various libraries and many attempts to ban in various nations, such as in Russia. |
Mein Kampf (1925) | Adolf Hitler | 1925 | Political manifesto | Banned in the Russian Federation as extremist.[164] |
Animal Farm | George Orwell | 1945 | Political novella | Completed in 1943, Orwell found that no publisher would print the book, due to its criticism of the USSR, an important ally of Britain in the War.[165] Once published, the book was banned in the USSR and other communist countries.[166] |
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) | George Orwell | 1949 | Novel | Banned by the Soviet Union in 1950, as Stalin understood that it was a satire based on his leadership. It was not until 1990 that the Soviet Union legalised the book and it was re-released after editing.[167] |
Doctor Zhivago | Boris Pasternak | 1955–1988 | Novel | Banned in the Soviet Union until 1988 for criticizing life in Russia after the Russian Revolution. When its author, Boris Pasternak, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958 he was forced to reject it under government pressure. |
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962) | Alexander Solzhenitsyn | 1962 | Novel | Banned from publication in the Soviet Union in 1964. |
The First Circle (1968) | Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | 1968 | Novel | After Nikita Khrushchev was removed from power in 1964, all extant and forthcoming works by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn were banned in the Soviet Union. This work details the lives of scientists forced to work in a Stalinist research center.[168] |
The Gulag Archipelago (1973) | Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | 1973 | Non-fiction | Banned in the Soviet Union because it went against the image the Soviet Government tried to project of itself and its policies.[169] However, it has been available in the former Soviet Union since at least the 1980s. In 2009, the Education Ministry of Russia added The Gulag Archipelago to the curriculum for high-school students.[170] |
Apocalypse Culture | Adam Parfrey | 1987 | Non-fiction | Collection of articles, interviews and documents exploring various marginal aspects of 20th century culture. In 2006, shortly after Ultra.Kultura (Ультра.Культура) published a Russian edition combining Apocalypse Culture and Apocalypse Culture II as a single volume titled Культура времен Апокалипсиса, the volume was banned by Kremlin decree as drug propaganda, owing to its inclusion of David Woodard's essay "The Ketamine Necromance". All unsold copies were condemned and ordered destroyed. |
Siege | | 1992 | Non-fiction | Anthology of essays advocating for neo-Nazi revolution through terrorism. Banned on August 14, 2023.[171] | |
Saudi Arabia
Title | Author(s) | Year published | Type | Notes |
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Queen of Sheba and Biblical Scholarship | Bernard Leeman | | History | Currently banned in Saudi Arabia for suggesting the Hebrews originated in Yemen and their Israelite successors established their original pre-586 B.C.E. kingdoms of Israel and Judah between Medina and Yemen. |
Goat Days | Benyamin & Joseph Koyippally | 2008 | Novel | Currently banned in Saudi Arabia.[172] [173] |
Fazail-e-Amaal | Muhammad Zakariya Kandhlawi | Sometime between the 1920s and 1950s | Sufi evangalism | Currently banned in Saudi Arabia.[174] [175] | |
Singapore
South Africa
South Korea
Title | Author(s) | Year published (South Korea) | Type | Notes |
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Year 501: The Conquest Continues | Noam Chomsky | 2000 | Politics | Banned from distribution within the South Korean military as part of 23 books banned on August 1, 2008 by the South Korean Ministry of National Defense in response to intelligence suggesting a book-distribution campaign to active-duty soldiers by the pro-North Korean Hanchongnyon.[187] The books were classified into three categories: 11 for praise of North Korea, 10 for anti-government/anti-American content, and 2 for anti-capitalism.[188] [189] |
What Uncle Sam Really Wants | Noam Chomsky | 2007 | Politics |
Guerillas of the Kingdom of Samsung | Pressian | 2008 | Politics |
Auf Der Universität | Theodor Storm | 1999 | Politics |
The Global Trap | Hans-Peter Martin and Harald Schumann | 2003 | Politics |
| Ha-Joon Chang | 2007 | Non-fiction |
One Spoon on This Earth | Hyun Ki-young | 1999 | Novel |
Slots | Shin Gyeong-jin | 2007 | Novel | Banned as part of 19 books added in August 2011 to the 2008 banned book list, all belonging to the 'anti-capitalism' category.[190] |
Respect: Everything a Guy Needs to Know About Sex | Inti Chavez Perez | 2020 | Non-fiction | Banned from distribution to readers below the age of 19 through schools, libraries and book stores in 2024 by the South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. The book was reported to authorities as part of a campaign against books on sex education.[191] | |
Spain
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Works | Johannes Kepler | 1596–1634 | Non-fiction | Banned by Habsburg Monarchy of Spain for perceived heresy.[192] |
Works | Voltaire | 1727–1778 | Novels, Plays, Non-fiction | Voltaire's entire body of work was banned by the Bourbon Monarchy of Spain, after it was condemned by the Spanish Inquisition.[193] |
Works | Vicente Blasco Ibáñez | 1892–1928 | Novels, Non-fiction | All of Blasco Ibáñez's books were banned by the Franco government in 1939.[194] |
A Short History of the World | H. G. Wells | 1922 | Non-fiction | An expanded, Spanish-language translation of A Short History of the World, discussing recent world events, was banned by Spanish censors in 1940. This edition of A Short History was not published in Spain until 1963. In two 1948 reports, Spanish censors gave a list of objections to the books's publication. These were that the book "shows socialist inclinations, attacks the Catholic Church, gives a twisted interpretation of the Spanish Civil War and the Spanish National Movement, and contains 'tortuous concepts'."[195] |
Ulysses | James Joyce | 1922 | Novel | The complete 1945 Spanish-language translation of Ulysses was suppressed by the Spanish authorities until 1962.[196] |
The Story of Ferdinand | Munro Leaf | 1936 | Children's fiction | Banned in Francoist Spain. |
Homage to Catalonia | George Orwell | 1938 | Non-fiction | Banned in Francoist Spain for its support of the Republican faction during the Spanish Civil War.[197] |
For Whom The Bell Tolls | Ernest Hemingway | 1940 | Novel | Suppressed by the Spanish authorities until 1968.[198] |
Works | Federico García Lorca | 1939 | Poetry, drama | Banned until 1954; published in Argentina.[199] |
You Can't Be Too Careful | H. G. Wells | 1941 | Novel | Banned in Francoist Spain for criticizing Christianity, and for mentioning the Bombing of Guernica by the Axis air forces.[200] |
The Spanish Labyrinth | Gerald Brenan | 1943 | Non-fiction | Banned in Francoist Spain because of its strong criticism of the Nationalist Faction's actions during the Spanish Civil War.[201] |
The Second Sex | | 1949 | Non-fiction | Banned in Francoist Spain for its advocacy of feminism.[202] |
The Hive | Camilo José Cela | 1950 | Fiction | Banned by censors of Francoist Spain.[203] |
The Spanish Civil War | Hugh Thomas | 1961 | Non-fiction | Banned by censors of Francoist Spain for its negative depiction of the Nationalist Faction during the Civil War, and its critique of the Franco regime.[204] |
The Death of Lorca | Ian Gibson | 1971 | Biography | Banned briefly in Spain.[205] | |
Thailand
Ukraine
See main article: Russian book ban in Ukraine.
United Arab Emirates
Title | Author(s) | Year published | Type | Notes |
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Animal Farm | George Orwell | 1945 | Political novella | In 2002, the novel was banned in the schools of the United Arab Emirates, because it contained text or images that would go against Islamic values, most notably an anthropomorphic, talking pig as the leader of the farm. However, the ban is no longer enforced and has been recently lifted.[210] |
Goat Days | Benyamin & Joseph Koyippally | 2008 | Novel | |
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United Kingdom
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Areopagitica | John Milton | 1644 | 1644 | 1695 | Essay | Banned in the Kingdom of England for political reasons.[211] |
Fanny Hill or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure | John Cleland | 1748 | 1749 | 1970 | Novel | Banned in the UK till after the Second World War.[212] |
Rights of Man | Thomas Paine | 1791 | 1792 | Pre-1990 *Unknown* | Political theory | Banned in the UK and author charged with treason for supporting the French Revolution. |
Despised and Rejected | Rose Laure Allatini (under the pseudonym A. T. Fitzroy) | 1918 | 1918 | 1975[213] | Novel | Banned under the UK's Defence of the Realm Act for criticizing Britain's involvement in World War I, and for sympathetically depicting male homosexuality.[214] |
Ulysses (1922) | James Joyce | 1922 | | 1936 | Novel | Banned in the UK until 1936.[215] [216] |
Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928) | D. H. Lawrence | 1928 | | 1960 | Novel | Banned in the United Kingdom for violation of obscenity laws; the ban was lifted in 1960. |
The Well of Loneliness (1928) | Radclyffe Hall | 1928 | 1928 | 1949 | Novel | Banned in the UK in 1928 for its lesbian theme; republished in 1949.[217] |
Boy | James Hanley | 1931 | 1934 | 1992 | Novel | Prosecuted in 1934 after Hanley's publisher Boriswood lost a court case against a charge of obscenity.[218] Reprinted in 1992 by Penguin Books and André Deutsch. |
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov | 1955 | 1955 | 1959[219] | Novel | Banned for being "obscene". |
Last Exit to Brooklyn | Hubert Selby Jr. | 1966 (in the UK) | 1967 | 1968 | Anthology of short stories | Banned in Soho for frank depictions of taboo subjects, such as drug use, street violence, homosexuality, gender identity and domestic violence.[220] |
Spycatcher | Peter Wright | 1985 | 1985 | 1988 | Autobiography | Banned in the 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.[221] [222] |
Lord Horror | David Britton | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | Novel | Banned in England in 1991 where it was found obscene; it is currently the last book to be banned in the UK. The judge ordered the remaining print run to be destroyed. The ban was lifted in the Appeal Court in July 1992 but the book remains out of print.[223] |
The Anarchist Cookbook | William Powell | 1971 |
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| Instructional | Criminal due to containing information useful to terrorists.[224] [225] |
Kill or Get Killed | Rex Applegate | 1976 |
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| Instructional | Criminal due to containing information useful to terrorists. |
Put 'Em Down. Take 'Em Out. Knife Fighting Techniques From Folsom Prison | Don Pentecost |
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| Instructional | Criminal due to containing information useful to terrorists. | |
United States
See also: Book banning in the United States (2021–present).
Title | Author(s) | Year Published | Year Unbanned | Type | Notes |
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The Decameron | Giovanni Boccaccio | 1873 | 1959 | Story collection | Banned from US mail under the Federal Anti-Obscenity Act (Comstock Law) of 1873, which banned the sending or receiving of works containing "obscene", "filthy", or "inappropriate" material. |
The Canterbury Tales | Geoffrey Chaucer | 1873 | 1959 | Story collection | Banned from US mail under the Federal Anti-Obscenity Act (Comstock Law) of 1873, which banned the sending or receiving of works containing "obscene", "filthy", or "inappropriate" material. U.S. obscenity laws were overturned in 1959 by the Supreme Court in Kingsley Pictures Corp. v. Regents.[226] [227] |
The Meritorious Price of Our Redemption (1650) | William Pynchon | 1650 |
| Religious critique | The first book banned in the New World. Pynchon, a prominent leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony who, in 1636, founded the City of Springfield, Massachusetts, wrote this explicit critique of Puritanism, published in London in 1650. That year, several copies made their way back to the New World. Pynchon, who resided in Springfield, was unaware that his book suffered the New World's first book burning, on the Boston Common. Accused of heresy by the Massachusetts General Court, Pynchon quietly transferred ownership of the Connecticut River Valley's largest land-holdings to his son, and then suffered indignities as he left the New World for England. It was the first work banned in Boston.[228] |
Moll Flanders or The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders (1722) | Daniel Defoe | 1722 | 1959 | Novel | Banned from US mail under the Federal Anti-Obscenity Act (Comstock Law) of 1873, which banned the sending or receiving of works containing "obscene", "filthy", or "inappropriate" material. U.S. obscenity laws were overturned in 1959 by the Supreme Court in Kingsley Pictures Corp. v. Regents.[229] |
Fanny Hill or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure | John Cleland | 1748 | 1959 and 1966 | Novel | Banned in the US in 1821 for obscenity, then again in 1963. This was the last book ever banned by the US government. U.S. obscenity laws were overturned in 1959 by the Supreme Court in Kingsley Pictures Corp. v. Regents. See also Memoirs v. Massachusetts. |
Candide | Voltaire | 1759 | 1959 | Novel | Seized by US Customs in 1930 for obscenity. U.S. obscenity laws were overturned in 1959 by the Supreme Court in Kingsley Pictures Corp. v. Regents.[230] |
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) | Harriet Beecher Stowe | 1852 | 1865 | Novel | Banned in the Confederate States during the Civil War because of its anti-slavery content. |
Elmer Gantry | Sinclair Lewis | 1927 | 1959 | Novel | Banned in Boston, Massachusetts, Kansas City, Missouri, Camden, New Jersey, and other US cities, this novel by Sinclair focused on religiosity and hypocrisy in the United States during the 1920s by depicting a preacher (the Reverend Dr. Elmer Gantry) as a protagonist who preferred easy money, alcohol, and "enticing young girls" to saving souls, while converting a traveling tent revival crusade into a profitable and permanent evangelical church and radio empire for his employers. Elmer Gantry also widely denounced from pulpits across the United States at the time of its initial publication. U.S. obscenity laws were overturned in 1959 by the Supreme Court in Kingsley Pictures Corp. v. Regents.[231] [232] |
Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928) | D. H. Lawrence | 1928 | 1959 | Novel | Temporarily banned in the United States for violation of obscenity laws; the ban was lifted in 1959. |
Tropic of Cancer (1934) | Henry Miller | 1934 | 1964 | 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 US.[233] Also banned in South Africa until the late 1980s.[234] |
The Grapes of Wrath (1939) | John Steinbeck | 1939 |
| Novel | Was temporarily banned in many places in the US. In the state of California in which it was partially set, it was banned for its alleged unflattering portrayal of residents of the area.[235] |
Forever Amber (1944) | Kathleen Winsor | 1944 |
| Novel | Banned in fourteen states in the US. Ban was lifted by an appeals court judge. |
Memoirs of Hecate County (1946) | Edmund Wilson | 1946 | 1959 | Novel | Banned in the state of New York by the Supreme Court.[236] |
Howl (1955) | Allen Ginsberg | 1955 | 1957 | Poem | Copies of the first edition seized by San Francisco Customs for obscenity in March 1957; after trial, obscenity charges were dismissed.[237] |
Naked Lunch (1959) | William S. Burroughs | 1959 | 1966 | Novel | Banned by Boston courts in 1962 for obscenity, but that decision was reversed in 1966 by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.[238] |
Pedagogy of the Oppressed | Paulo Freire | 1968 | Never illegal | Educative Theory | Banned in Tucson, Arizona public schools.[239] |
United States – Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense (1971) | Robert McNamara and the United States Department of Defense | 1971 | Injunction lifted in 1971, Declassified in 2011 | Government study | Also known as the Pentagon Papers. US President Nixon attempted to suspend publication of classified information. The restraint was lifted by the US Supreme Court in a 6–3 decision.[240] See also New York Times Co. v. United States. |
The Federal Mafia | Irwin Schiff | 1992 | Available for free, but denied for sale as deceptive commercial speech, appeal affirmed in 2004. | Non-fiction | An injunction was issued by a US District Court in Nevada under 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.[241] |
Operation Dark Heart (2010) – | Army Reserve Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer | 2010 | In 2013, 198 of 433 redactions of classified material reinstated. In 2015, testimony to Congress was permitted. | Memoir | In September 2010 the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) overrode the Army's January approval for publication. The DoD then purchased and destroyed all 9,500 first edition copies, citing concerns that it contained classified information which could damage national security. The publisher, St. Martin's Press,[242] in conjunction with the DoD created a second, redacted edition; which contains blacked out words, lines, paragraphs, and portions of the index.[243] | |
Vietnam
Title | Author(s) | Year published | Type | Notes |
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Animal Farm | George Orwell | 1945 | Political commentary | Vietnamese translations are banned[247] [248] on the grounds of "promoting false socialism ideology" [249] |
Nineteen Eighty-Four | George Orwell | 1949 | Political novella | The book was unable to get certification for publication thus making it banned in Vietnam [250] |
"" | Nha Ca | 1969 | Nonfiction | The book was banned for its criticism of the actions of the national liberation front and for acknowledging the 1968 massacre of 6000 civilians in Huế |
Paradise of the Blind | Dương Thu Hương | 1988 | Novel, Literary fiction | Banned in Vietnam for criticism on the political party in control.[251] |
No Man's Land | Dương Thu Hương | 2005 | Novel, Literary fiction | Banned in Vietnam for criticism of the Vietnamese Communist Party.[252] [253] [254] |
Politics for Everyone (Chính Trị Bình Dân) | Phạm Đoan Trang | 2017 | Non-fiction | Banned in Vietnam on the grounds of political sensitivity.[255] [256] [257] |
Road To Serfdom | Friedrich Hayek | 1944 | Political Philosophy | Banned due to criticism of the socialist state, especially the planned economy which would inevitably lead to totalitarianism.[258] [259] |
A Tale for 2000 (Chuyện Kể Năm 2000) | Bùi Ngọc Tuấn | 2000 | Political Commentary | The author talked about his experience being imprisoned in a "Vietnamese Gulag" for "Anti-revolutionary propaganda"[260] The book was banned with all copies ordered to be destroyed following the Decision No. 395 Regulation of the then Ministry of Culture and Information for violating Clauses 1 and 2 of the Article 33, Publishing Law. Which prohibits works criticising the Vietnamese Communist Party and propaganda going against the interests of the state.[261] [262] [263] |
The Winning Side (Bên Thắng Cuộc) | Huy Đức | 2012 | Non-ficton | Due to publications within Vietnam had refused to publish, the author decided to print himself and released it on Amazon. Although it has not been officially banned, the Vietnamese Government had seized and question those who had them.[264] [265] [266] [267] This book was considered to be significant as it has provided insights that scholars had never seen before, while it had received a lot of criticism from Vietnamese state media.[268] [269] |
A Dusty Wind (Một Cơn Gió Bụi) | Trần Trọng Kim | 2017 | Biography, political commentary | Banned in Vietnam for being "inappropriate, not objective, and containing unverified information" thus violating the Vietnamese Publishing Law, which tends to happen to the biographies of historical characters deemed to be "controversial" by the government.[270] [271] [272] |
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Yugoslavia
Title | Author(s) | Year published | Type | Notes |
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The Nickel-Plated-Feet Gang During the Occupation (Les Pieds nickelés dans le maquis) | Successors of Louis Forton | 1879–1934 | Comic book | Banned in Yugoslavia by court order in 1945. |
About a Silence in Literature | Živorad Stojković | | Essay | Banned in Yugoslavia by court order in 1951.[273] |
(1957) | Milovan Đilas | 1957 | | Banned in Yugoslavia by court order in 1957; author sentenced for enemy propaganda to seven years in prison, prolonged to 13 years in 1962. |
Curved River | Živojin Pavlović | 1963 | Story collection | In 1963 in Yugoslavia withdrawn by the publisher (Nolit) at request of SDB officials.[274] |
Dictionary of Modern Serbo-Croatian Language | Miloš Moskovljević | | Dictionary | Banned in Yugoslavia by court order in 1966, at request of Mirko Tepavac, because "some definitions can cause disturbance among citizens". |
A Message to Man and Humanity | Aleksandar Cvetković | | | Banned in Yugoslavia by court order in 1967 for "false and wicked claims, and enemy propaganda that supports pro-Chinese politics". |
On Fierce Wound – Fierce Herb | Ratko Zakić | | | Withdrawn from sales and destroyed after the decision of the Municipal Committee of the League of Communists of Kraljevo in Kraljevo, Yugoslavia in 1967. |
Thoughts of a Corpse | Prvoslav Vujčić | | Poems | Banned in Yugoslavia by court order in 1983; republished in 2004. |
Storytellers II | Boško Novaković | | Short stories | Withdrawn from print in Yugoslavia in 1964 because it contained stories by Dragiša Vasić. |
Castration of the Wind | Prvoslav Vujčić | | Poems | Written in Tuzla prison in 1984. Banned in Yugoslavia by court order in 1984; republished in 2005. | |
See also
Further reading
- Banned Books, 4 volumes, Facts on File Library of World Literature, 2006.
- Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds
- Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds
- Literature Suppressed on Sexual Grounds
- Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds
- Academic freedom in Indonesia, Human Rights Watch, 1998
- Paying the price: freedom of expression in Turkey, Lois Whitman, Thomas Froncek, Helsinki Watch, 1989
- Book: Karolides
, Nicholas J.
. Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds . Facts on File, Inc. . 2006 . New York, NY . 0-8160-6270-6 . registration .
- Book: Darnton
, Robert
. The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France . W. W. Norton & Co. . 1996 . New York, NY . 0393314421.
External links
Notes and References
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- Banned Books . https://web.archive.org/web/20081002024206/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1842832_1842838_1845288,00.html . October 2, 2008 . Time . September 29, 2008 . May 8, 2010.
- Web site: Decameron . National Archives of Australia . 22 May 2017 . March 19, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180319231844/http://blog.naa.gov.au/banned/books/decameron/ .
- University of Melbourne (2013). Banned Books in Australia – A Special Collections-Art in the Library Exhibition." "http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collections/special/exhibitions/bannedbooks/exhibition/australia.html", Retrieved June 12, 2014
- Web site: Droll Stories . National Archives of Australia . 23 May 2017 . August 3, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170803205127/http://blog.naa.gov.au/banned/books/droll-stories/ .
- Book: Sova
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. Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Sexual Grounds . . c. 2006 . New York, NY . 0-8160-6272-2 . registration .
- Susanna & Jake de Vries (2007). To Hell And Back. NSW : HarperCollins
- Book: Cleland, John . Rembar, Charles . Miller, Henry . The End of Obscenity: The Trials of Lady Chatterley, Tropic of Cancer and Fanny Hill . registration . Harper & Row . San Francisco . 1986 . 528 . 0-06-097061-8.
- http://www.luciusbooks.com/product.php?p=7202
- https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/cautious-amorist "The Cautious Amorist"
- Bruce, Joan (25 May 2017). "Age of Consent". State Library of Queensland. John Oxley Library.
- News: Kathleen Winsor Author of the racy bestseller 'Forever Amber' . The Independent . 28 May 2003 . 21 May 2017 . Guttridge . Peter.
- Web site: Forever Amber . National Archives of Australia . 7 November 2013 . 21 May 2017 . March 5, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180305191122/http://blog.naa.gov.au/banned/2013/11/07/forever-amber/ .
- http://www.thefileroom.org/documents/dyn/DisplayCase.cfm/id/821 Brendan Behan, Irish writer and playwright, Borstal Boy
- Web site: Another Country . Clarke . Tracey . National Archives of Australia . 11 September 2013 . 22 May 2017 . May 16, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170516123035/http://blog.naa.gov.au/banned/2013/09/11/another-country/ .
- Web site: Banned Books in Australia: A Selection. https://web.archive.org/web/20160203214917/http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collections/special/exhibitions/bannedbooks/exhibition/australia.html. February 3, 2016. University of Melbourne.
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- Web site: THE ANARCHIST COOKBOOK . Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts, Australian Classification . 26 May 2024.
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- Web site: AMERICAN PSYCHO (C) 1991 . Australian Government. Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts.
- Web site: Piccoli. Adrian. Adrian Piccoli. Letter to His Grace the Most Reverend Dr G Davies. 6 December 2016.
- http://www.oflc.gov.au/www/cob/find.nsf/d853f429dd038ae1ca25759b0003557c/0805c534c8c481d7ca257671007b2ee0!OpenDocument
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100604234632/http://www.censorship.govt.nz/pdfword/peaceful%20pill%20s38.pdf Office of Film & Literature Classification
- http://www.oflc.gov.au/www/cob/find.nsf/d853f429dd038ae1ca25759b0003557c/b1721daed0983d5eca2576710079a73b!OpenDocument
- News: Australia Bans Three No Game, No Life Light Novels . https://web.archive.org/web/20200831182646/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/08/no-game-no-life-light-novels-banned-australia/ . dead . August 31, 2020 . 17 November 2020 . Kotaku Australia . 12 August 2020 . en-AU.
- "Austria", in Green, Jonathon, and Karolides, Nicholas, J. Encyclopedia of Censorship. New York : Facts On File, 2005. (pgs. 36–38)
- Web site: Bundesrecht konsolidiert: Gesamte Rechtsvorschrift für Verbotsgesetz 1947, Fassung vom 20.09.2015 . Bundeskanzleramt [Office of the Chancellor of Austria] . 2015 . September 20, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150920140718/http://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=10000207 . September 20, 2015.
- Self and Sovereignty: Individual and Community in South Asian Islam Since 1850 by Ayesha Jalal
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, Margaret
. Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds . Facts on File . c. 2006 . New York, NY . 291–300 . 0-8160-6269-2.
- Book: Kumar, Girja. The Book on Trial: Fundamentalism and Censorship in India. 1997. Har-Anand Publications . 8124105251.
- Web site: 2013-04-01. We wish to inform you. 2021-06-14. The Daily Star. en.
- https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9904E1D9143AF93BA35755C0A962958260 Bangladesh Seeks Writer, Charging She Insults Islam
- https://www.nytimes.com/books/97/05/11/reviews/30906.html Book Review
- News: Ahmed . Kamal . Bangladesh bans new Taslima book . BBC News . 13 August 1999 . 1 June 2009.
- News: Bangladesh bans third Taslima book . BBC News . 27 August 2002 . 1 June 2009.
- News: Bengal bans Taslima's book . 28 November 2003 . https://web.archive.org/web/20031204104119/http://www.hindu.com/2003/11/29/stories/2003112905441100.htm . 4 December 2003 . 1 June 2009 . . Chennai, India.
- News: Joshua . Anita . West Bengal Government assailed for banning Taslima's book . 18 February 2004 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040323054659/http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/19/stories/2004021911291100.htm . 23 March 2004 . 1 June 2009 . . Chennai, India.
- News: Dhar . Sujoy . Arts Weekly/Books: Split By Leftists and Fanatics . . 2005 . 1 June 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080525103304/http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=30522 . May 25, 2008 . mdy-all.
- News: Court lifts ban on Nasreen's book in Bengal . . 23 September 2005 . 1 June 2009.
- Web site: Exiled Taslima Nasrin to return to Bangladesh . Indian Muslims . 16 July 2007 . 1 June 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120504034442/http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/2007/jul/15/exiled_taslima_nasrin_return_bangladesh.html . May 4, 2012 . usurped . mdy-all.
- News: New book banned at behest of Islamic bigots: Taslima . . 20 February 2004 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081203004519/http://news.indiainfo.com/2004/02/20/2002taslima.html . 3 December 2008 . 1 June 2009.
- Web site: "Uitgeverij Guggenheimer" blijft verboden – De Standaard . Standaard.be . 1999-11-05 . 2016-09-07.
- Web site: Ann Demeulemeester wil niet meer in Brusselmans' boeken – Gazet van Antwerpen . Gva.be . 1999-11-04 . 2016-09-07.
- Web site: 'Uitgeverij guggenheimer' blijft verboden – Het Belang van Limburg . November 4, 1999 . Hbvl.be . 2016-09-07.
- Book: Smith . Verity . Concise encyclopedia of Latin American literature. 2000. Dearborn. London [u.a.]. 978-1-579-58252-4. 88.
- Web site: ‘Feliz Ano Novo’ é proibido pela censura . O Globo . 9 October 2024 . pt-br.
- http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2004/200404/20040419.html CBC's The Current
- News: . May 23, 1959 . Oft-Banned "Lady" Admitted to Canada . Toronto Daily Star . Toronto, ON .
- Web site: Brody, Dansky, Rubin v. The Queen, [1962] S.C.R. 681]. scc-csc.lexum.com. en. 1962. https://web.archive.org/web/20160104203113/http://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/6798/index.do?r=AAAAAQAKY2hhdHRlcmxleQE. 4 January 2016. live.
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- News: . September 13, 1958 . The Life of a Pervert . Toronto Daily Star . Toronto, ON .
- Web site: Censorship in British Columbia: A History. 1950–1959 . British Columbia Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee . Vancouver, BC, Canada . October 9, 2009. British Columbia Library Association. November 10, 2011 .
- News: Tiede . Tom . November 1, 1977 . Author Claims Discrimination — Canada Bans 'How To Kill' Book . B8 . . November 6, 2022 . The California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- News: Brooke . James . 1996-02-14 . Lawsuit Tests Lethal Power of Words . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-11-06 . 0362-4331 . Canada has banned the sale of two Paladin books, "Kill Without Joy" and "How to Kill I.".
- News: Challenged Books and Magazines List . Freedom to Read . January 2013 . January 8, 2016 . March 13, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160313105534/http://www.freedomtoread.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Challenged-Books-and-Magazines-January-2013.pdf .
- Web site: "Lost Girls" Cleared by Canadian Customs. 8 Nov 2006. 22 Mar 2024. Comic Book Resources.
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- https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-01-25-mn-5720-story.html 14,846 Books by Nobel Prize Winner Burned in Chile
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