Many societies have banned certain books. This is a partial list of books which 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 deal with criminal matter have also been subjected to censorship. Smallpress titles that have become infamous by being banned include The Anarchist Cookbook, E for Ecstasy, and Hit Man. In the four-volume series Banned Books published by FactsOnFile in 1998, the volumes were divided by grounds for banning: political, religious, sexual and social. The first three are often cited together as taboo in polite conversation. Notably, children's books that deal with death or other teenage angst or various crimes often find themselves banned 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. List of Banned Books A

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Author

Type of Literature

Reason

The Age of Reason All Quiet on the Western Front

Thomas Paine

Philosophical Banned in UK for blasphemy in the 18th Treatise Century

Erich Maria Anti-war Remarque Novel

Banned in Nazi Germany for demoralizing and insulting the Wehrmacht.

The Anarchist William Cookbook Powell

Guide Book

Banned outside of the UScitation needed] because security reasons. Sale of the book is prohibited to any one under 21. Publication delayed in UK because of antiStalin theme. Confiscated in Germany by Allied troops. Banned in Malaysia for religious reasons.

Animal Farm

George Orwell

Political Novella

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Author

Type of Literature

Reason

Bible

Religious Text

Banned in Communist countries that support Atheism. Banned in Saudi Arabia for not being of the Muslim faith. Banned in South Africa for its criticism of the apartheid system and white government. Was banned in South Africa because of the use of the word 'black' in the title.[1] Banned in some US states because of its offensive title. Banned in the China for its pro Kuomintang view and support.

Biko

Donald Woods

Biography

Black Beauty

Anna Sewell Novel

Beautiful Retard

Matthew Hansen

Novel

The Blue Lotus Herg

Graphic Novel

The Book of One Thousand and One Nights C

Collection

Banned in many primarily Muslim countries.

Title

Author

Type of Literature

Reason

Henry Civil David Disobedience Thoreau The Communist Manifesto D

Essay

Removed from US libraries during McCarthyism. Banned in South Africa

Karl Marx

Economic Treatise

Banned in anti-Communist countries and the US during the Red Scare. Challenged in libraries for political reasons.

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Author

Type of Literature

Reason

Doctor Zhivago F

Boris Pasternak

Novel

Published in Italy in 1957 it was banned within the USSR until 1988 for its criticism of the Bolsheviks Party.

Title

Author

Type of Literature

Reason

For Whom the Ernest Novel Bell Tolls Hemingway K Type of Literature

Banned in Spain during Francisco Franco rule for its pro-Republican views.

Title

Author

Reason

The King Never Smiles

Paul M. Handley

Biography

Banned in Thailand for its criticism of King Bhumibol Adulyadej[2]

The Kingdom Religious of God Is Leo Tolstoy Treatise Within You L

Banned in Czarist Russia for its Christian anarchist content.

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Author

Type of Literature

Reason

Lady Chatterley's Lover

D. H. Lawrence

Temporarily banned in the United States Erotic Novel and UK for violation of obscenity laws. Banned in Australia. Poetry Collection Banned from libraries for encouraging children to misbehave. Banned in Iran and Saudi Arabia for its content of pedophilia.

A Light in the Shel Attic Silverstein Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita M

Erotic Novel

Title

Author

Type of Literature

Reason

The Malay Dilemma

Mahathir bin Mohamad

Political ideology

Banned in Malaysia for its criticism of UMNO and the May 13th Incident.

The Manchurian Candidate

Richard Condon

Political Novel

Banned in Communist states for political reason. Condemned by the American Legion. Possession and sale is illegal in Germany and Austria due to anti-Nazi laws.

Mein Kampf N

Adolf Hitler

Political ideology

Title

Author

Type of Literature

Reason

Nineteen Eighty-Four O

George Orwell

Banned in the USSR for political reasons. Accused of anti-semitism. Challenged in Sci-Fi Novel Florida for pro communist and sexual theme.

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Author

Type of Literature

Reason

One Day in the Aleksandr Life of Ivan Novel Solzhenitsyn Denisovich P Type of Literature

Banned in the USSR for political reasons. Author was sent into exile.

Title

Author

Reason

Philip The Peaceful Nitschke Pill Handbook and Fiona Stewart Q

Instructional manual on Banned in Australia for political reasons. euthanasia

Title

Author

Type of Literature

Reason

Quotations from Mao Zedong Collection Chairman Mao Zedong R Type of Literature

Banned in South Vietnam and antiCommunist nations in Asia.

Title

Author

Reason

Rights of Man S

Thomas Paine

Poltical

Banned in the UK for supporting the French Revolution. Banned in Czarist Russia after the Decembrist revolt.

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Author

Type of Literature

Reason

The Satanic Verses

Salman Rushdie

Novel

Banned in India and Muslim nations for blasphemy. Book stores refuse to sell it out of fear. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for the death of Rushdie.

T Type of Literature

Title

Author

Reason

The Turner Diaries

William Luther Pierce

Novel

Book stores and libraries refuse to distribute it because of its racist theme. [3] Banned in Germany for its Nazi ideolgy theme and Pierce leadership in the American Nazi Party. Blamed for a number of hate crimes inspired by the novel including the Oklahoma City bombing. [4]

U Type of Literature

Title

Author

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. Banned in the Southern States and Czarist Russia. Challenged by the NAACP for its racist portrayal of African Americans and the use of the word "Nigger". [5]

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Novel

Understanding Ram Islam through Swarup Hadis W

Philosophical Banned in India under 153A and 295A of Treatise the Indian Penal Code. [6]

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Author

Type of Literature

Reason

We

Yevgeny Zamyatin

Sci-Fi Novel Banned in the USSR for political reason.

The Wealth of Economic Adam Smith Nations Treatise

Banned in the UK and France for criticizing Mercantilism. Banned in communist nations for its capitalist content.[7] Banned in the UK in 1928 for its lesbian theme, republished in 1949.[8]

The Well of Loneliness Winds of Change

Radclyffe Hall Reza Pahlavi

Novel

Political Science

Banned in Iran for political reasons.

Z Type of Literature

Title

Author

Reason

Zweites Buch

Adolf Hitler Transcript

Possession and sale is illegal in Germany and Austria because of anti-Nazi laws. [9]