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{{Short description|none}} {{About|books banned by governments|books banned by other groups|Lists of banned books}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2016}} [[File:Banned Books Week 2007 (1420101916).jpg|thumb|right|220px|A display of formerly banned books at a US library]] '''Banned books''' are [[book]]s or other [[Publishing|printed works]] such as [[essay]]s or [[Play (theatre)|plays]] which have been [[Ban (law)|prohibited]] by [[law]], or to which [[Intellectual freedom|free access]] has been restricted by other means. The practice of banning books [[Book censorship|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 [[fiction]]al works such as [[novel]]s, [[poem]]s 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 [[Honesty|frank]] novel ''[[Tropic of Cancer (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]]. {{Interlanguage link|Ruedo ibérico|es}}, also located in Paris, specialized in books prohibited in [[Spain]] during the [[dictatorship]] of [[Francisco Franco]]. [[Russian literature]] prohibited during the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] period was published outside of [[Russia]]. Many [[Country|countries]] throughout the world have their own methods of restricting access to books, although the prohibitions vary strikingly from one country to another.{{Citation needed|reason=Statement doesn't match with the current list|date=January 2018}} Despite the opposition from the [[American Library Association]] (ALA), books continue to be banned by [[school library|school]] and [[public library|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'' [[Gender Queer: A Memoir]]''). In many libraries, including the [[British Library]] and the [[Library of Congress]], [[Erotic literature|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.<ref>Peter Fryer, ''Private Case, Public Scandal'', London, Secker & Warburg, 1966.</ref> Libraries sometimes avoid purchasing [[controversy|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. {{TOC right}} == Bible == {{See also|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. <!-- I'm commenting out this section because, of the four sources being used to support the claim that the Taliban had banned ALL BOOKS, none of them said that, or even mentioned a list of books that had been banned by the Taliban. I'm commenting it out, and not removing it, because they do support the fact that censorship obviously existed during that time – but some better sources will need to be found. -JPxG, November 2021 ==Afghanistan== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Title ! Notes |- |'''All''' |During the [[Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001)|five-year reign]] of the [[Taliban]] government in Afghanistan, Western technology and art was prohibited and this included all books. This source only mentions movies and TV. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://lang.sbsun.com/socal/terrorist/1101/20/terror09.asp|title=After five-year Taliban ban, television and movies return to Afghanistan|publisher=Lang.sbsun.com|access-date=2015-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001917/http://lang.sbsun.com/socal/terrorist/1101/20/terror09.asp|archive-date=2016-03-04}}</ref> This source does not mention a total ban on books. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rawa.org/rules.htm|title=some of the restrictions imposed by Taliban in Afghanistan|publisher=Rawa.org|access-date=2015-02-16}}</ref> This source mentions movies and TV, and says that "anyone who carries objectionable literature will be executed", but does not mention all books being banned. <ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NubtDf2T3cAC&pg=PA84|title=Inside Afghanistan|isbn=9788176483193|access-date=2015-02-16|last1=Reddy|first1=L. R.|year=2002}}</ref> This source says the pre-Taliban government engaged in some censorship, the post-Taliban government banned lots of types of literature, the Taliban of course suppressed lots of things, but it does not mention "all books" being banned either.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bunHURgi7FcC&pg=PA7|title=Encyclopedia of Censorship|isbn=9781438110011|access-date=2015-02-16|last1=Green|first1=Jonathon|last2=Karolides|first2=Nicholas J.|date=14 May 2014}}</ref>- This is totally unsourced: The ban was resumed in 2021 upon the [[Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan | return of the Islamic Emirate.]]{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}} |} --> ==Albania== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published.. ! Type ! Notes |- | ''Përbindëshi'' (''The Monster'') (1965) | [[Ismail Kadare]] | 1965–1990 | Novel | Banned for 25 years in Albania.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uCAt8ghUEzAC&q=film+//banned+in+albania&pg=PA231 |title=Albania – Gillian Gloyer – Google Boeken |access-date=2016-09-07|isbn=9781841623870 |last1=Gloyer |first1=Gillian |year=2012 |publisher=Bradt Travel Guides }}8囡</ref> |} ==Argentina== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[Lolita]]'' (1955) | [[Vladimir Nabokov]] | 1955 | Novel | Banned for being "obscene".<ref name=time>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1842832_1842838_1845288,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002024206/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1842832_1842838_1845288,00.html | archive-date=October 2, 2008 | magazine=Time | title=Banned Books | date=September 29, 2008 | access-date=May 8, 2010}}</ref> |} ==Australia== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published !Year Banned !Year Unbanned ! Type ! Notes |- | rowspan="2" | ''[[The Decameron]]'' | rowspan="2" | [[Giovanni Boccaccio]] | rowspan="2" | 1353 |1927 |1936 | rowspan="2" | Story collection | rowspan="2" | Banned in Australia from 1927 to 1936 and from 1938 to 1973.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.naa.gov.au/banned/books/decameron/ |title=Decameron |publisher=National Archives of Australia |access-date=22 May 2017 |archive-date=March 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319231844/http://blog.naa.gov.au/banned/books/decameron/ }}</ref> |- |1938 |1973 |- | ''[[The 120 Days of Sodom]]'' (1789) | [[Marquis de Sade]] | 1789 |1957 |*Unknown* | Novel | Banned by the Australian Government in 1957 for obscenity.<ref>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''</ref> |- | ''[[Les Cent Contes drolatiques|Droll Stories]]'' | [[Honoré de Balzac]] | 1837 |1901, 1928 |1923, 1973 | Short stories | Banned for [[obscenity]] from 1901 to 1923 and 1928 to c.1973.<ref name="Droll Stories naa.gov.au">{{cite web |url=http://blog.naa.gov.au/banned/books/droll-stories/ |title=Droll Stories |website=National Archives of Australia |access-date=23 May 2017 |archive-date=August 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803205127/http://blog.naa.gov.au/banned/books/droll-stories/ }}</ref><ref name="sovasexual">{{cite book | last = Sova | first = Dawn B. | title = Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Sexual Grounds | publisher = [[Facts on File]] | date = c. 2006 | location = New York, NY | isbn = 0-8160-6272-2 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/literaturesuppre0000sova_r9r5 }}</ref> |- | ''[[The Straits Impregnable]]'' | Sydney Loch | 1916 |1914 |*Unknown* | 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]].<ref>Susanna & Jake de Vries (2007). To Hell And Back. NSW : HarperCollins</ref> |- | ''[[Lady Chatterley's Lover]]'' (1928) | [[D. H. Lawrence]] | 1928 |1929 |1965 | Novel | Banned from 1929 to 1965.<ref name="unimelb1"/><ref name="isbn0-06-097061-8">{{cite book |author1=Cleland, John |author2=Rembar, Charles |author3=Miller, Henry |title=The End of Obscenity: The Trials of Lady Chatterley, Tropic of Cancer and Fanny Hill |url=https://archive.org/details/endofobscenitytr0000remb |url-access=registration |publisher=Harper & Row |location=San Francisco |year=1986 |page=[https://archive.org/details/endofobscenitytr0000remb/page/528 528] |isbn=0-06-097061-8}}</ref> |- | ''Rowena Goes Too Far'' (1931) | [[H. C. Asterley]] | 1931 |*Unknown* |*Unknown* | Novel | Banned in Australia because of customs belief that it "lacked sufficient claim to the literary to excuse the obscenity"<ref>[http://www.luciusbooks.com/product.php?p=7202]{{dead link|date=May 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}. Luciusbooks.com. Retrieved on 2011-01-10.</ref> |- | ''[[Brave New World]]'' | [[Aldous Huxley]] | 1932 |1932 |1937 | Novel | Banned in Australia from 1932 to 1937.<ref name="unimelb1"/> |- |''[[The Cautious Amorist]]'' |[[Norman Lindsay]] |1932 |1933 |1953 |Novel |Banned in Australia from 1933 to 1953.<ref>[https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/cautious-amorist "The Cautious Amorist"]. ''State Library of Queensland''. 11 May 2017.</ref> |- |[[Age of Consent (novel)|''Age of Consent'']] |Norman Lindsay |1938 |1938 |by 1939 |Novel |Banned in Australia, briefly, in 1938.<ref>Bruce, Joan (25 May 2017). [https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/age-consent "Age of Consent"]. ''State Library of Queensland''. John Oxley Library.</ref> |- | ''[[Forever Amber (novel)|Forever Amber]]'' (1944) | [[Kathleen Winsor]] | 1944 |1945 |*Unknown* | Novel | Banned by Australia in 1945 as "a collection of bawdiness, amounting to sex obsession."<ref name="Forever Amber independent.co.uk">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/kathleen-winsor-36575.html |title=Kathleen Winsor Author of the racy bestseller 'Forever Amber' |newspaper=The Independent |date=28 May 2003 |access-date=21 May 2017 |last=Guttridge |first=Peter}}</ref><ref name="Forever Amber naa.gov.au">{{cite web |url=http://blog.naa.gov.au/banned/2013/11/07/forever-amber/ |title=Forever Amber |publisher=National Archives of Australia |date=7 November 2013 |access-date=21 May 2017 |archive-date=March 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305191122/http://blog.naa.gov.au/banned/2013/11/07/forever-amber/ }}</ref> |- | ''[[Borstal Boy]]'' | [[Brendan Behan]] | 1958 |1958 |*Unknown* | Autobiographical novel | Banned shortly after its ban in Ireland in 1958.<ref name="Borstal Boy thefileroom.org">[http://www.thefileroom.org/documents/dyn/DisplayCase.cfm/id/821 Brendan Behan, Irish writer and playwright, Borstal Boy]. FileRoom.org. Retrieved on 2010-05-09.</ref> |- | [[Another Country (novel)|''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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.naa.gov.au/banned/2013/09/11/another-country/ |title=Another Country |last=Clarke |first=Tracey |publisher=National Archives of Australia |date=11 September 2013 |access-date=22 May 2017 |archive-date=May 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516123035/http://blog.naa.gov.au/banned/2013/09/11/another-country/ }}</ref> |- | ''[[Ecstasy and Me]]'' | [[Hedy Lamarr]] | 1966 |1967 |1973 | Autobiography | Banned in Australia from 1967 until 1973.<ref name="unimelb1"/> |- | ''[[The World Is Full of Married Men]]'' (1968) | [[Jackie Collins]] | 1968 |1968 |*Unknown* | Novel | Banned in Australia in 1968.<ref name="unimelb1"/> |- | ''[[The Stud (novel)|The Stud]]'' (1969) | [[Jackie Collins]] | 1969 |1969 |*Unknown* | Novel | Banned in Australia in 1969.<ref name="unimelb1"/>{{Explain|date=January 2017}} |- | ''[[The Anarchist Cookbook]]'' | [[William Powell (author)|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"<ref name="unimelb1">{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collections/special/exhibitions/bannedbooks/exhibition/australia.html|title=Banned Books in Australia: A Selection|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203214917/http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collections/special/exhibitions/bannedbooks/exhibition/australia.html|archive-date=February 3, 2016|publisher=University of Melbourne}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=National Classification Code (May 2005) |url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2005L01284/latest/text |website=Australian Government - Federal Register of Legislation |access-date=26 May 2024 |date=1 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=THE ANARCHIST COOKBOOK |url=https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/anarchist-cookbook-0 |website=Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts, Australian Classification |access-date=26 May 2024}}</ref> |- | ''How to make disposable silencers'' (1984) | Desert and Eliezer Flores | 1984 |*Unknown* |*Unknown* | Instructional | An example of a class of books banned in Australia that "promote, incite or instruct in matters of crime or violence".<ref>[http://www.oflc.gov.au/www/cob/find.nsf/d853f429dd038ae1ca25759b0003557c/507ee7fcca76c71fca257671007b1e78!OpenDocument]{{dead link|date=August 2020}}</ref><ref name="oflc.gov.au">[https://web.archive.org/web/20091122231022/http://www.oflc.gov.au/www/cob/rwpattach.nsf/VAP/%28084A3429FD57AC0744737F8EA134BACB%29~989%2B-%2BDecision%2B7%2BFebruary%2B2007%2B-%2BThe%2BPeaceful%2BPill%2BHandbook.pdf/%24file/989%2B-%2BDecision%2B7%2BFebruary%2B2007%2B-%2BThe%2BPeaceful%2BPill%2BHandbook.pdf Classification Review Board]. Review meeting: February 7, 2007; Decision meeting: February 24, 2007. Australian Government</ref> |- | ''[[American Psycho]]'' | [[Bret Easton Ellis]] | 1991 |1991 |1992 (ages 18+) *Unknown* (younger than 18) | Novel | Sale and purchase was banned in the Australian [[Queensland|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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AMERICAN PSYCHO (C) 1991 |url=https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/american-psycho-c-1991 |website=Australian Government. Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts}}</ref> |- | ''A Sneaking Suspicion'' (1995) | [[John Dickson (author)|John Dickson]] | 1995 |2015 |2015 | Religious text | Banned by the [[New South Wales]] [[Department of Education and Communities (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."<ref name=Piccoli>{{cite web|last1=Piccoli|first1=Adrian|author-link1=Adrian Piccoli|title=Letter to His Grace the Most Reverend Dr G Davies|url=http://sydneyanglicans.net/images/uploads/Letter_SRE_180515.pdf|access-date=6 December 2016}}</ref> The ban was lifted May 18, 2015. |- | ''[[The Peaceful Pill Handbook]]'' (2007) | [[Philip Nitschke]] and [[Fiona Stewart (author)|Fiona Stewart]] | 2007 |2007 |2007 | Instructional manual on [[euthanasia]] | The book was initially restricted in Australia:<ref>[http://www.oflc.gov.au/www/cob/find.nsf/d853f429dd038ae1ca25759b0003557c/0805c534c8c481d7ca257671007b2ee0!OpenDocument]{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> after review the 2007 edition was banned outright.<ref name="oflc.gov.au"/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100604234632/http://www.censorship.govt.nz/pdfword/peaceful%20pill%20s38.pdf Office of Film & Literature Classification] censorship.govt.nz</ref><ref>[http://www.oflc.gov.au/www/cob/find.nsf/d853f429dd038ae1ca25759b0003557c/b1721daed0983d5eca2576710079a73b!OpenDocument] {{dead link|date=January 2012}}</ref> |- | ''You: An Introduction'' (2008) | [[Michael Jensen (theologian)|Michael Jensen]] | 2008 |2015 |2015 | Religious text | Banned by the [[New South Wales]] [[Department of Education and Communities (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."<ref name=Piccoli /> The ban was lifted May 18, 2015. |- | ''[[No Game No Life]]'' (Volumes 1, 2, 9) | [[Yuu Kamiya]] | 2012–2016 |2020 |*Unknown* | 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".<ref>{{cite news |title=Australia Bans Three No Game, No Life Light Novels |url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/08/no-game-no-life-light-novels-banned-australia/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831182646/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/08/no-game-no-life-light-novels-banned-australia/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 31, 2020 |access-date=17 November 2020 |work=Kotaku Australia |date=12 August 2020 |language=en-AU}}</ref> |} ==Austria== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published !Year Banned !Year Unbanned ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[The Sorrows of Young Werther]]'' | [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]] | 1774 |*Unknown* |*Unknown* | Novel | Banned by the authorities in the Austrian territories ruled by the [[Habsburg monarchy]].<ref name="austria">"Austria", in Green, Jonathon, and Karolides, Nicholas, J. Encyclopedia of Censorship. New York : Facts On File, 2005. {{ISBN|9780816044641}} (pgs. 36–38)</ref> |- | Works | [[Karl Marx]] | 1841–1883 |1938 |1945 | Non-fiction | All of Marx's works were banned in Austria after the country was annexed by [[Nazi Germany]].<ref name="austria"/> |- | Works | [[Albert Einstein]] | 1901–1938 |1938 |1945 | Non-fiction | All of Einstein's works published up to 1938 were banned in Austria, after it was annexed by [[Nazi Germany]].<ref name="austria"/> |- | ''[[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{{citation needed|reason=I could not infer from the source cited that owning the book (privately) is prohibited, only that encouraging others to read it or to commit crimes based on the text of the book is prohibited, see §3d. Are there any law experts who can help with this citation?|date=September 2015}} or distribute existing copies.<ref name="Verbotsgesetz 1947">{{cite web |url=http://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=10000207 |title=Bundesrecht konsolidiert: Gesamte Rechtsvorschrift für Verbotsgesetz 1947, Fassung vom 20.09.2015 |publisher=Bundeskanzleramt [Office of the Chancellor of Austria] |date=2015 |access-date=September 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920140718/http://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=10000207 |archive-date=September 20, 2015}}</ref> 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."<ref name="Verbotsgesetz 1947" /> |} ==Bangladesh== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! width=140pt|Title !width=100pt| Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[Amar Fashi Chai]]'' (1999) | [[Motiur Rahman Rentu]] | 26 March 1999 | Political | The book, set in the political and social context of Bangladesh, was banned by the then Prime Minister of Bangladesh, [[Sheikh Hasina]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2024-04-19 |title=Short View Of Certain Betrayals That Should Not Have Happened To BNP – OpEd – Eurasia Review |url=https://www.eurasiareview.com/06112020-short-view-of-certain-betrayals-that-should-not-have-happened-to-bnp-oped/ |access-date=2024-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419061030/https://www.eurasiareview.com/06112020-short-view-of-certain-betrayals-that-should-not-have-happened-to-bnp-oped/ |archive-date=2024-04-19 }}</ref> The book describes various aspects of [[Sheikh Hasina]]'s character.<ref>{{Cite web |last=আহমদ |first=মুসতাক |date=2024-08-06 |title=নেত্রীর মন, জীবনের মায়া |url=https://www.dhakapost.com/opinion/297027 |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=[[Dhaka Post]] |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=23 June 2013 |title=রানুর মাইক বন্ধ ৬ বার |url=https://bangla.bdnews24.com/bangladesh/article639755.bdnews |access-date=6 September 2024 |work=[[বিডিনিউজ২৪]] |language=en}}</ref> |- | ''[[Rangila Rasul]]'' (1927) | Pandit M. A. Chamupati | 1927 | Religious | Currently banned in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.<ref name=jalal>''Self and Sovereignty: Individual and Community in South Asian Islam Since 1850'' by Ayesha Jalal</ref> |- | ''[[The Satanic Verses]]'' (1988) | [[Salman Rushdie]] | 1988 | Novel | Banned for blasphemy against Islam. Rushdie received a [[fatwa]] for his alleged blasphemy.<ref name="bald-0816062692">{{cite book | last = Bald | first = Margaret | title = Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds | publisher = Facts on File | date = c. 2006 | location = New York, NY | pages = 291–300 | isbn = 0-8160-6269-2}}</ref> |- | ''[[Naree]]'' (1992) | [[Humayun Azad]] | 1992 | Criticism | Banned in [[Bangladesh]] in 1995,<ref>{{Cite book|title = The Book on Trial: Fundamentalism and Censorship in India|last = Kumar|first = Girja|year = 1997| publisher=Har-Anand Publications |isbn = 8124105251}}</ref> though the ban was later lifted in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-04-01|title=We wish to inform you|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/we-wish-to-inform-you|access-date=2021-06-14|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> |- | ''[[Lajja (novel)|Lajja]]'' (1993) | [[Taslima Nasrin]] | 1993 | Novel | Banned in [[Bangladesh]],<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9904E1D9143AF93BA35755C0A962958260 Bangladesh Seeks Writer, Charging She Insults Islam] ''[[New York Times]]'', June 8, 1994.</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/books/97/05/11/reviews/30906.html Book Review] ''[[New York Times]]'', August 28, 1994.</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news | last = Ahmed | first = Kamal | title = Bangladesh bans new Taslima book | work = BBC News | date = 13 August 1999 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/419428.stm | access-date = 1 June 2009}}</ref> ''Utal Hawa'' (''Wild Wind''), the second part of her memoir, was banned by the Bangladesh government in 2002.<ref>{{cite news | title = Bangladesh bans third Taslima book | work = BBC News | date = 27 August 2002 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2218972.stm | access-date = 1 June 2009}}</ref> ''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.<ref>{{cite news | title = Bengal bans Taslima's book | date = 28 November 2003 | url = http://www.hindu.com/2003/11/29/stories/2003112905441100.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20031204104119/http://www.hindu.com/2003/11/29/stories/2003112905441100.htm | archive-date = 4 December 2003 | access-date = 1 June 2009 | work = [[The Hindu]] | location=Chennai, India}}</ref> The decision to ban the book was criticised by "a host of authors" in West Bengal,<ref>{{cite news | last = Joshua | first = Anita | title = West Bengal Government assailed for banning Taslima's book | date = 18 February 2004 | url = http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/19/stories/2004021911291100.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040323054659/http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/19/stories/2004021911291100.htm | archive-date = 23 March 2004 | access-date = 1 June 2009 | work = [[The Hindu]] | location=Chennai, India}}</ref> but the ban was not lifted until 2005.<ref>{{cite news |last = Dhar |first = Sujoy |title = Arts Weekly/Books: Split By Leftists and Fanatics |publisher = [[Inter Press Service]] |year = 2005 |url = http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=30522 |access-date = 1 June 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080525103304/http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=30522 |archive-date = May 25, 2008 |df = mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Court lifts ban on Nasreen's book in Bengal | work = [[Rediff.com]] | date = 23 September 2005 | url = http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/sep/23taslima.htm | access-date = 1 June 2009}}</ref> ''Sei Sob Ondhokar'' (''Those Dark Days''), the fourth part of her memoir, was banned by the Bangladesh government in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |title = Exiled Taslima Nasrin to return to Bangladesh |publisher = Indian Muslims |date = 16 July 2007 |url = http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/2007/jul/15/exiled_taslima_nasrin_return_bangladesh.html |access-date = 1 June 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120504034442/http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/2007/jul/15/exiled_taslima_nasrin_return_bangladesh.html |archive-date = May 4, 2012 |url-status = usurped |df = mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = New book banned at behest of Islamic bigots: Taslima | publisher = [[Press Trust of India]] | date = 20 February 2004 | url = http://news.indiainfo.com/2004/02/20/2002taslima.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081203004519/http://news.indiainfo.com/2004/02/20/2002taslima.html | archive-date = 3 December 2008 | access-date = 1 June 2009}}</ref> |} ==Belgium== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''Uitgeverij Guggenheimer''<br />("Guggenheimer Publishers") (1999) | [[Herman Brusselmans]] | 1999 | Novel | Banned in [[Belgium]] because this satirical novel offended fashion designer [[Ann Demeulemeester]] by making derogatory remarks about her personal looks and profession. A court decided the book was an insult to the individual's private life and ordered it to be removed from the stores.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dst9911050004 |title="Uitgeverij Guggenheimer" blijft verboden – De Standaard |publisher=Standaard.be |date=1999-11-05 |access-date=2016-09-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gva.be/cnt/oid95980/archief-ann-demeulemeester-wil-niet-meer-in-brusselmans-boeken |title=Ann Demeulemeester wil niet meer in Brusselmans' boeken – Gazet van Antwerpen |publisher=Gva.be |date=1999-11-04 |access-date=2016-09-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hbvl.be/cnt/oid37971/archief-uitgeverij-guggenheimer-blijft-verboden |title='Uitgeverij guggenheimer' blijft verboden – Het Belang van Limburg |date=November 4, 1999 |publisher=Hbvl.be |access-date=2016-09-07}}</ref> |} ==Bosnia and Herzegovina== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[The Mountain Wreath]]'' (1847) | [[Petar II Petrović-Njegoš]] | 1847 | Drama in verse | Banned in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnian]] schools by [[Carlos Westendorp]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}} |} ==Brazil== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | '' Happy New Year'' (1975) | [[Rubem Fonseca]] | 1975 | Short stories | Banned in Brazil during the [[Military dictatorship in Brazil|military dictatorship]] by order of the then [[Ministry of Justice and Public Security (Brazil)|Minister of Justice]], [[Armando Falcão]], under the accusation of "attacking morality and good habits". The author of the book, Rubem Fonseca, filed a lawsuit against the Brazilian government. In 1980, the case was tried for the first time and the judge upheld the ban, claiming that the work incited violence. The ban was lifted in 1985, with the end of the military dictatorship, but the book only received a new edition in 1989, when Fonseca appealed and won the case in court.<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Smith |editor-first1=Verity |title=Concise encyclopedia of Latin American literature|date=2000|publisher=Dearborn|location=London [u.a.]|isbn=978-1-579-58252-4|page=88}}</ref><ref name="oglobo">{{cite web |title=‘Feliz Ano Novo’ é proibido pela censura |url=https://acervo.oglobo.globo.com/fatos-historicos/feliz-ano-novo-proibido-pela-censura-10122740 |website=O Globo |access-date=9 October 2024 |language=pt-br}}</ref> |} ==Canada== {{See also|Book censorship in Canada}} {{Incomplete list|date=August 2023}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[Les Cent Contes drolatiques|Droll Stories]]'' | [[Honoré de Balzac]] | 1837 | Short stories | Banned for [[obscenity]] in 1914.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2004/200404/20040419.html CBC's ''The Current''] the whole show blow by blow.</ref><ref name="sovasexual"/> |- | ''[[Lady Chatterley's Lover]]'' | [[D. H. Lawrence]] | 1928 | Novel | The unexpurgated United States edition was allowed to be imported by [[McClelland & Stewart]] in 1959.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=May 23, 1959 |title=Oft-Banned "Lady" Admitted to Canada |work=Toronto Daily Star |location=Toronto, ON }}</ref> The book's status as an obscene publication was not resolved until a ruling by the [[Supreme Court of Canada]] in 1962.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/6798/index.do?r=AAAAAQAKY2hhdHRlcmxleQE|title=Brody, Dansky, Rubin v. The Queen, [1962] S.C.R. 681|website=scc-csc.lexum.com|language=en|date=1962|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104203113/http://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/6798/index.do?r=AAAAAQAKY2hhdHRlcmxleQE|archive-date=4 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | ''[[By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept]]'' | [[Elizabeth Smart (Canadian author)|Elizabeth Smart]] | 1945 | Autobiographical prose poetry | Banned in Canada from 1945 to 1975 under the influence of Smart's family's political power due to its sexual documentation of Smart's affair with a married man. |- | ''[[The Naked and the Dead]]'' (1948) | [[Norman Mailer]] | 1948 | Novel | Banned in Canada in 1949 for "obscenity".<ref name="mcmaster1">{{cite web | last = Carefoote | first = Pearce J. | title = Censorship in Canada | publisher = [[University of Toronto]] | url = http://hpcanpub.mcmaster.ca/case-study/censorship-canada | access-date = October 18, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031327/http://hpcanpub.mcmaster.ca/case-study/censorship-canada | archive-date = March 4, 2016 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> |- | ''[[Lolita]]'' (1955) | [[Vladimir Nabokov]] | 1955 | Novel | Banned in Canada in 1956. The ban was not enforced on imports of the [[G. P. Putnam's Sons|Putnam]] edition from the United States and was lifted in late 1958.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=September 13, 1958 |title=The Life of a Pervert |work=Toronto Daily Star |location=Toronto, ON }}</ref><ref name="Lolita in BC">{{cite web|url=http://www.bcla.bc.ca/ifc/Censorship%20BC/1950.html |title=Censorship in British Columbia: A History. 1950–1959 |author=British Columbia Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee |location=Vancouver, BC, Canada |date=October 9, 2009|publisher=British Columbia Library Association|access-date=November 10, 2011 }}</ref> |- | ''[[Peyton Place (novel)|Peyton Place]]'' (1956) | [[Grace Metalious]] | 1956 | Novel | Banned in Canada from 1956 to 1958.<ref name="Lolita in BC"/> |- |''How to Kill'' (series) |John Minnery |1973 |Instructional |Banned in Canada in 1977.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tiede |first=Tom |date=November 1, 1977 |title=Author Claims Discrimination — Canada Bans 'How To Kill' Book |pages=B8 |work=[[The Desert Sun]] |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DS19771101.2.100&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 |access-date=November 6, 2022 |via=The California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Brooke |first=James |date=1996-02-14 |title=Lawsuit Tests Lethal Power of Words |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/14/us/lawsuit-tests-lethal-power-of-words.html |access-date=2022-11-06 |issn=0362-4331 |quote=Canada has banned the sale of two [[Paladin Press|Paladin]] books, "Kill Without Joy" and "How to Kill I."}}</ref> |- | ''[[The Hoax of the Twentieth Century]]'' | [[Arthur Butz]] | 1976 | Non-fiction | Classified as "hate literature" in Canada with the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] destroying copies as recently as 1995.<ref name="Freedom to Read">{{cite news |url=http://www.freedomtoread.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Challenged-Books-and-Magazines-January-2013.pdf |title=Challenged Books and Magazines List |work=Freedom to Read |date=January 2013 |access-date=January 8, 2016 |archive-date=March 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313105534/http://www.freedomtoread.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Challenged-Books-and-Magazines-January-2013.pdf }}</ref> |- |''[[The Turner Diaries]]'' |[[William Luther Pierce]] |1978 |Novel |Classified as "hate literature" in Canada and subsequently banned from import into the country.<ref name="Freedom to Read" /> |- | ''Lethal Marriage'' | Nick Pron | 1995 | True crime | Written by a newspaper reporter about the [[Paul Bernardo]] and [[Karla Homolka]] case, this book allegedly contains inaccuracies, additionally, complaints were received by the [[St. Catharines]] library board from the mother of a victim that led to the book being removed from all public library branches in the city.<ref name="Freedom to Read"/> As recently as 1999 this book was still unavailable to public library patrons in St. Catharines.<ref name="Freedom to Read"/> |- | ''[[Lost Girls (graphic novel)|Lost Girls]]'' | [[Alan Moore]] and [[Melinda Gebbie]] | 2006 | Graphic novel | Importation was initially prohibited on publication in 2006. The prohibition was overturned in October 2006 after a formal appeal by [[Top Shelf Productions|the publisher]] to the [[Canada Border Services Agency]] determined the book was not legally obscene.<ref>{{cite web| title="Lost Girls" Cleared by Canadian Customs| url=https://www.cbr.com/lost-girls-cleared-by-canadian-customs/| date=8 Nov 2006|access-date=22 Mar 2024| website=Comic Book Resources}}</ref> |} ==Chile== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[How to Read Donald Duck]]'' | [[Ariel Dorfman]] and [[Armand Mattelart]] | 1971 | Non-fiction | Banned in [[Military dictatorship of Chile (1973–90)|Pinochet's Chile]]. The Chilean army publicly [[Book burnings in Chile|burned]] copies of the book.<ref>Tomlinson, John (1991), "Reading Donald Duck: the ideology-critique of 'the imperialist text'", in ''Cultural Imperialism: A Critical Introduction'', [[Continuum International Publishing Group]], {{ISBN|978-0826450135}} (pgs. 41–45).</ref> |- | ''[[The House of the Spirits]]'' | [[Isabel Allende]] | 1982 | Novel | Banned in [[Military dictatorship of Chile (1973–90)|Pinochet's Chile]].<ref>Rafael Ocasio, ''Literature of Latin America'', Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004. {{ISBN|0313320012}} (p.172).</ref> |- | ''[[The Open Veins of Latin America]]'' | [[Eduardo Galeano]] | 1971 | Non-fiction | |- | ''[[Clandestine in Chile]]'' | [[Gabriel García Márquez]] | 1986 | Non-fiction | Banned in [[Military dictatorship of Chile (1973–90)|Pinochet's Chile]]. On November 28, 1986, the Chilean customs authorities seized almost 15,000 copies of ''[[Clandestine in Chile]]'', which were later [[Book burnings in Chile|burned]] by military authorities in [[Valparaíso]].<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-01-25-mn-5720-story.html 14,846 Books by Nobel Prize Winner Burned in Chile], ''LA Times'', January 25, 1987. Retrieved March 27, 2020.</ref> |} ==China== {{Excerpt|Book censorship in China|List of censored books|only=table}} ==Czechoslovakia== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author ! Year published !Year banned !Year unbanned ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[The White Disease]]'' (1937) | [[Karel Čapek]] | 1937 | 1938 | 1945 | Political Play | Banned by government of [[Second Czechoslovak Republic]] in 1938. |- | ''[[Animal Farm]]'' (1945) | [[George Orwell]] | 1946 | 1948 | 1968 | Political novella | Banned by government in 1948.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.istrakonice.cz/web/george-orwell-a-podobenstvi-jeho-knihy-farma-zvirat-se-strakonicemi/ | title=George Orwell a podobenství jeho knihy Farma zvířat se Strakonicemi | iStrakonice.cz - publicistika, investigace }}</ref> |} ==Egypt== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | [[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.<ref>[http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2001/519/cu7.htm Al-Ahram Weekly {{!}} Culture{{!}}Off the shelf – and then where?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090911194343/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2001/519/cu7.htm |date=September 11, 2009 }}. Weekly.ahram.org.eg (February 7, 2001). Retrieved on 2010-05-09.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1135908.stm |work=BBC News |title=Book fair opens amid controversy |date=January 25, 2001 |access-date=March 27, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/746766.stm |work=BBC News |title=Cairo book protesters released |date=May 12, 2000 |access-date=March 27, 2010}}</ref> |- | ''[[The Satanic Verses]]'' (1988) | [[Salman Rushdie]] | 1988 | Novel | Banned for blasphemy against Islam.<ref name="bald-0816062692" /> |} ==El Salvador== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[One Day of Life]]'' (1980) | [[Manlio Argueta]] | 1980 | Novel | Banned by El Salvador for its portrayal of human rights violations.<ref>{{cite web |first=Geoff |last=Ferris |title=One Day of Life |url=http://www.wmich.edu/dialogues/texts/onedayoflife.html |publisher=Western Michigan University |date=February 2002 |access-date=December 12, 2008 |archive-date=July 15, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080715073950/http://www.wmich.edu/dialogues/texts/onedayoflife.html }}</ref> |} ==Eritrea== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''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]].<ref name="shabait.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.shabait.com/ |title=Eritrean Ministry of Information, Eritrean News and Facts |date=2015 |access-date=April 9, 2015}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=April 2015}} |- | ''My Father's Daughter'' (2005) | [[Hannah Pool]] | 2005 | Biography | Banned in Eritrea in 2014 for political content.<ref name="shabait.com"/>{{failed verification|date=April 2015}} |- | ''[[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]].<ref name="shabait.com"/>{{failed verification|date=April 2015}} |} ==France== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! width=120pt|Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''Les Mœurs'' | [[François-Vincent Toussaint]] | | Book | Officially banned in France in 1748.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lyons|first1=Martyn|title=Books: a living history|date=2011|publisher=J. Paul Getty Museum|location=Los Angeles|isbn=978-1-60606-083-4|page=103}}</ref> |- | ''[[Lolita]]'' (1955) | [[Vladimir Nabokov]] | 1955 | Novel | French officials banned it for being "obscene".<ref name=time /> |- | ''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.<ref>[http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jopdf/common/jo_pdf.jsp?numJO=0&dateJO=19880101&numTexte=&pageDebut=00013&pageFin= Loi n°87-1133 du 31 décembre 1987] tendant à réprimer la provocation au suicide</ref> Subsequent reprints were thus illegal. The book was cited by name in the debates of the [[French National Assembly]] when examining the bill.<ref>[http://archives.assemblee-nationale.fr/8/cri/1987-1988-ordinaire1/120.pdf Proceedings] of the [[French National Assembly]], December 14, 1987, first sitting (in French). assemblee-nationale.fr</ref> |} ==Germany== === Weimar Republic (1918–1933) === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''Berlin Garden of Erotic Delights'' | [[Erwin von Busse]] under the pseudonym "Granand" | 1920 | Short story collection | Banned for "indecency" by courts in Berlin and Leipzig<ref>{{cite book | author = Granand |contributor=Manfred Herzer |contributor-link=:de:Manfred Herzer | contribution = Afterword |date= 2022 |title= Berlin Garden of Erotic Delights |publisher= Waterbury Press |pages= 79–84 }}</ref> |} === Nazi Germany (1933–1945) === {{See also|List of authors banned in Nazi Germany}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[Ivanhoe]]'' | [[Walter Scott]] | 1819 | Novel | Prohibited by [[Nazi Germany]] for featuring Jewish characters.<ref name="rje">[[Richard J. Evans|Evans, Richard J.]], ''The Third Reich in Power, 1933–1939''. London : Allen Lane, 2008. {{ISBN|9780713996494}} (pg. 158).</ref> |- | ''[[Oliver Twist]]'' | [[Charles Dickens]] | 1839 | Novel | Prohibited by Nazi Germany for featuring Jewish characters.<ref name="rje" /> |- | ''[[The Communist Manifesto]]'' | [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] | 1848 | Political Manifesto | Prohibited by several countries, including [[Nazi Germany]].<ref name=haight-1955>Anne Lyon Haight, ''Banned books: informal notes on some books banned for various reasons at various times and in various places''. R.R. Bowker, 1955(p. 60).</ref> |- | Works | [[Stefan Zweig]] | 1900–1933 | Plays, Novels, Non-fiction | All of Zweig's books published up to 1933 were banned by the Nazis in that same year.<ref name="aj">[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/nazis-book-burning-hemingway-hg-wells-freud-the-book-list-a8480811.html From Hemingway to HG Wells: The books banned and burnt by the Nazis] Alex Johnson, ''[[The Independent]]'', 8 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.</ref> |- | Works | [[Sigmund Freud]] | 1901–1933 | Non-fiction | All of Freud's books published up to 1933 were banned by the Nazis in that same year.<ref name="aj" /> |- | ''[[The Iron Heel]]'' | [[Jack London]] | 1908 | Novel | Banned by the Nazis along with two other London novels, ''[[Martin Eden]]'' and ''[[The Star Rover|The Jacket]]''.<ref name="aj" /> |- | Works | [[Bertolt Brecht]] | 1918–1933 | Plays, Novels, Poetry, Non-fiction | All of Brecht's books published up to 1933 were banned by the Nazis in that same year.<ref name="aj" /> |- | ''[[The Outline of History]]'' | [[H. G. Wells]] | 1920 | Non-fiction | Wells' book was banned in [[Nazi Germany]].<ref name="aj" /> |- | ''[[The World of William Clissold]]'' | [[H. G. Wells]] | 1926 | Novel | [[Banned in Nazi Germany]] in 1936. A further note to the banning order added that "all other works by the author" were to be suppressed.<ref>Patrick Parrinder and John S. Partington, ''The reception of H.G. Wells in Europe''. London : Thoemmes continuum, 2005. {{ISBN|9780826462534}} (p.108)</ref> |- | ''[[All Quiet on the Western Front]]'' | [[Erich Maria Remarque]] | 1929 | Anti-war novel | [[Banned in Nazi Germany]] for being demoralizing and insulting to the [[Wehrmacht]].<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">{{cite news|last=Capon |first=Felicity |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/9900733/Top-20-books-they-tried-to-ban.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/9900733/Top-20-books-they-tried-to-ban.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Top 20 books they tried to ban |newspaper=Telegraph |date=2014-10-20 |access-date=2016-09-07}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="isbn0-8352-1078-2">{{cite book |author=Grannis, Chandler B. |author2=Haight, Anne |title=Banned books, 387 B. C. to 1978 A. D |publisher=R. R. Bowker |location=New York |year=1978 |page=[https://archive.org/details/bannedbooks387bc0000haig/page/80 80] |isbn=0-8352-1078-2 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/bannedbooks387bc0000haig/page/80 }}</ref> |- | ''Die Gesteinigten'' | [[Friedrich Forster]] | 1933 | Drama | Banned and printed copies pulped<ref name=mann>{{cite book | page = 227 | language = de | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=PmfO2l7sI14C&pg=PA227 | chapter = Burggraf, Waldfried |title = Mann für Mann: biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte von Freundesliebe und mannmännlicher Sexualität im deutschen Sprachraum | access-date = 22 June 2022 | editor1= Bernd-Ulrich Hergemöller |editor2 = Nicolai Clarus | date = 2010 | publisher = LIT Verlag Münster | isbn = 9783643106933 }}</ref> |- | ''[[The Story of Ferdinand]]'' | [[Munro Leaf]] | 1936 | Children's fiction | Banned in [[Nazi Germany]].<ref name="The Story of Ferdinand washingtonpost.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1986/11/09/ferdinand-the-bulls-50th-anniversary/3325d6dc-cc68-4be7-9569-408439896098/|title=Ferdinand the Bull's 50th Anniversary|last=Hearn|first=Michael Patrick|date=November 9, 1986|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=May 16, 2016}}</ref> |} === East Germany (1949–1990) === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[The Jungle]]'' | [[Upton Sinclair]] | 1906 | Novel | In 1956, it was [[banned in East Germany]] for its incompatibility with Communism.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Haight |first1=Anne Lyon |title=Banned books, 387 B.C. to 1978 A.D. |year=1978 |publisher=New York : R.R. Bowker |isbn=978-0-8352-1078-2 |page=63 |url=https://archive.org/details/bannedbooks387bc0000haig/page/62/mode/2up?q=jungle |access-date=4 February 2021 |language=en |quote=The Jungle, 1906 [...] 1956 East Germany-Berlin: Sinclair's works banned as inimical to Communism}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Baker |first1=Mona |last2=Saldanha |first2=Gabriela |title=Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies |date=September 20, 2019 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-39173-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c9CwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT128 |access-date=4 February 2021 |language=en |quote=[...] Upton Sinclair's [works] were forbidden in 1929 in Yugoslavia, in 1933 in Germany and in 1956 in East Germany.}}</ref> |} === West Germany (1949–1990) and Germany (1990–present) === [[File:Beispieleintrag eines beschlagnahmten Films.jpg|thumb|256x256px|An exemplary entry of a movie in the list of confiscated media in the official magazine "BPjMaktuell" (today "BzKJaktuell").]] 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.<ref>https://www.bzkj.de/bzkj/indizierung/was-bewirkt-die-indizierung/traegermedien/traegermedien-175570</ref> ==== 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''<ref>https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stgb/englisch_stgb.html#p0922</ref> * Section 86a: ''Use of symbols of unconstitutional and terrorist organisations''<ref>https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stgb/englisch_stgb.html#p0933</ref> * Section 130: ''Incitement of masses''<ref>https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stgb/englisch_stgb.html#p1368</ref> * Section 130a: ''Instructions for committing criminal offences''<ref>https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stgb/englisch_stgb.html#p1385</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''Auschwitz - Die Erste Vergasung - Gerüchte und Wirklichkeit'' | [[Carlo Mattogno]] | 2007 | Holocaust denial | Confiscated by the Mannheim Regional Court in September 2012.<ref>Einziehungsbeschluss des LG Mannheim vom 27.09.2012, Az.: 12 Ns 503 Js 14219/08</ref><br />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.<ref>Beschlagnahmebeschluss des AG Mannheim vom 28. November 1994, Az.: 41Gs 2626/94</ref><br />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.<ref>Einziehungsbeschluss des LG Stuttgart vom 7. Mai 1982, Az.: KLs 315/80; bestätigt: BGH vom 26. January 1983, Az.: 3 StR 414/82</ref><br />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.<ref>Einziehungsbeschluss des AG München vom 14. Mai 1991, Az.: 471 Ds 113 Js 4387/90</ref> |- | ''Black Book Companion - State-of-the Art Improvised Munitions'' | Published by [[Paladin Press]] | 1990 | Instructional | Confiscated by the Munich Regional Court in July 1991.<ref>Beschlagnahmebeschluss des AG München vom 8. Juli 1991, Az.: I Gs 1524/91</ref> |- | ''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.<ref>Einziehungsbeschluss des AG Darmstadt vom 1. März 2018, Az.: 218 Gs - 1000 Js 36024/17</ref><br />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.<ref>Einziehungsbeschluss des AG München vom 14. Mai 1991, Az.: 471 Ds 113 Js 4387/90</ref> |- | ''Deathtrap! Improvised Booby-Trap Devices'' | ''Jo Jo Gonzales'', published by [[Paladin Press]] | 1989 | Instructional | Confiscated by the Munich Regional Court in July 1991.<ref>Beschlagnahmebeschluss des AG München vom 8. July 1991, Az.: I Gs 1524/91</ref> |- | ''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.<ref>Einziehungsbeschluss des AG München vom 14. Mai 1991, Az.: 471 Ds 113 Js 4387/90</ref> |- | ''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.<ref>Einziehungsbeschluss des AG München vom 14. Mai 1991, Az.: 471 Ds 113 Js 4387/90</ref> |- | ''Der Holocaust auf dem Prüfstand - Augenzeugenberichte versus Naturgesetze'' | [[Jürgen Graf]] | 1992 | Holocaust denial | Confiscated by the Weinheim Regional Court in September 1993.<ref>Beschlagnahmebeschluss des AG Weinheim vom 1. September 1993, Az.: 5 Gs 176/93</ref><br />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.<ref>Beschlagnahmebeschluss des AG Weinheim vom 1. September 1993, Az.: 5 Gs 176/93</ref><br />Unofficial title translation: ''The Holocaust Hoax'' |- | ''Home Workshop Explosives'' | ''[[Uncle Fester (author)|Uncle Fester]]'', published by [[Loompanics|Loompanics Unlimited]] | 1990 | Instructional | Confiscated by the Munich Regional Court in July 1991.<ref>Beschlagnahmebeschluss des AG München vom 8. Juli 1991, Az.: I Gs 1524/91</ref> |- | ''Homemade Guns and Homemade Ammo'' | Ronald B. Brown, published by [[Loompanics|Loompanics Unlimited]] | 1986 | Instructional | Confiscated by the Munich Regional Court in July 1991.<ref>Beschlagnahmebeschluss des AG München vom 8. Juli 1991, Az.: I Gs 1524/91</ref> |- | ''[[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.<br />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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpb.de/politik/extremismus/rechtsextremismus/216305/helfen-gesetze-gegen-mein-kampf |title=Helfen Gesetze gegen "Mein Kampf"? | bpb |language=de|publisher=Bpb.de |date=2015-12-14 |access-date=2016-09-07}}</ref><br />An uncommented reprint was confiscated by the Forchheim Regional Court in October 2016 for ''[[Volksverhetzung|Incitement of masses]]''.<ref>Einziehungsbeschluss des AG Forchheim vom 27. Oktober 2016, Az. 1 Ds 1108 Js 6660/16</ref><ref>https://fragdenstaat.de/anfrage/indizierung-zur-adolf-hitler-mein-kampf/</ref> Annotated editions are not affected by the confiscation. |- | ''The Poisoner's Handbook'' | Maxwell Hutchkinson, published by [[Loompanics|Loompanics Unlimited]] | 1988 | Instructional | Confiscated by the Munich Regional Court in May 1991.<ref>Einziehungsbeschluss des AG München vom 14. Mai 1991, Az.: 471 Ds 113 Js 4387/90</ref> |- | ''Silent Death'' | ''[[Uncle Fester (author)|Uncle Fester]]'', published by [[Loompanics|Loompanics Unlimited]] | 1989 | Instructional | Confiscated by the Munich Regional Court in May 1991.<ref>Einziehungsbeschluss des AG München vom 14. Mai 1991, Az.: 471 Ds 113 Js 4387/90</ref> |- | ''Todesursache Zeitgeschichtsforschung'' | [[Jürgen Graf]] | 1995 | Holocaust denial | Confiscated by the Mannheim Regional Court in January 1996.<ref>Beschlagnahmebeschluss des AG Mannheim vom 29.01.1996, Az.: 41 Gs 94/96</ref><br />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.<ref>LG Mannheim, Einziehungsbeschluss vom 15. März 2007, Az.: 2 KLs 503 Js 17319/01</ref><br />Unofficial title translation: ''Lectures on the Holocaust - Controversial Questions in Cross-Examination'' |} ==Greece== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[Lysistrata]]'' (411 BC) | [[Aristophanes]] | | Play | Banned in 1967 in Greece because of its anti-war message.<ref name=b2/> |} ==Guatemala== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[Mein Kampf]]'' (1925) | [[Adolf Hitler]] | 1925 | Political manifesto | Banned during the regime of [[Jorge Ubico]] along with anti-Hitler writings such as by those of [[Hermann Rauschning]] in order to encourage political neutrality in WWII.<ref>Gunther, John. ''Inside Latin America'' (1941), p. 124</ref> |- | ''[[El Señor Presidente]]'' | [[Miguel Ángel Asturias]] | 1946 | Novel | Banned in Guatemala because it went against the ruling political leaders.<ref>Karolides et al., pp. 45–50</ref> |} ==India== {{Main|List of books banned in India}} ==Indonesia== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''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.<ref name="karolides"/> |- | 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/the-rushdie-fatwa-25-years-on/a-17425932|title = The Rushdie fatwa: 25 years on | DW | 12.02.2014|website = [[Deutsche Welle]]}}</ref> |- | ''Interest'' | [[Kevin Gaughen]] | 2015 | Novel | Banned by the government of Indonesia for subversive and/or anti-government themes. |} ==Iran== {{See also|Book censorship in Iran}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[The Satanic Verses]]'' (1988) | [[Salman Rushdie]] | 1988 | Novel | Banned for blasphemy against Islam.<ref name="bald-0816062692" /> |- | ''[[The Gods Laugh on Mondays]]'' (1995) | [[Reza Khoshnazar]] | 1995 | Novel | Was banned in Iran after men torched its publication house.<ref>Newsweek, ''Banned and Burned in Tehran'', October 1995, page 38.</ref> |} ==Ireland== {{See also|Book censorship in the Republic of Ireland}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! width=100pt|Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[Christianity not Mysterious]]'' | [[John Toland]] | 1696 | Non-fiction | Banned by the [[Parliament of Ireland|Irish Parliament]] for contradicting the teaching of the [[Church of England|Anglican Church]]. Copies of the book were burnt by the public hangman in Dublin.<ref>Gilbert, J.T., ''History of the City of Dublin'' (1854). Volume III, p. 66.</ref> |- | ''[[Les Cent Contes drolatiques|Droll Stories]]'' | [[Honoré de Balzac]] | 1837 | Short stories | Banned for [[obscenity]] in 1953. The ban was lifted in 1967.<ref name="sovasexual"/> |- | ''[[Married Love]]'' | [[Marie Stopes]] | 1918 | Non-fiction | Banned by the Irish Censorship Board for discussing [[birth control]].<ref name="sovasocial">{{cite book | last = Sova | first = Dawn B. | title = Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds | publisher = Facts on File | date = c. 2006 | location = New York | isbn = 0-8160-6271-4 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/literaturesuppre0000sova }}</ref> |- | ''[[And Quiet Flows the Don]]'' | [[Mikhail Sholokhov]] | 1928–1940 | Novel Sequence | The English translations of Sholokhov's work were banned for "indecency".<ref name="hss">[[Hannah Sheehy Skeffington]], "Censorship in Eire". ''[[Saturday Review (U.S. magazine)|The Saturday Review]]'', March 18, 1939, p. 14</ref> |- | ''[[Elmer Gantry]]'' | [[Sinclair Lewis]] | 1927 | Novel | ''Elmer Gantry'' was banned in the [[Irish Free State]].<ref name="bbi" /> |- | ''The House of Gold'' | [[Liam O'Flaherty]] | 1929 | Novel | The first book to be banned by the Irish Free State for alleged "indecency". Republished in 2013.<ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/news/state-s-first-banned-book-to-be-published-for-first-time-in-80-years-1.1425131 State's first banned book to be published for first time in 80 years] Irish Times, 2018-08-10.</ref> |- | ''[[A Farewell to Arms]]'' | [[Ernest Hemingway]] | 1929 | Novel | Suppressed in the Irish Free State.<ref name="hss" /> |- | ''[[Marriage and Morals]]'' | [[Bertrand Russell]] | 1929 | Non-fiction | Suppressed in the Irish Free State for discussing [[sex education]], [[birth control]] and [[open marriage]]s.<ref name="hss" /> |- | ''Commonsense and the Child'' | [[Ethel Mannin]] | 1931 | Non-fiction | Banned in the [[Irish Free State]] for advocating sex education for adolescents.<ref name="hss" /> |- | ''[[The Bulpington of Blup]]'' | [[H. G. Wells]] | 1932 | Novel | Banned in the [[Irish Free State]].<ref name="bbi">"[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/231085536?searchTerm=%22h.%20g.%20wells%22%20banned%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&searchLimits= Books Banned In Ireland:Australian Authors And H. G. Wells]".''[[The Sun (Sydney)|The Sun]]'' 15 July 1937.</ref> |- | ''[[Brave New World]]'' | [[Aldous Huxley]] | 1932 | Novel | Banned in Ireland in 1932, allegedly because of references of sexual promiscuity.<ref name="sovasocial"/> |- | ''[[The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind]]'' | [[H. G. Wells]] | 1932 | Non-fiction | Banned in the [[Irish Free State]].<ref name="bbi" /> |- | ''[[Men of Good Will]]'' | [[Jules Romains]] | 1932–1946 | Novel Sequence | The English translations of Romains' novel sequence were banned in the [[Irish Free State]].<ref name="hss" /> |- | ''The Martyr'' | [[Liam O'Flaherty]] | 1933 | Novel | Banned in the [[Irish Free State]].<ref name="bbi" /> |- | ''The Laws of Life'' | [[Halliday Sutherland]] | 1935 | Non-fiction | Banned in the [[Irish Free State]] for discussing sex education and [[Calendar-based contraceptive methods]] – even though ''The Laws of Life'' had been granted a ''[[Imprimi potest|Cum permissu superiorum]]'' endorsement by the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster]].<ref name="kw" /> |- | ''Honourable Estate'' | [[Vera Brittain]] | 1936 | Novel | Banned in the [[Irish Free State]].<ref name="hss" /> |- | ''I Knock at the Door'' | [[Seán O'Casey]] | 1939 | Autobiography | Banned in [[Ireland]].<ref name="kw">Woodman, Kieran. ''Media Control in Ireland, 1923–1983''.Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 1986. {{ISBN|9780809312405}} (pgs. 67–68)</ref> |- | ''Dutch Interior'' | [[Frank O'Connor]] | 1940 | Novel | Banned in [[Ireland]].<ref name="kw" /> |- | ''[[The Tailor and Ansty]]'' | [[Eric Cross (writer)|Eric Cross]] | 1942 | Non-fiction | Banned by the Irish censors for discussing sexuality in rural Ireland.<ref>{{cite news|last=Keating|first=Sara|title=Bringing tales of the tailor back home|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2006/0127/1137626807241.html|access-date=2 March 2020|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|date=1 January 2006}}</ref> |- | ''[[Borstal Boy]]'' | [[Brendan Behan]] | 1958 | Autobiographical novel | Banned in Ireland in 1958. The Irish Censorship of Publications Board was not obliged to reveal its reason but it is believed that it was rejected for its critique of Irish republicanism and the [[Catholic Church]], and its depiction of adolescent sexuality.<ref name="Borstal Boy thefileroom.org"/> |- | ''[[The Country Girls]]'' | [[Edna O'Brien]] | 1960 | Novel | Banned by Ireland's censorship board in 1960 for its explicit sexual content.<ref>{{cite news |first=Gordon |last=Deegan |title=Warm welcome home for O'Brien |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0802/1224276043569.html |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |location=[[Dublin]] |date=August 2, 2010 |access-date=August 2, 2010 }}</ref><ref name=dwyerexaminer>{{cite news |first=Ryle |last=Dwyer |title=There was some truth in Paisley's tirades against our priestly republic |url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/ryle-dwyer/there-was-some-truth-in-paisleys-tirades-against-our-priestly-republic-127774.html |work=[[Irish Examiner]] |location=[[Cork (city)|Cork]] |date=August 14, 2010 |access-date=August 14, 2010 }}</ref> |- | ''[[Girl with Green Eyes|The Lonely Girl]]'' (1962) | [[Edna O'Brien]] | 1962 | Novel | Banned in Ireland in 1962 after Archbishop [[John Charles McQuaid]] complained personally to Justice Minister [[Charles Haughey]] that it "was particularly bad".<ref name=dwyerexaminer/> |- | ''[[The Dark (McGahern novel)|The Dark]]'' | [[John McGahern]] | 1965 | Novel | Banned in Ireland for obscenity.<ref>{{cite news | last = Wroe | first = Nicholas | title = Ireland's rural elegist | work = The Guardian | date = January 5, 2002 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/jan/05/fiction.books | access-date = 2012-07-01 | location=London}}</ref> |- | ''[[My Secret Garden]]'' | [[Nancy Friday]] | 1973 | Non-fiction | Banned in Ireland for its sexual content.<ref>"Banned Publications", ''The Irish Times'', Friday 19 November 1976 (pg. 4)</ref> |} ==Italy== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[All Quiet on the Western Front]]'' | [[Erich Maria Remarque]] | 1928 | Fiction | Banned in [[Fascist Italy (1922–1943)|Fascist Italy]] because of its [[antimilitarism]] (currently not banned).<ref>"''All Quiet on the Western Front''", in Green, Jonathon, and Karolides, Nicholas, J. ''Encyclopedia of Censorship''. New York : Facts On File, 2005. {{ISBN|9780816044641}} (pgs. 10–12)</ref> |- | ''[[A Farewell to Arms]]'' | [[Ernest Hemingway]] | 1929 | Fiction | Banned in Fascist Italy for depicting the Italian Army's defeat at the [[Battle of Caporetto]] (currently this book is not banned).<ref>"Hemingway, Ernest", in Green, Jonathon, and Karolides, Nicholas, J. ''Encyclopedia of Censorship''. New York : Facts On File, 2005. {{ISBN|9780816044641}} (pgs.231)</ref> |} ==Japan== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[The Story of Little Black Sambo|Little Black Sambo]]'' (1899) | [[Helen Bannerman]] | 1899 | Children's story | Banned in Japan (1988–2005) to quell "political threats to boycott Japanese cultural exports", although the pictures were not those of the original version.<ref name="sambo">{{cite web |url=http://www.sanftleben.com/Banned%20Books/collection7.html |title=Banned Books |date=n.d. |access-date=2008-09-06}}</ref> |} ==Kenya== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[The Satanic Verses]]'' (1988) | [[Salman Rushdie]] | 1988 | Novel | Banned for blasphemy against Islam.<ref name="bald-0816062692" /> |} ==Kuwait== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[The Satanic Verses]]'' (1988) | [[Salman Rushdie]] | 1988 | Novel | Banned for blasphemy against Islam.<ref name="bald-0816062692" /> |} ==Lebanon== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[Sophie's Choice (novel)|Sophie's Choice]]'' (1979) | [[William Styron]] | 1979 | Novel | Banned in [[Lebanon]] for its positive depiction of Jews.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/> |- | ''[[Schindler's Ark]]'' (1982) | [[Thomas Keneally]] | 1982 | Novel | Banned in [[Lebanon]] for its positive depiction of Jews.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/> |- | ''[[The Da Vinci Code]]'' | [[Dan Brown]] | 2003 | Novel | Banned in September 2004 in Lebanon after [[Catholic]] leaders deemed it offensive to Christianity. (See [[Inaccuracies in The Da Vinci Code]].)<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/><ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3663344.stm | work=BBC News | title=Da Vinci Code banned in Lebanon | date=September 16, 2004 | access-date=March 27, 2010}}</ref> |- | ''Grover's Eight Nights of Light'' | Jodie Shepherd | 2017 | [[Sesame Street]] book | Banned in 2017 for promoting [[Hanukkah]]. |} ==Liberia== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[The Satanic Verses]]'' (1988) | [[Salman Rushdie]] | 1988 | Novel | Banned for blasphemy against Islam.<ref name="bald-0816062692" /> |} ==Malaysia== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[The Satanic Verses]]'' (1988) | [[Salman Rushdie]] | 1988 | Novel | Banned for blasphemy against Islam.<ref name="bald-0816062692" /> |- | ''[[Onward Muslim Soldiers]]'' | [[Robert Spencer (author)|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.<ref name=BERNAMA>{{cite news|title=Ministry Bans 14 Books|url=http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/printable.php?id=272915|newspaper=[[BERNAMA]]|date=12 July 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221210/http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/printable.php?id=272915|archive-date=March 3, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> |- | ''[[Fifty Shades (novel series)|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".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/after-movie-ban-ministry-now-says-fifty-shades-books-illegal |work=The Malaysian Insider |title=After movie ban, ministry declares 'Fifty Shades' books illegal |date=March 16, 2015 |access-date=March 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321003552/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/after-movie-ban-ministry-now-says-fifty-shades-books-illegal |archive-date=March 21, 2015 }}</ref> |- | [[Mask of Sanity (novel)|''The Mask of Sanity'']] (2017) | Jacob M. Appel | 2017 | Novel | Banned preemptively in Malaysia for blasphemy.<ref>26 January 2017, Sinar online, http://www.sinarharian.com.my/</ref> |- |''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".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kit|first=Chan Wai|title=Home Ministry bans book with 'insulting' cover of modified Malaysian coat-of-arms {{!}} Malay Mail|url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2020/07/01/home-ministry-bans-book-with-insulting-cover-of-modified-malaysian-coat-of/1880644|access-date=2020-12-20|website=www.malaymail.com|date=July 2020 |language=en}}</ref> |- |''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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home Ministry bans two publications – 'Gay is OK! A Christian Perspective' and 'Peichi' {{!}} The Star|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/12/18/home-ministry-bans-two-publications---039gay-is-ok-a-christian-perspective039-and-039peichi039|access-date=2020-12-20|website=www.thestar.com.my}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Khairulrijal|first=Rahmat|date=2022-02-22|title=Ban on 'Gay is OK' lifted {{!}} New Straits Times|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/crime-courts/2022/02/773606/ban-gay-ok-lifted|access-date=2022-02-22|website=NST Online|language=en}}</ref> |- |''Peichi (Tamil: <nowiki>''</nowiki>பேய்ச்சி<nowiki>''</nowiki>)'' |Ma. Naveen |2020 |Novel |Banned for containing pornographic and immoral content.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bernama|date=2020-12-19|title=Home Ministry bans two books, including 'Gay is OK!' {{!}} New Straits Times|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2020/12/650656/home-ministry-bans-two-books-including-gay-ok|access-date=2020-12-20|website=NST Online|language=en}}</ref> Notably, it was the first Tamil language publication to be banned in the country. |- | A Million Kisses in Your Lifetime | Monica Murphy | 2022 | Novel | The ministry explained on the 7th of January 2025 that the ban is part of a preventive measure to stop the spread of ideologies and movements that conflict with Malaysia’s multicultural values. |- | Lose You to Find Me | Erik J Brown | 2023 | Novel | The ministry explained on the 7th of January 2025 that the ban is part of a preventive measure to stop the spread of ideologies and movements that conflict with Malaysia’s multicultural values. |- | Punai | Asyraf Bakti | 2022 | Novel | The ministry explained on the 7th of January 2025 that the ban is part of a preventive measure to stop the spread of ideologies and movements that conflict with Malaysia’s multicultural values. |- | Scattered Showers | Rainbow Rowell | 2022 | Novel | The ministry explained on the 7th of January 2025 that the ban is part of a preventive measure to stop the spread of ideologies and movements that conflict with Malaysia’s multicultural values. |- | When Everything Feels Like The Movie | Raziel Reid | 2014 | Novel | The ministry explained on the 7th of January 2025 that the ban is part of a preventive measure to stop the spread of ideologies and movements that conflict with Malaysia’s multicultural values. |- | What If It's Us | Becky Albertalli and Adam Silverra | 2018 | Novel | The ministry explained on the 7th of January 2025 that the ban is part of a preventive measure to stop the spread of ideologies and movements that conflict with Malaysia’s multicultural values. |- | My Shadow is Purple | Scott Stuart | 2022 | Fiction | Banned for attempting to promote homosexual culture in Malaysia, which goes against religious and cultural sensitivities in the country. The home ministry said these books have been banned under Section 7(1) of Act 301 as they are considered ‘undesirable publications’ on the 21st of January 2025, and was later publicly announced on the 8th of February. |- | Koleksi Puisi Masturbasi | Benz Ali | 2015 | Poetry | Banned for its suggestive name and immoral content. The home ministry said these books have been banned under Section 7(1) of Act 301 as they are considered ‘undesirable publications’ on the 22nd of January 2025, and was later publicly announced on the 8th of February. |- | All That's Left in the World | Erik J Brown | 2022 | Novel | Banned for attempting to promote homosexual culture in Malaysia, which goes against religious and cultural sensitivities in the country. The home ministry said these books have been banned under Section 7(1) of Act 301 as they are considered ‘undesirable publications’ on the 22nd of January 2025, and was later publicly announced on the 8th of February. |} ==Morocco== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''Notre ami le roi'' <!--Our Friend the King-->(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.<ref>[http://www.bibliomonde.com/pages/fiche-livre.php3?id_ouvrage=12 Notre ami le roi par Gilles Perrault]. Bibliomonde.com. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.</ref> |- | ''Le roi prédateur'' <!--The Predator King-->(2012) | [[Catherine Graciet]] and [[Éric Laurent (journalist)|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.<ref>[https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/carnet/2012-04-12-Maroc Au Maroc, une corruption très royale]. Monde-diplomatique.fr. Retrieved on 2020-08-01.</ref><ref>[https://www.rtbf.be/info/medias/detail_france-maroc-le-roi-predateur-un-livre-accusateur-contre-mohammed-vi?id=7649303 "Le roi prédateur", un livre accusateur contre Mohammed VI]. Rtbf.be. Retrieved on 2020-08-01.</ref> |} ==Mauritius== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[The Rape of Sita]]'' (1993) | [[Lindsay Collen]] | 1993 | Novel | Banned for blasphemy against Hindu goddess. |} ==Nepal== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[The Satanic Verses]]'' (1988) | [[Salman Rushdie]] | 1988 | Novel | Banned for blasphemy against Islam.<ref name="bald-0816062692" /> |- | ''A Modern Approach to Social Studies'' (2010) | Unknown | 2010 | School textbook | Banned for blasphemy against Islam.<ref name="hindustantimes2010">{{cite news |title=Nepal bans school book after Muslim outcry |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world/nepal-bans-school-book-after-muslim-outcry/story-IZ8ksvFy6cB3nbxryvIGIJ.html |access-date=20 November 2021 |work=Hindustan Times |date=21 June 2010}}</ref> |- | ''Self Study Material on Nepal's Territory and Border'' (2020) | [[Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (Nepal)|Ministry of Education, Science and Technology]] | 2020 | Map book | Banned for irredentist views regarding [[Nepal|the country]]'s neighbors.<ref name="hindustantimes2010"/>{{Failed verification|date=November 2021|reason=Work not mentioned by name in article}} |- |} ==Netherlands== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[The Cover-up General]]''<!-- De doofpotgeneraal --> | Edwin Giltay | 2014 | Non-fiction thriller | Banned in the [[Netherlands]] by court order in 2015 as a former spy of Dutch [[Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service|military intelligence]] claimed she was described falsely in this [[Srebrenica massacre|Srebrenica]] book.<ref name="Mapping Media Freedom">{{cite news |title=Netherlands: Court bans book on Srebrenica genocide |url=https://mappingmediafreedom.org/#/1696 |work=Mapping Media Freedom, [[Index on Censorship]] |date=December 24, 2015 |access-date=May 10, 2016 |language=en }}</ref> Ban lifted by the Court of Appeal of The Hague in 2016.<ref name="Gerechtshof Den Haag">{{cite news |title=Boek De Doofpotgeneraal niet verboden |url=https://www.rechtspraak.nl/Organisatie-en-contact/Organisatie/Gerechtshoven/Gerechtshof-Den-Haag/Nieuws/Paginas/boek-doofpotgeneraal.aspx |work=Gerechtshof Den Haag |date=April 12, 2016 |access-date=May 10, 2016 |language=nl }}</ref><ref name="Dnevni Avaz">{{cite news |first=Alosman |last=Husejnović |title=DEN HAAG Holandski sud ukinuo zabranu knjige o |url=http://www.avaz.ba/clanak/230251/den-haag-holandski-sud-ukinuo-zabranu-knjige-o-srebrenici |work=[[Dnevni Avaz]] |date=April 12, 2016 |access-date=May 10, 2016 |language=bs }}</ref> |} ==New Zealand== {{Main|List of books banned in New Zealand}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[Lolita]]'' (1955) | [[Vladimir Nabokov]] | 1955 | Novel | Banned for being "obscene"; uncensored in 1964.<ref name=time /> |- | ''[[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.<ref name="Borstal Boy thefileroom.org"/> |- | ''[[The Peaceful Pill Handbook]]'' (2007) | [[Philip Nitschke]] and [[Fiona Stewart (author)|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.<ref>[http://www.censorship.govt.nz/news-archive-current-peacefulpill.html Office of Film & Literature Classification] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100604231427/http://www.censorship.govt.nz/news-archive-current-peacefulpill.html |date=June 4, 2010 }} – "The Peaceful Pill Handbook banned"</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Groves|first1=Nancy|title=Ban lifted on New Zealand young adult novel into the River|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/oct/14/ban-lifted-on-new-zealand-young-adult-novel-into-the-river|access-date=October 15, 2015|work=The Guardian|date=October 14, 2015}}</ref> |- | ''The Great Replacement'' (2019) | Brenton Harrison Tarrant | 2019 | Manifesto | The [[Christchurch mosque shootings|Christchurch shooter]]'s manifesto was banned shortly after it appeared on the internet in 2019. |- |} ==Nigeria== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''My Watch'' (2005) | [[Olusegun Obasanjo]] | 2014 | Autobiography | Banned in [[Nigeria]] because this three-volume memoir of the former Nigerian president were highly critical of nearly everyone in Nigerian politics. The books were ordered to be seized by the High Court in Nigeria until a libel case had been heard in court.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mgafrica.com/article/2014-12-18-banned-in-2014-kissing-manchester-united-jerseys-and-more |title=Banned in Africa in 2014: Kissing, Manchester United jerseys, and more |publisher=MG Africa |date=2014-12-18 |access-date=2016-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314162441/http://mgafrica.com/article/2014-12-18-banned-in-2014-kissing-manchester-united-jerseys-and-more |archive-date=March 14, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> |} ==Norway== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[Fra Kristiania-Bohêmen]]'' | [[Hans Jæger]] | 1885 | Novel | Sexually explicit.<ref>[https://www.arkivverket.no/utforsk-arkivene/norges-dokumentarv/straffesaken-mot-hans-jaegers-fra-kristiania-bohemen Arkivverket: Straffesaken mot Hans Jægers ''Fra Kristiania-Bohêmen''.]</ref> |- | ''[[Albertine (Krohg novel)|Albertine]]'' | [[Christian Krohg]] | 1886 | Novel | Sexually explicit.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Christian Krohg |encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|first=Knut |last=Berg |editor=Helle, Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Christian_Krohg/utdypning_%E2%80%93_2 |language=Norwegian |access-date=18 September 2011}}</ref> |- | ''Snorri the Seal'' (1941) | [[Frithjof Sælen (writer)|Frithjof Sælen]] | 1941 | Fable | Satirical book banned during the [[German occupation of Norway]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Frithjof Sælen|encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|first=Jakob|last=Skarstein|author-link=Jakob Skarstein|editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Frithjof_S%C3%A6len/utdypning|language=no|access-date=July 4, 2009|editor-link=Knut Helle}}</ref> |- | ''[[The Song of the Red Ruby]]'' | [[Agnar Mykle]] | 1956 | Novel | Sexually explicit. Ban lifted in 1958.<ref>[https://www.ba.no/myklesaken-splittet-norge/s/5-8-114089 Bergensavisen: Mykle-saken splittet Norge.]</ref> |- | ''Without a Stitch'' | [[Jens Bjørneboe]] | 1966 | Novel | Sexually explicit. The ban was never formally lifted.<ref>[https://www.nrk.no/kultur/40-ar-siden-dommen-1.2839527 nrk.no: 40 år siden dommen.]</ref> |} ==Pakistan== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[Satyarth Prakash]]'' | [[Dayananda Saraswati]] | 1875 | Religious text | Swami Dayananda's religious text [[Satyarth Prakash]] was banned in some princely states and in Sindh in 1944 and is still banned in Sindh.<ref>The Book on Trial: Fundamentalism and Censorship in India, Girja Kumar</ref> |- | ''[[Rangila Rasul]]'' (1927) | Pt. Chamupati | 1927 | Religious | Currently banned in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.<ref name=jalal /> |- | ''[[Jinnah of Pakistan]]'' (1982) | [[Stanley Wolpert]] | 1982 | Biography | Banned in 1984 by the military dictator Zia-ul-Haq's government because of some 'offending passages'. Ban lifted in 1989 by the next democratic government.<ref name="Bring Back Jinnah's Pakistan">{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/965525|date=November 1, 2009|publisher=Dawn|access-date=2020-01-22|title=Bring Back Jinnah's Pakistan}}</ref> |- | ''[[The Satanic Verses]]'' (1988) | [[Salman Rushdie]] | 1988 | Novel | Banned for blasphemy against Islam.<ref name="bald-0816062692" /> |- | ''[[The Truth About Muhammad]]'' | [[Robert Spencer (author)|Robert Spencer]] | 2006 | Non-fiction | On December 20, 2006, the government of [[Pakistan]] announced a ban on Spencer's book, citing "objectionable material" as the cause.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nationalreview.com/phi-beta-cons/45068/pakistan-book-closed-muhammad-candace-de-russy |title= Pakistan: Book Closed on Muhammad|website= [[National Review]]|date= January 9, 2007}}</ref> |} ==Papal States== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''On the Origins and Perpetual Use of the Legislative Powers of the Apostolic Kings of Hungary in Matters Ecclesiastical'' (1764) | [[Adam František Kollár|Adam F. Kollár]] | 1764 | Political | Banned in the [[Papal States]] for arguments against the political role of the Roman Catholic Church.<ref>Andor Csizmadia, ''Adam Franz Kollár und die ungarische rechtshistorische Forschung.'' 1982.</ref> Original title: ''De Originibus et Usu perpetuo.'' |} ==Papua New Guinea== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[The Satanic Verses]]'' (1988) | [[Salman Rushdie]] | 1988 | Novel | Banned for blasphemy against Islam.<ref name="bald-0816062692" /> |} ==Philippines== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[Noli Me Tángere (novel)|Noli Me Tángere]]'' | [[Jose Rizal]] | 1887 | Novel |rowspan=2| Banned by [[Spanish Colonization in the Philippines|Spanish colonial authorities in the Philippines]] due to being critical to the Spanish government.<ref>{{cite web |title=El Filibusterismo |url=http://scinet.dost.gov.ph/union/ShowSearchResult.php?s=2&f=&p=&x=&page=&sid=1&id=El+Filibusterismo&Mtype=BOOKS |access-date=6 November 2020 |work=scinet.dost.gov.ph |publisher=Science and Technology Information Network of the Philippines|quote=The novel along with its predecessor were banned in some parts of the Philippines as a result of their portrayals of the Spanish government's abuse and corruption.}}</ref> |- | ''[[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 under Ferdinand Marcos|Martial Law period]] due to being critical of the administration of President [[Ferdinand Marcos]].<ref name="martiallawPHban">{{cite news |title=Art In Revolt: 5 Artistic And Literary Works Banned During Martial Law |url=https://www.ipophil.gov.ph/news/art-in-revolt-5-artistic-and-literary-works-banned-during-martial-law/ |access-date=6 November 2020 |publisher=[[Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines]] |date=25 February 2019}}</ref> |- | ''The Untold Story of Imelda Marcos'' | [[Carmen Navarro Pedrosa]] | | [[Biography]] | Banned in 1972, shortly after the start of the [[Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos|Martial Law period]] under President [[Ferdinand Marcos]]. The "unauthorized" biography was banned for the depiction of First Lady [[Imelda Marcos]]' extravagance.<ref name="martiallawPHban"/> |- | ''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 under Ferdinand Marcos|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".<ref name="kwf-order">{{cite news |last1=Cruz |first1=James Patrick |title='Chilling effect': KWF's order to ban 5 books for being 'anti-government' slammed |url=https://interaksyon.philstar.com/trends-spotlights/2022/08/12/224955/chilling-effect-kwfs-order-to-ban-5-books-for-being-anti-government-slammed/ |access-date=29 August 2022 |work=Interaksyon |date=12 August 2022}}</ref> |- | ''Teatro Political Dos'' | [[Malou Jacob]] | | |rowspan=3| 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.<ref name="kwf-order"/> |- | ''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<ref name="kwf-order"/> |} ==Poland== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[Mirror of the Polish Crown]]'' (1618) | [[Sebastian Miczyński]] | 1618 | Anti-Semitic pamphlet | Because this pamphlet published in 1618 was one of the causes of the anti-Jewish riots in [[Kraków|Cracow]], it was banned by [[Sigismund III Vasa]].<ref name="ringenblum">{{cite book|last=Ringelblum|first= Emanuel |author2=Joseph Kermish |author3=Shmuel Krakowski |title=Polish-Jewish Relations During the Second World War|publisher=Northwestern University Press|page=190|isbn=0-8101-0963-8|year= 1992 }}</ref> |- | ''[[Mein Kampf]]'' (1925) | [[Adolf Hitler]] | 1925 | Political manifesto | Banned until 1992.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/> |} ==Portugal== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''História do Mundo para as Crianças'' ([[:pt: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".<ref>{{cite book |last=Zöler |first=Zöler |date=2018 |title=Lobato Letrador: 3º passo |trans-title=Lobato Literate 3º step |language=pt-BR |page=357|location=[[Brasília]] |publisher=Tagori Editora |isbn=9788553250356}}</ref> |- | ''[[New Portuguese Letters]]'' <br />(''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.<ref name="Kramer">{{cite news |last1=Kramer |first1=Jane |title=The Three Marias |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/02/02/archives/the-three-marias.html |access-date=18 July 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=2 February 1975}}</ref> |} ==Qatar== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[The Boys (comics)|The Boys]]'' | [[Garth Ennis]] | 2012 | Comic book series | Banned in Qatar in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Langshaw|first1=Mark|title='The Boys' comic books 'banned in Qatar'|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/comics/news/a433160/the-boys-comic-books-banned-in-qatar/|website=Digital Spy|date=October 24, 2012|access-date=22 August 2017|archive-date=22 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822143531/http://www.digitalspy.com/comics/news/a433160/the-boys-comic-books-banned-in-qatar/}}</ref>{{Explain|date=November 2016}} |- | ''[[The Man Who Wouldn't Stand Up]]'' (2012) | [[Jacob M. Appel]] | 2012 | Novel | Banned in Qatar in 2014 for its depiction of Islam.<ref>Allen, J. ''Comic Novel Banned'', Gulf News February 12, 2014</ref> |- | ''Love Comes Later'' (2014) | Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar | 2014 | Novel | Banned in Qatar.<ref>Kapsidelis, Karin. "VCU professor's novel banned in Qatar," ''Richmond Times-Dispatch'', March 14, 2014.</ref> |} ==Roman Empire== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''Thalia'' | [[Arius]] (AD 250 or 256 – 336) | | Theological tract, partly in verse | Banned in the Roman Empire in the 330s+ for contradicting Trinitarianism. ''All of Arius writings were ordered burned and Arius exiled, and presumably assassinated for his writings.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://faculty.wlc.edu/thompson/fourth-century/urkunden/trans33.htm |title=Edict Against Arius |date=333 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007231516/http://faculty.wlc.edu/thompson/fourth-century/urkunden/trans33.htm |archive-date=October 7, 2007 }}</ref> Banned by the Catholic Church for the next thousand plus years.{{Citation needed|date=February 2008}} |} ==Russia== {{See also|Federal List of Extremist Materials}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[Quran]]'' | Unknown | | Religious text | In 2013, a Russian court censored the text under the country's 'extremism' laws.<ref>"[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-koran-idUSBRE98J0YW20130920 Russian Muslim Clerics Warn of Unrest Over Ban of Translation of Koran] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016211249/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/20/us-russia-koran-idUSBRE98J0YW20130920 |date=October 16, 2015 }}". Reuters. Retrieved September 24, 2014.</ref> |- | ''[[Rights of Man]]'' (1791) | [[Thomas Paine]] | 1791 | Political theory | Banned in Tsarist Russia after the [[Decembrist revolt]].<ref name="listal.com">[http://www.listal.com/list/banned-burned-censored Banned, Burned, Censored list]. Listal.com. Retrieved on 2010-05-09.</ref> |- | ''[[The Communist Manifesto]]'' | [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] | 1848 | Political Manifesto | Prohibited by several countries, including [[Russian Empire|Tsarist Russia]].<ref name="haight-1955" /> |- | ''[[Friedrich Nietzsche bibliography|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.<ref>Sineokaya, Y. (2018) The prohibited Nietzsche: anti‑Nitzscheanism in Soviet Russia. ''Studies in East European Thought.'' Springer Nature B.V. 2018.</ref> |- | ''[[Looking Backward]]'' | [[Edward Bellamy]] | 1888 | Novel | Prohibited by the [[Russian Empire|Tsarist Russian]] censors.<ref>Sylvia E. Bowman, ''Edward Bellamy abroad: An American Prophet's Influence''. New York, Twayne Publishers, 1962 (pg. 70–78).</ref> |- | ''[[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.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} |- | ''[[Mein Kampf]]'' (1925) | [[Adolf Hitler]] | 1925 | Political manifesto | Banned in the Russian Federation as extremist.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110615003622/http://www.minjust.ru/ru/activity/nko/fedspisok/ Федеральный список экстремистских материалов]. (Federal list of extremist materials), item 604. (in Russian). minjust.ru</ref> |- | ''[[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 [[Soviet Union|USSR]], an important [[Allies of World War II|ally of Britain in the War]].<ref name=orwellpress>George Orwell, [http://www.orwell.ru/library/novels/Animal_Farm/english/efp_go The Freedom of the Press]</ref> Once published, the book was banned in the USSR and other communist countries.<ref name=ichr>Irish Centre for Human Rights, [http://www.nuigalway.ie/human_rights/documents/banned_and_censored_books.docx Banned and Censored Books] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006010641/http://www.nuigalway.ie/human_rights/documents/banned_and_censored_books.docx |date=October 6, 2013 }}</ref> |- | ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' (1949) | [[George Orwell]] | 1949 | Novel | Banned by the Soviet Union<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/> 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.<ref>{{cite book | last = Rodden | first = John | title = George Orwell: the politics of literary reputation | publisher = Transaction | year = 2002 | pages = 200–211 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=zsXsBxHgC4kC&pg=PA200 | isbn = 978-0-7658-0896-7}}</ref> |- | ''[[Doctor Zhivago (novel)|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.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/> |- | ''[[One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich]]'' (1962) | [[Alexander Solzhenitsyn]] | 1962 | Novel | Banned from publication in the Soviet Union in 1964.<ref name="karolides"/> |- | ''[[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.<ref>"Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn." <u>The Columbia Encyclopedia</u>. 6th ed. 2011.</ref> |- | ''[[The Gulag Archipelago]]'' (1973) | [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]] | 1973 | Non-fiction | [[Censorship in the Soviet Union#Soviet censorship of literature|Banned in the Soviet Union]] because it went against the image the [[Soviet Government]] tried to project of itself and its policies.<ref>Karolides et al., pp. 71–78</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news | last = Associated Press | title = Russia makes Gulag history | newspaper = [[The Boston Globe]] | location = Massachusetts | date = September 10, 2009 | url = http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2009/09/10/russia_makes_gulag_history_required_reading/ | access-date = November 14, 2009}}</ref> |- | ''[[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 (Mason book)|Siege]]'' | [[James Mason (neo-Nazi)|James Mason]] | 1992 | Non-fiction | Anthology of essays advocating for neo-Nazi revolution through terrorism. Banned on August 14, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tass.ru/proisshestviya/18504187|work=[[TASS]]|date=14 August 2023|title=Суд Петербурга признал экстремистским сборник Siege американского неонациста Мейсона}}</ref> |} ==Saudi Arabia== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''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.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} |- |''[[Goat Days]]'' |[[Benyamin (writer)|Benyamin]] & Joseph Koyippally |2008 |Novel |Currently banned in Saudi Arabia.<ref name=tg1>{{Cite web|date=December 27, 2019|first=Trisha|last=Gupta|title=Books: Fiction should prophesy the future|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/leisure/story/20200106-books-magazine-leisure-1631591-2019-12-27|access-date=2020-12-18|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Six Banned Middle Eastern Books You Should Read|first=Alexia|last=Underwood|date=24 September 2014|url=https://www.vice.com/sv/article/banned-books-week-and-middle-eastern-literature-923/|work=Vice|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212073101/https://www.vice.com/sv/article/3b74kn/banned-books-week-and-middle-eastern-literature-923|archive-date=12 February 2020}}</ref> |- |''[[Fazail-e-Amaal]]'' |[[Zakariyya Kandhlawi]] |Sometime between the 1920s and 1950s |Sufi evangalism |Currently banned in Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{cite news |title=The history of the Tablighi Jamaat and its place in the Islamic world |url=https://wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/current-affairs/the-history-of-the-tablighi-jamaat-and-its-place-in-the-islamic-world-120040300331_1.html |access-date=27 December 2021 |work=Business Standard |date=3 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-31|title=Demystifying Tablighi Jamaat|url=https://telanganatoday.com/demystifying-tablighi-jamaat|access-date=2021-12-27|website=Telangana Today|language=en-US}}</ref> |} ==Senegal== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[The Satanic Verses]]'' (1988) | [[Salman Rushdie]] | 1988 | Novel | Banned for blasphemy against Islam.<ref name="bald-0816062692" /> |} ==Singapore== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[Value, Price and Profit]]'' | [[Karl Marx]] | 1865 | Non-fiction | rowspan="27" | Banned under the Internal Security (Prohibition of Publications) (Consolidation) Order.<ref name="prohibitionsingapore">{{Singapore legislation|title=Internal Security (Prohibition of Publications) (Consolidation) Order|url= https://sso.agc.gov.sg/SL/ISA1960-OR1|dateformat=DD-MM-YYYY|cap=143|sltype=O|no=413|ed=1990}}</ref> |- | ''[[The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State|Origin of Family, Private Property and State]]'' | [[Friedrich Engels]] | 1884 | Non-fiction |- | ''[[One Step Forward, Two Steps Back]]'' | [[Vladimir Lenin]] | 1904 | Non-fiction |- | ''[[Theories of Surplus Value]]'' | Karl Marx | 1905 | Non-fiction |- | ''[[Two Tactics of Social Democracy in the Democratic Revolution]]'' | Vladimir Lenin | 1905 | Non-fiction |- | ''[[Anarchism or Socialism?]]'' | [[Joseph Stalin]] | 1907 | Non-fiction |- | ''Fundamental Problems of Marxism'' | [[Georgi Plekhanov]] | 1908 | Political pamphlet |- | ''Heroines of the Modern Progress'' | Elmer C. Adams | 1913 | Non-fiction |- | ''[[The Right of Nations to Self-Determination]]'' | Vladimir Lenin | 1914 | Non-fiction |- | ''[[What Is to Be Done?]]'' | Vladimir Lenin | 1917 | Non-fiction |- | ''[[Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism]]'' | Vladimir Lenin | 1917 | Non-fiction |- | ''[[State and Revolution]]'' | Vladimir Lenin | 1917 | Non-fiction |- | ''[[The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky]]'' | Vladimir Lenin | 1918 | Non-fiction |- | ''Friedrich Engels: A Biography'' | [[Gustav Mayer]] | 1920 | Biography |- | ''[["Left-Wing" Communism: An Infantile Disorder]]'' | Vladimir Lenin | 1920 | Non-fiction |- | ''[[On Cooperation]]'' | Vladimir Lenin | 1923 | Non-fiction |- | ''Problems of Leninism'' | Joseph Stalin | 1926 | Non-fiction |- | ''[[Time, Forward!]]'' | [[Valentin Katayev]] | 1932 | Novel |- | ''[[How the Steel Was Tempered]]'' | [[Nikolai Ostrovsky]] | 1936 | Novel |- | ''[[Marxism and the National and Colonial Question]]'' | Joseph Stalin | 1937 | Non-fiction |- | ''Combat Liberalism'' | [[Mao Zedong]] | 1937 | Non-fiction |- | ''The A to Z of the Soviet Union'' | Alex Page |1946 | Non-fiction |- | ''Aspects of China's Anti-Japanese Struggle'' | Mao Zedong | 1948 | Non-fiction |- | ''The Case for Communism'' | [[Willie Gallacher (politician)|William Gallacher]] | 1949 | Non-fiction |- | ''Twilight of World Capitalism'' | [[William Z. Foster]] | 1949 | Non-fiction |- | ''Concerning Marxism in Linguistics'' | Joseph Stalin | 1950 | Non-fiction |- | ''The Social and State Structure of the USSR'' | [[Alexander Karpinsky]] | 1952 | Non-fiction |- | ''[[The Satanic Verses]]'' | [[Salman Rushdie]] | 1988 | Novel | Banned in 1989 for blasphemy against Islam.<ref name="bald-0816062692" /><ref>{{cite news|work=The Straits Times|title=Parliament: Singapore has own approach to offensive speech|date=2 April 2019|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/spore-has-own-approach-to-offensive-speech|first=Melody|last=Zaccheus|quote=Salman Rushdie's novel Satanic Verses was banned in 1989 – as a result of Singapore's mainstream Muslim community taking offence}}</ref> |- | ''What Islam Is All About'' | Yahiya Emerick | 1997 | Religious education | rowspan="3" | Banned in 2018 for "promoting enmity among different religious communities".<ref>{{cite news|author=Choo Yun Ting|date=21 November 2018|work=The Straits Times|title=3 books banned in Singapore for advocating extremist views: MCI|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/3-books-banned-in-singapore-for-advocating-extremist-views-muis}}</ref><ref name="undesirable2018">{{Singapore legislation|title=Undesirable Publications (Prohibition) (Amendment) Order 2018|cap=338|dateformat=DD-MM-YYYY|url=http://www.egazette.com.sg/pdf.aspx?ct=sls&yr=2018&filename=18sls762.pdf|sltype=S|year=2018|no=762}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=The Independent|title=3 books banned in Singapore for extremist religious content|first=Anna Maria|last=Romero|date=November 21, 2018|url=https://theindependent.sg/3-books-banned-in-singapore-for-extremist-religious-content/}}</ref> |- | ''The Wisdom of Jihad'' | Abuhuraira Abdurrahman | 2005 | Non-fiction |- | ''Things that Nullify One's Islaam'' | Shaykh al-Islaam Muhammad ibn 'Abdil-Wahhaab | 2013 | Non-fiction |- | ''Red Lines: Political Cartoons and the Struggle Against Censorship'' | Cherian George and Sonny Liew | 2021 | Non-fiction | Banned in 2021 for offensive content against Muslims.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/ban-red-lines-book-was-not-due-political-content-religiously-offensive-images-josephine-teo-1788911|title = Ban of Red Lines book was not due to political content but religiously offensive images: Josephine Teo}}</ref> |} ==South Africa== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[Frankenstein]]'' (1818) | [[Mary Shelley]] | 1818 | Novel | Banned in apartheid South Africa in 1955 for containing "obscene" or "indecent" material.<ref name=b2/> |- | "[[The Lottery]]" (1948) | [[Shirley Jackson]] | 1948 | Short story | Banned in South Africa during [[Apartheid]].<ref>Hyman, Stanley Edgar. "Introduction," ''Just an Ordinary Day''. Bantam, 1995.</ref> |- | ''[[Lolita]]'' (1955) | [[Vladimir Nabokov]] | 1955 | Novel | Banned for being "obscene".<ref name=time /> |- | ''[[A World of Strangers]]'' | [[Nadine Gordimer]] | 1958 | Novel | Banned in [[South Africa]] because of its criticism of [[Apartheid]].<ref>{{Cite news| issn = 0362-4331| last = Verongos| first = Helen T.| title = Nadine Gordimer, Novelist Who Took On Apartheid, Is Dead at 90| work = The New York Times| date = 2014-07-14| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/15/books/nadine-gordimer-novelist-and-apartheid-foe-dies-at-90.html}}</ref> |- | ''[[Why We Can't Wait]]'' | [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] | 1964 | Non-fiction | Banned in [[South Africa]] because of its criticism of [[white supremacy]].<ref name="dj">Jones, Derek, ''Censorship : A World Encyclopedia''. London : Routledge, 2015. {{ISBN|9781136798634}} (p. 2008)</ref> |- | ''The First Book of Africa'' | [[Langston Hughes]] | 1964 | Non-fiction; Children's book | Banned in South Africa for its celebration of [[Black African]] culture.<ref name="dj" /> |- | ''[[The Autobiography of Malcolm X]]'' | [[Malcolm X]] with [[Alex Haley]] | 1965 | Non-fiction | Banned in South Africa because of its criticism of white supremacy.<ref name="dj" /> |- | ''[[Black Power: The Politics of Liberation]]'' | [[Stokely Carmichael]] and [[Charles V. Hamilton]] | 1967 | Non-fiction | Banned in South Africa because of its criticism of white supremacy.<ref name="dj" /> |- | ''[[Soul on Ice (book)|Soul on Ice]]'' | [[Eldridge Cleaver]] | 1968 | Non-fiction | Banned in South Africa because of its criticism of white supremacy, and its sexual content.<ref name="dj" /> |- | ''[[The Satanic Bible]]'' (1969) | [[Anton LaVey]] | 1969 | Religious text | Banned during [[apartheid in South Africa]] from 1973 to 1993 for moral reasons.<ref>{{cite web|title=Censored publications: ID 9914286|url=http://search.beaconforfreedom.org/search/censored_publications/publication.html?id=9914286|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016211250/http://search.beaconforfreedom.org/search/censored_publications/publication.html?id=9914286|url-status=usurped|archive-date=October 16, 2015|publisher=Beacon for Freedom of Expression|access-date=May 4, 2013|quote=Period of censorship: June 22, 1973 – January 22, 1993}}</ref> |- | ''The Struggle Is My Life'' | [[Nelson Mandela]] | 1978 | Non-fiction | Banned in [[Apartheid]] [[South Africa]] until 1990.<ref>Karolides et al. (pp. 468–472)</ref> |- | ''[[Burger's Daughter]]'' | [[Nadine Gordimer]] | 1979 | Novel | Banned in South Africa in July 1979 for going against the government's racial policies; the ban was reversed in October of the same year.<ref name="karolides"/> |- | ''[[July's People]]'' (1981) | [[Nadine Gordimer]] | 1981 | Novel | Banned during the Apartheid-era in South Africa.<ref>{{cite web | title = Nadine Gordimer | publisher = South African History Online | url = http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/bios/gordimer-n.htm | access-date = November 16, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091220005957/http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/bios/gordimer-n.htm | archive-date = December 20, 2009 }}</ref> ''July's People'' is now included in the South African school curriculum.<ref>{{cite web |last=South African Government Online |title=Asmal comments on Gauteng matriculation set works |work=Speeches and Statements |publisher=Ministry of Education |date=April 19, 2001 |url=http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2001/010420945a1006.htm |access-date=November 16, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629042708/http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2001/010420945a1006.htm |archive-date=June 29, 2011 }}</ref> |} ==South Korea== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published (South Korea) ! Type ! Notes |- | ''Year 501: The Conquest Continues'' | [[Noam Chomsky]] | 2000 | Politics | rowspan="7" | 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]].<ref name="“The book reading movement is unstable? The Ministry of Defense’s clock is running backwards.”">{{in lang|ko}} [https://www.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/View/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0000956353 “The book reading movement is unstable? The Ministry of Defense’s clock is running backwards.”]. OhmyNews.</ref> 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.<ref name="Military expands book blacklist">[http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/301730.html Military expands book blacklist]. English.hani.co.kr. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.</ref><ref name="Seditious books of 2011">{{in lang|ko}} [https://www.sisain.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=11669 Seditious books of 2011]. 시사IN.</ref> |- | ''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 |- | ''[[Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism]]'' | [[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.<ref name="Authors of ‘subversive books’ say, “I am just grateful”">{{in lang|ko}} [https://www.sisain.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=11670 Authors of ‘subversive books’ say, “I am just grateful”]. 시사IN.</ref> |- |''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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-16 |title=금서가 된 스웨덴 성교육책... 우수도서는 어떻게 '유해물'이 됐나 |url=https://www.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/A2024051511250005212 |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=한국일보 |language=ko}}</ref> |} ==Spain== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! width=150pt|Title !width=120pt| Author(s) ! Year published !width=120pt| Type ! Notes |- | Works | [[Johannes Kepler]] | 1596–1634 | Non-fiction | Banned by [[Habsburg Spain|Habsburg Monarchy of Spain]] for perceived [[heresy]].<ref>Patrick Bonner (ed.), ''Change and Continuity in Early Modern Cosmology''. New York : Springer, {{ISBN|9789400700376}} (p. 44)</ref> |- | Works | [[Voltaire]] | 1727–1778 | Novels, Plays, Non-fiction | Voltaire's entire body of work was banned by the [[Enlightenment in Spain|Bourbon Monarchy]] of Spain, after it was condemned by the [[Spanish Inquisition]].<ref>David Thatcher Gies, ''The Cambridge history of Spanish literature'' New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. {{ISBN|9780521806183}} (pg. 302)</ref> |- | Works | [[Vicente Blasco Ibáñez]] | 1892–1928 | Novels, Non-fiction | All of Blasco Ibáñez's books were banned by the [[Francoist Spain|Franco government]] in 1939.<ref>Herbert Rutledge Southworth, ''Spanish Publishing in Exile''. New York, Bowker, 1940 (pg. 3)</ref> |- | ''[[A Short History of the World (H. G. Wells)|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'."<ref>Patrick Parrinder and John S. Partington, ''The reception of H.G. Wells in Europe''. London : Thoemmes continuum, 2005. {{ISBN|9780826462534}} (p.251)</ref> |- | ''[[Ulysses (novel)|Ulysses]]'' | [[James Joyce]] | 1922 | Novel | The complete 1945 Spanish-language translation of ''Ulysses'' was suppressed by the Spanish authorities until 1962.<ref>Gayle Rogers, ''Modernism and the new Spain : Britain, cosmopolitan Europe, and literary history''. New York : Oxford University Press, 2015. {{ISBN|9780190207335}} (pg.249).</ref> |- | ''[[The Story of Ferdinand]]'' | [[Munro Leaf]] | 1936 | Children's fiction | Banned in [[Francoist Spain]].<ref name="The Story of Ferdinand washingtonpost.com" /> |- | ''[[Homage to Catalonia]]'' | [[George Orwell]] | 1938 | Non-fiction | Banned in [[Francoist Spain]] for its support of the [[Republican faction (Spanish Civil War)|Republican faction]] during the [[Spanish Civil War]].<ref>Alberto Lázaro, ''The Road from George Orwell : his achievement and legacy''.Oxford : Peter Lang, 2001. {{ISBN|9780820453378}} (p. 78)</ref> |- |- | ''[[For Whom The Bell Tolls]]'' | [[Ernest Hemingway]] | 1940 | Novel | Suppressed by the Spanish authorities until 1968.<ref>Douglas Henry Laprade, ''Hemingway and Franco''. (2007) {{ISBN|9788437066950}} (pp. 110–111)</ref> |- | Works | [[Federico García Lorca]] | 1939 | Poetry, drama | Banned until 1954; published in Argentina.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Secret to Stopping Fascism |first=Oliver |last=Mayer |date=September 20, 2017 |url=https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2017/9/20/secret-stopping-fascism |magazine=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]}}</ref> |- | ''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 powers|Axis]] air forces.<ref>Patrick Parrinder and John S. Partington, ''The reception of H.G. Wells in Europe''.London : Thoemmes continuum, 2005. {{ISBN|9780826462534}} (p.248)</ref> |- | ''[[The Spanish Labyrinth]]'' | [[Gerald Brenan]] | 1943 | Non-fiction | Banned in [[Francoist Spain]] because of its strong criticism of the [[Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War)|Nationalist Faction]]'s actions during the [[Spanish Civil War]].<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-01-23-mn-655-story.html "Gerald Brenan, British Author; In Spain at 92"], Burt A. Folkart. ''[[Los Angeles Times|LA Times]]'', January 23, 1987. Retrieved August 10th, 2018.</ref> |- | ''[[The Second Sex]]'' | [[Simone de Beauvoir]] | 1949 | Non-fiction | Banned in [[Francoist Spain]] for its advocacy of [[feminism]].<ref>Lucía Pintado Gutiérrez and Alicia Castillo Villanueva, (eds.) ''New Approaches to Translation, Conflict and Memory : Narratives of the Spanish Civil War and the Dictatorship''.Cham : Springer International Publishing : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. {{ISBN|9783030006983}} (p. 96)</ref> |- | ''[[The Hive (Cela novel)|The Hive]]'' | [[Camilo José Cela]] | 1950 | Fiction | Banned by censors of [[Francoist Spain]].<ref>" Franco's government censors immediately banned ''The Hive'', which was published for the first time in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1951". "Camilo José Cela", in Michael Sollars, Arbolina Llamas Jennings, (eds.) ''The Facts on File Companion to the World Novel: 1900 to the Present''. New York; Infobase Publishing, 2008 {{ISBN|9781438108360}} (p. 149)</ref> |- | ''[[The Spanish Civil War (book)|The Spanish Civil War]]'' | [[Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton|Hugh Thomas]] | 1961 | Non-fiction | Banned by censors of [[Francoist Spain]] for its negative depiction of the [[Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War)|Nationalist Faction]] during the Civil War, and its critique of the Franco regime.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/hugh-thomas-historian-whose-spanish-civil-war-was-smuggled-across-borders-dies-at-85/2017/05/13/b67f67a2-3722-11e7-b373-418f6849a004_story.html?noredirect=on |title=Hugh Thomas, historian whose 'Spanish Civil War' was smuggled across borders, dies at 85 |last= Schudel|first=Matt |date= 13 May 2017 |newspaper= The Washington Post |access-date= 19 August 2019}}</ref> |- | ''The Death of Lorca'' | [[Ian Gibson (author)|Ian Gibson]] | 1971 | Biography | Banned briefly in Spain.<ref>[http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=620741890&searchurl=nsa%3D1%26isbn%3D0140064737 Assassination of Federico Garcia Lorca: Gibson, Ian – AbeBooks – 9780140064735: Courtyard Books BA]. AbeBooks. Retrieved on 2010-05-09.</ref> |} ==Sri Lanka== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[The Satanic Verses]]'' (1988) | [[Salman Rushdie]] | 1988 | Novel | Banned for blasphemy against Islam.<ref name="bald-0816062692" /> |} ==Tanzania== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[The Satanic Verses]]'' (1988) | [[Salman Rushdie]] | 1988 | Novel | Banned for blasphemy against Islam.<ref name="bald-0816062692" /> |} ==Taiwan== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | Various works | [[Shen Congwen]] | 1902–1988 | Novels | "Denounced by the Communists and Nationalists alike, Mr. Shen saw his writings banned in Taiwan, while mainland China publishing houses burned his books and destroyed printing plates for his novels."<ref name="shencongwen">{{cite news |last=Gargan |first=Edward A. |date=May 13, 1988 |title=Shen Congwen, 85, a Champion of Freedom for Writers in China |newspaper=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/13/obituaries/shen-congwen-85-a-champion-of-freedom-for-writers-in-china.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=September 12, 2009}}</ref> |} ==Thailand== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[The Devil's Discus]]'' | [[Rayne Kruger]] | 1964 | Non-fiction | Banned in Thailand in 2006 for violating the country's lese-majesté rules through its discussion of the murder of Thailand's king in 1946.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=123|issue=Special<!--พิเศษ--> 23 ง|page=31|script-title=th:คำสั่งเจ้าพนักงานการพิมพ์ ที่ ๓/๒๕๔๙ เรื่อง ห้ามการขาย หรือจ่ายแจกและให้ยึดสิ่งพิมพ์|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2549/E/073/31.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119122016/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2549/E/073/31.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 19, 2012|date=June 27, 2006|language=th}}</ref>{{Explain|date=November 2016}} |- | ''[[The Satanic Verses]]'' (1988) | [[Salman Rushdie]] | 1988 | Novel | Banned for blasphemy against Islam.<ref name="bald-0816062692" /> |- | ''[[The King Never Smiles]]'' (2006) | Paul M. Handley | 2006 | Biography | Banned in Thailand for its criticism of King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]].<ref>Warrick-Alexander, James (February 6, 2006). Thailand Bars Univ. Website. Yale Daily News.</ref> |- | ''Rama X: The Thai Monarchy under King Vajiralongkorn'' (2006) | Pavin Chachavalpongpun | 2024 | Biography | Banned in Thailand for its criticism of King [[Vajiralongkorn]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Thailand Bans Book on King Before Publication |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/thailand-bans-book-on-king-before-publication/7213561.html |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=Voice of America |date=6 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref> |} == Uganda == {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Title !Author(s) !Year published !Type !Notes |- |''The Greedy Barbarian'' |[[Kakwenza Rukirabashaija]] |2020 |Novel |Satirical novel which describes high-level corruption in a fictional country.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-01-11 |title=Ugandan author of The Greedy Barbarian charged over Museveni tweets |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-59951890 |access-date=2025-05-16 |language=en-GB}}</ref> |- |From Third World to First |[[Lee Kuan Yew]] |2000 |Memoir | |- |Betrayed By My Leader |John Kazoora |2012 |Memoir |Kazoora provides insight into the events that led to the severance of ties with President Museveni and the National Resistance Movement<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=Our |date=2025-04-23 |title=How Maj Kazoora got betrayed by President Museveni |url=https://observer.ug/news/how-maj-kazoora-got-betrayed-by-president-museveni/ |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=The Observer |language=en-US}}</ref> |} == Ukraine == {{See also|Russian book ban in Ukraine}} ==United Arab Emirates== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[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.<ref name="karolides">Karolides</ref> |- |''[[Goat Days]]'' |[[Benyamin (writer)|Benyamin]] & Joseph Koyippally |2008 |Novel | |- |} == United Kingdom == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! width=170pt|Title ! width=120pt|Author(s) ! Year published !Year Banned !Year Unbanned ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[Areopagitica]]'' | [[John Milton]] | 1644 |1644 |1695 | Essay | Banned in the [[Kingdom of England]] for political reasons.<ref>Karolides et al., pp. 16–20</ref> |- |''[[Fanny Hill]]'' or ''Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure'' |[[John Cleland]] |1748 |1749 |1970 |Novel |Banned in the UK until after the Second World War.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Little |first=Becky |date=23 January 2019 |title=When the Supreme Court Had to Read an 18th-Century Erotic Novel |url=https://www.history.com/news/fanny-hill-banned-book-supreme-court-case |website=The History Channel}}</ref> |- | ''[[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]].<ref name=b2/> |- | ''Despised and Rejected'' | [[Rose Laure Allatini]] (under the pseudonym A. T. Fitzroy) | 1918 |1918 |1975<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.librarything.com/work/498137 |title=Despised and Rejected by A.T. Fitzroy}}</ref> | Novel | Banned under the UK's [[Defence of the Realm Act 1914|Defence of the Realm Act]] for criticizing Britain's involvement in [[World War I]], and for sympathetically depicting male [[homosexuality]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Angela K. Smith|title=The Second Battlefield: Women, Modernism and the First World War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_JR368KHzHMC&pg=PA155|year=2000|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-0-7190-5301-6|pages=155}}</ref> |- | ''[[Ulysses (novel)|Ulysses]]'' (1922) | [[James Joyce]] | 1922 | |1936 | Novel | Banned in the UK until 1936.<ref>{{cite book | last = McCourt | first = John | title = James Joyce: A Passionate Exile | page = 98 | publisher = Orion Books Ltd | year = 2000 | location = London | isbn = 0-7528-1829-5 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyguide.org/europe/lecture8.html |title=Lecture 8: The Age of Anxiety: Europe in the 1920s |last=Kreis |first=Steven |publisher=The History Guide |date=June 25, 2014 |access-date=April 9, 2015}}</ref> |- | ''[[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.<ref name="sovasexual"/> |- | ''[[The Well of Loneliness]]'' (1928) | [[Radclyffe Hall]] | 1928 |1928 |1949 | Novel | Banned in the UK in 1928 for its lesbian theme; republished in 1949.<ref>{{cite news | last = Smith | first = David | title = Lesbian novel was 'danger to nation' | work = The Observer | date = January 2, 2005 | url = http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1382051,00.html | access-date = 2006-10-09 | location=London}}</ref> |- | ''[[Boy (novel)|Boy]]'' | [[James Hanley (novelist)|James Hanley]] | 1931 |1934 |1992 | Novel | Prosecuted in 1934 after Hanley's publisher [[Boriswood]] lost a court case against a charge of [[obscenity]].<ref>John Fordham, ''James Hanley: Modernism and the Working Class'' Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2002, (p. 146)</ref> Reprinted in 1992 by [[Penguin Books]] and [[André Deutsch]]. |- | ''[[Lolita]]'' | [[Vladimir Nabokov]] | 1955 |1955 |1959<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-22|title=Emma Corrin is set to star in an adaptation of this previously banned book|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/books/fiction-books/banned-books-lady-chatterlys-lover-b1532073.html|access-date=2021-04-30|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref> | Novel | Banned for being "obscene".<ref name=time /> |- | ''[[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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/01/29/david-britton-maverick-published-last-novel-britain-banned-obscenity/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/01/29/david-britton-maverick-published-last-novel-britain-banned-obscenity/ |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=david Britton, maverick who published last novel in Britain to be banned for obscenity – obituary |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=29 January 2021|last1=Obituaries |first1=Telegraph }}{{cbignore}}</ref> |- | ''[[Spycatcher]]'' | [[Peter Wright (MI5 officer)|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.<ref name="Spycatcher_time_Zuckerman">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,965233,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930093808/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,965233,00.html |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |title=How Not to Silence a Spy |access-date=2008-01-20 |last=Zuckerman |first=Laurence |date=August 17, 1987 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |publisher=[[Time Warner]]}}</ref><ref name="Spycatcher_bbc2">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/23/newsid_2528000/2528695.stm 1987: Ban lifted on MI5 man's memoirs]. BBC News. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.</ref> |- | ''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.<ref>Nick Hubble, Philip Tew, Leigh Wilson, ''The 1990s: A Decade of Contemporary British Fiction'', Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015 {{ISBN|9781474242424}} (p. 127)</ref> |- | ''[[The Anarchist Cookbook]]'' | [[William Powell (author)|William Powell]] | 1971 |*Unknown* |*Unknown* | Instructional | Criminal due to containing information useful to terrorists.<ref name="jewish_times_2021-03-23">{{Cite web|url=https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/nazi-sympathiser-facing-jail-after-conviction-for-downloading-terror-manuals/ |title=Nazi sympathizer facing jail after conviction for downloading terror manuals |date=23 March 2021|website=Jewish News|language=en}}</ref><ref name="bbc_news-2021-03-23">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-56499185 |title=Maidenhead far-right sympathizer guilty of terrorism offences |date=23 March 2021|website=BBC News|language=en}}</ref> |- | ''Kill or Get Killed'' | Rex Applegate | 1976 |*Unknown* |*Unknown* | Instructional | Criminal due to containing information useful to terrorists.<ref name="jewish_times_2021-03-23" /><ref name="bbc_news-2021-03-23" /> |- | ''Put 'Em Down. Take 'Em Out. Knife Fighting Techniques From Folsom Prison'' | Don Pentecost |*Unknown* |*Unknown* |*Unknown* | Instructional | Criminal due to containing information useful to terrorists.<ref name="jewish_times_2021-03-23" /><ref name="bbc_news-2021-03-23" /> |} ==United States== {{See also|Book censorship in the United States|Book banning in the United States (2021–present)}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year Published ! Year Unbanned ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[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.<ref name=b2/> |- | ''[[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''.<ref name="caselaw.lp.findlaw.com">{{Citation | url = http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?friend=nytimes&navby=case&court=us&vol=360&invol=684 | title = Kingsley Pictures Corp. v. Regents, 360 U.S. 684 | date=29 June 1959 | publisher = Find law}}.</ref><ref name="The Day Obscenity Became Art">{{cite news|last1=Kaplan|first1=Fred|title=The Day Obscenity Became Art|newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 21, 2009 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/opinion/21kaplan.html|agency=The New York Times|access-date=19 December 2020}}</ref><ref name=b2/> |- | ''[[The Meritorious Price of Our Redemption]]'' (1650) | [[William Pynchon]] | 1650 | *Unknown* | 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]].<ref>[http://www.onlinesociologydegree.net/resources/banned-books/ Banned Books {{!}} Online Sociology Degree News and Information]. Onlinesociologydegree.net. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.</ref> |- | ''[[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''.<ref name="caselaw.lp.findlaw.com"/><ref name="The Day Obscenity Became Art"/><ref name="upenn2">{{Cite web|url=http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/banned-books.html|title=Banned Books Online|website=onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu}}</ref> |- | ''[[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''.<ref name="caselaw.lp.findlaw.com"/><ref name="The Day Obscenity Became Art"/><ref name="isbn0-8352-1078-2" /> 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''.<ref name="caselaw.lp.findlaw.com"/><ref name="The Day Obscenity Became Art"/><ref name=b2>{{cite web|url=http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/banned-books.html|title=Banned Books Online|work=Penn University}}</ref> |- | ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]'' (1852) | [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]] | 1852 | 1865 | Novel | Banned in the [[Confederate States]] during the Civil War because of its [[Abolitionism in the United States|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''.<ref name="caselaw.lp.findlaw.com"/><ref name="The Day Obscenity Became Art"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bu.edu/library/guide/boston/banned/ |title="Banned in Boston": selected sources. |publisher=Boston University Libraries |access-date=April 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424025925/http://www.bu.edu/library/guide/boston/banned/ |archive-date=April 24, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/the-censorship-crusade-a-story-for-banned-books-week |title=The Censorship Crusade: A Story For Banned Books Week |publisher=Americans United for Separation of Church and State |last=Boston |first=Rob |date=September 22, 2014 |access-date=April 9, 2015}}</ref> |- | ''[[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.{{clarify|date=May 2020}}<ref name="sovasexual"/> |- | ''[[Tropic of Cancer (novel)|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.<ref name="findarticles2004"><!--{{cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4489463/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040310035833/http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4489463/ |archive-date=March 10, 2004 |title=From Henry Miller to Howard Stern |date=March 9, 2004 }} (link dead) -->[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmnew/is_200403/ai_kepm405643 From Henry Miller to Howard Stern] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823160509/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmnew/is_200403/ai_kepm405643|date=August 23, 2014}}, by [[Patti Davis]], [[Newsweek]], March 2004</ref> Also banned in South Africa until the late 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 27, 1986|title=S. Africa Lifts Ban on Miller's Bawdy 'Tropic of Cancer'|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-04-27-mn-24116-story.html|access-date=April 28, 2021|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> |- | ''[[The Grapes of Wrath]]'' (1939) | [[John Steinbeck]] | 1939 | *Unknown* | 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.<ref>Karolides et al., pp. 57–71</ref> |- | ''[[Forever Amber (novel)|Forever Amber]]'' (1944) | [[Kathleen Winsor]] | 1944 | *Unknown* | Novel | Banned in fourteen states in the US. Ban was lifted by an appeals court judge.<ref name="Forever Amber independent.co.uk" /><ref name="Forever Amber naa.gov.au" /> |- | ''[[Memoirs of Hecate County]]'' (1946) | [[Edmund Wilson]] | 1946 | 1959 | Novel | Banned in the state of New York by the Supreme Court.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Janeway|first=Elizabeth|date=January 3, 1960|title=In Earthquake Country|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/97/11/23/home/wilson-hecate.html|access-date=April 28, 2021|website=The New York Times On The Web}}</ref> |- | ''[[Howl (poem)|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.<ref>{{cite book | last = Morgan | first = Bill |author2=Nancy Joyce Peters | title = Howl on trial: the battle for free expression | publisher = City Lights Books | year = 2006 | location = San Francisco | pages = 2–3 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=NXBfQdfp4CIC&pg=PA2 | isbn = 978-0-87286-479-5}}</ref> |- | ''[[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]].<ref name="autogenerated2006">[http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/03/01/features/beats.php Search – Global Edition – The New York Times]. International Herald Tribune (March 29, 2009). Retrieved on 2012-01-21.</ref> |- | ''[[Pedagogy of the Oppressed]]'' | [[Paulo Freire]] | 1968 | Never illegal | Educative Theory | Banned in [[Tucson Unified School District|Tucson, Arizona public schools]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-01-21 |title=Banning Books in Tucson |url=https://consortiumnews.com/2012/01/21/banning-books-in-tucson/ |access-date=2023-08-23 |language=en-US}}</ref> |- | ''[[Pentagon Papers|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 [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]] attempted to suspend publication of classified information. The restraint was lifted by the US Supreme Court in a 6–3 decision.<ref name="autogenerated2001">{{cite web | last1 = Prados | first1 = John | last2 = Meadows |first2 = Eddie | last3 = Burr |first3 = William | last4 = Evans |first4 = Michael | title = The Pentagon Papers: Secrets, Lies, and Audiotapes | work = The National Security Archive | publisher = The George Washington University | date = June 5, 2001 | url =http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB48/ | access-date = November 17, 2009}}</ref> See also ''[[New York Times Co. v. United States]]''. |- | ''[[Irwin Schiff#Case regarding The Federal Mafia|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 {{usc|26|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.<ref name="autogenerated2007">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."</ref> |- | ''[[Operation Dark Heart]]'' (2010) – {{abbr|oop|out of print}} | Army Reserve Lt. Col. [[Anthony Shaffer (intelligence officer)|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 [[United States Department of Defense|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]],<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Macmillan |title=Macmillan: Operation Dark Heart |url=http://us.macmillan.com/operationdarkheart |access-date=2010-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100929020539/http://us.macmillan.com/operationdarkheart |archive-date=September 29, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> in conjunction with the DoD created a second, redacted edition; which contains blacked out words, lines, paragraphs, and portions of the index.<ref name="singh1">{{cite news |first=Tejinder |last=Singh |agency=AHN |title=Pentagon Confirms Destruction of 9,500 Copies of Book Containing 'Intelligence Secrets' |date=September 28, 2010 |url=http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7020038336?Pentagon%20Confirms%20Destruction%20Of%209,500%20Copies%20Of%20Book%20Containing%20'Intelligence%20Secrets' |access-date=September 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119015732/http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7020038336?Pentagon%20Confirms%20Destruction%20Of%209,500%20Copies%20Of%20Book%20Containing%20'Intelligence%20Secrets' |archive-date=January 19, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> |} ==Uruguay== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[The Open Veins of Latin America]]'' | [[Eduardo Galeano]] | 1971 | Non-fiction | |- |} ==Uzbekistan== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | Works | [[Hamid Ismailov]] | – | Novels, poems, journalist writing | Author in exile since 1994 and all his works are banned for being critical of the government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/books/hamid-ismailov-is-still-connected-to-uzbek-culture-despite-exile-from-his-homeland-1.940696|title=Hamid Ismailov is still connected to 'Uzbek culture' despite exile from his homeland|website=The National|date=November 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/17/uzbekistan-writer-hamid-ismailov-exile|title=Uzbekistan's unmentionable writer|first1=Hamid|last1=Ismailov|first2=Vicky|last2=Baker|newspaper=The Guardian |date=June 17, 2015|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/novelist-hamid-ismailov-storytelling-social-media-censorship|title=Novelist Hamid Ismailov on storytelling, social media and censorship | British Council|website=www.britishcouncil.org}}</ref> |} ==Vietnam== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''[[Animal Farm]]'' | [[George Orwell]] | 1945 | Political commentary | Vietnamese translations are banned<ref>{{cite news |title=Cuốn '1984' có thể in ở VN hay không? |url=https://www.bbc.com/vietnamese/vietnam-38928186 |access-date=April 29, 2024 |work=BBC News Tiếng Việt |date=February 10, 2017 |language=vi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kính |first1=Hòa |title=Chuyện Súc vật và Chuyện kiểm duyệt |url=https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/in_depth/animl-farm-n-censo-03152013064431.html?ref=luatkhoa.com |access-date=April 29, 2024 |work=Radio Free Asia Tiếng Việt |date=March 15, 2013}}</ref> on the grounds of "promoting false socialism ideology" <ref>{{cite news |last1=Trúc |first1=Vân |title=Những cuốn sách gây bức xúc của Nhã Nam |url=https://petrotimes.vn/nhung-cuon-sach-gay-buc-xuc-cua-nha-nam-102061.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414222624/https://petrotimes.vn/nhung-cuon-sach-gay-buc-xuc-cua-nha-nam-102061.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2021-04-14 |access-date=April 29, 2024 |work=PetrolTimes |date=April 25, 2013}}</ref> |- |- | ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' | [[George Orwell]] | 1949 | Political novella | The book was unable to get certification for publication thus making it banned in Vietnam <ref>{{cite news |title=Cuốn '1984' có thể in ở VN hay không? |url=https://www.bbc.com/vietnamese/vietnam-38928186 |access-date=April 29, 2024 |work=BBC News Tiếng Việt |date=February 10, 2017 |language=vi}}</ref> |- | ''Mourning Headband for Hue: An Account of the Battle for Hue, Vietnam 1968 (Một lần nhân vật Mậu Thân trong “Giải Khăn Sô Cho Huế")'' | [[Nhã Ca]] | 1969 | Non-fiction | The book was banned for its criticism of the actions of the national liberation front and for acknowledging the [[Massacre at Huế|1968 Huế massacre]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bình |first1=Khuê |title=Nhà văn Nhã Ca: Huế 1968 - thảm khốc và hy vọng |url=https://www.bbc.com/vietnamese/vietnam-43198297 |access-date=25 April 2025 |work=BBC News Tiếng Việt |language=vi}}</ref> |- | ''[[Paradise of the Blind]]'' | [[Dương Thu Hương]] | 1988 | Novel, Literary fiction | Banned in Vietnam for criticism on the political party in control.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rutherford |first1=Harry |title=Paradise of the Blind by Duong Thu Huong – Heraclitean Fire |url=https://heracliteanfire.net/2010/06/26/paradise-of-the-blind-by-duong-thu-huog/ |website=heracliteanfire.net |access-date=May 3, 2024}}</ref> |- | ''No Man's Land'' | [[Dương Thu Hương]] | 2005 | Novel, Literary fiction | Banned in Vietnam for criticism of the Vietnamese Communist Party.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Drie |first1=Karen Van |title=International Banned Book: No Man's Land by Duong Thu Huong |url=https://glli-us.org/2018/02/22/international-banned-book-no-mans-land-by-duong-thu-huong/ |website=Global Literature in Libraries Initiative |access-date=May 3, 2024 |language=en |date=22 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Allen |first1=Esther |title=Duong Thu Huong. No Man's Land. |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA151763902&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=01963570&p=LitRC&sw=w&userGroupName=anon%7E4d958bb3&aty=open-web-entry |website=World Literature Today |access-date=May 3, 2024 |pages=58–62 |language=English |date=1 September 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Sullivan |first1=Micheal |title='No Man's Land:' Love, Loss in Vietnam |url=https://www.npr.org/2005/11/05/4990877/no-mans-land-love-loss-in-vietnam |website=NPR |access-date=May 3, 2024}}</ref> |- |- | ''Politics for Everyone (Chính Trị Bình Dân)'' | [[Phạm Đoan Trang]] | 2017 | Non-fiction | Banned in Vietnam on the grounds of political sensitivity.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chính trị bình dân hay nhạy cảm chính trị? |url=https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/in_depth/ordinary-politic-vs-political-sensitivity-02132018134420.html |access-date=April 29, 2024 |agency=Radio Free Asia Tiếng Việt |date=February 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Richard |first1=Finney |title=Vietnamese Dissident Questioned Over Banned Books |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam/books-05232018144944.html |access-date=April 29, 2024 |agency=Radio Free Asia |date=May 23, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Richard |first1=Finney |title=Taxi Driver in Vietnam Goes Into Hiding After Delivering Banned Books |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam/hiding-12062019143941.html |access-date=April 29, 2024 |date=December 6, 2019}}</ref> |- | ''[[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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Anh |first1=Tuấn |title=Ủy ban Kiểm tra Trung ương: Vi phạm, khuyết điểm của đồng chí Chu Hảo rất nghiêm trọng |url=https://suckhoedoisong.vn/uy-ban-kiem-tra-trung-uong-vi-pham-khuyet-diem-cua-dong-chi-chu-hao-rat-nghiem-trong-169150371.htm |access-date=24 May 2024 |work=Sức Khỏe Đời Sống |date=7 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207085703/https://suckhoedoisong.vn/uy-ban-kiem-tra-trung-uong-vi-pham-khuyet-diem-cua-dong-chi-chu-hao-rat-nghiem-trong-169150371.htm |archive-date=December 7, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Vi |first1=Yên |title=Nghe Hayek đả phá chủ nghĩa xã hội trong "Đường về nô lệ" |url=https://www.luatkhoa.com/2018/04/nghe-hayek-da-pha-chu-nghia-xa-hoi-trong-duong-ve-no-le/ |website=Luật Khoa tạp chí |language=en |date=7 April 2018}}</ref> |- |- | ''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"<ref>{{cite news |title=Nhà văn Bùi Ngọc Tấn qua đời |url=https://www.bbc.com/vietnamese/vietnam/2014/12/141218_buingoctan |access-date=24 May 2024 |work=BBC News Tiếng Việt |date=18 December 2014 |language=vi}}</ref> The book was banned with all copies ordered to be destroyed following the Decision No. 395 Regulation of the then [[Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Vietnam)|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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lê |first1=Dân |title=Liệu "Truyện Kể Năm 2000" có được tái xuất bản? |url=https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/in_depth/Banned_novel_A_tale_of_Year2000_LDan-20060201.html |access-date=24 May 2024 |work=Radio Free Asia Vietnamese |date=1 Feb 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Thụy |first1=Khuê |title=THUY KHUE - SONG TU TRUONG 2 |url=http://chimviet.free.fr/tacpham1/stt2/BNTAN.html |website=chimviet.free.fr |access-date=24 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lê |first1=Anh Hùng |title=Chuyện kể năm 2000 bị thu hồi và tiêu huỷ: âm mưu kim tiền của an ninh VN? |url=https://www.voatiengviet.com/a/chuyen-ke-nam-2000-bi-thu-hoi-va-tieu-huy-am-muu-kim-tien-cua-an-ninh-vn/3485291.html |access-date=24 May 2024 |work=Voice of America |date=30 August 2016 |language=vi}}</ref> |- | ''The Winning Side (Bên Thắng Cuộc)'' | [[Huy Duc|Huy Đức]] | 2012 | Non-fiction | 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nguyễn |first1=Mạnh Trinh |title=Đọc 'Bên Thắng Cuộc' của Huy Đức |url=https://www.voatiengviet.com/a/doc-ben-thang-cuoc-cua-huy-duc/1580104.html |access-date=26 May 2024 |work=Voice of America |date=9 January 2013 |language=vi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Lê |first1=Long |title=Huy Duc's The Winning Side: 'old wine in a new bottle'? |url=https://dvan.org/2013/06/huy-ducs-the-winning-side-old-wine-in-a-new-bottle/ |website=DVAN |access-date=26 May 2024 |date=24 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Winning Side |url=https://cultural-library.seafn.org/blog/the-winning-side/ |website=SEAFN Cultural Library |access-date=26 May 2024 |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Zinoman |first1=Peter |title=The Winning Side (Bên Thắng Cuộc) |url=https://www.newmandala.org/book-review/winning-side-ben-thang-cuoc/ |website=New Mandala |access-date=26 May 2024 |language=en-AU}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Phan |first1=Tất |last2=Hoàng |first2=Cơ |title=Trao đổi về "Bên thắng cuộc" – sự ngộ nhận cố ý - Báo Lâm Đồng điện tử (Archived) |url=http://baolamdong.vn/vhnt/201302/Trao-doi-ve-Ben-thang-cuoc-su-ngo-nhan-co-y-2222800/ |access-date=26 May 2024 |agency=Báo Lâm Đồng |date=1 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301031423/http://baolamdong.vn/vhnt/201302/Trao-doi-ve-Ben-thang-cuoc-su-ngo-nhan-co-y-2222800/ |archive-date=March 1, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Lãnh đạo VN nên đọc 'Bên Thắng Cuộc'? - BBC Vietnamese - Việt Nam |url=https://www.bbc.com/vietnamese/vietnam/2012/12/121220_binh_luan_ve_ben_thang_cuoc |access-date=26 May 2024 |work=www.bbc.com |language=vi}}</ref> |- | ''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"<ref group=Note name=Note01/> by the government.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dương |first1=Cầm |title='Một cơn gió bụi' của Trần Trọng Kim bị thu hồi - Xuất bản - ZINGNEWS.VN |url=https://znews.vn/mot-con-gio-bui-cua-tran-trong-kim-bi-thu-hoi-post758032.html |website=Zing News |access-date=17 June 2024 |date=25 November 2020|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125003908/https://zingnews.vn/mot-con-gio-bui-cua-tran-trong-kim-bi-thu-hoi-post758032.html |archive-date=November 25, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Trí |first1=Dân |title=Cuốn sách "Một cơn gió bụi" bị thu hồi gây tranh cãi? |url=https://dantri.com.vn/van-hoa/cuon-sach-mot-con-gio-bui-bi-thu-hoi-gay-tranh-cai-20170627155546444.htm |access-date=17 June 2024 |work=Báo điện tử Dân Trí |date=27 June 2017 |language=vi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Tuyết |first1=Tròn |title=5 cuốn sách cấm nên đọc một lần trong đời |url=https://www.luatkhoa.com/2021/12/5-cuon-sach-cam-nen-doc-mot-lan-trong-doi/ |website=Luật Khoa tạp chí |access-date=26 May 2024 |language=en |date=7 December 2021}}</ref> |- |} {{reflist|group=Note|refs= <ref name=Note01>Historical characters deemed "controversial" by the Communist Party of Vietnam tend to be those who are affiliated with the [[State of Vietnam]]</ref> }} ==Yugoslavia== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Title ! Author(s) ! Year published ! Type ! Notes |- | ''The Nickel-Plated-Feet Gang During the Occupation''<br />(''Les Pieds nickelés dans le maquis'')<!-- Tri ugursuza za vreme okupacije --> | Successors of Louis Forton | 1879–1934 | Comic book | Banned in [[Democratic Federal Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] by court order in 1945.<ref name="Krivicna estetika 32"/> |- | ''About a Silence in Literature''<!-- O jednom ćutanju u književnosti --> | Živorad Stojković | | Essay | Banned in Yugoslavia by court order in 1951.<ref name="Krivicna estetika 32">{{cite news |author=Marinko Arsić Ivkov |title=Krivična estetika (32) |url=http://www.dnevnik.rs/arhiva/23-06-2002/Strane/feljton.htm |work=[[Dnevnik (Novi Sad)|Dnevnik]] |location=[[Novi Sad]] |date=June 23, 2002 |access-date=April 25, 2009 |language=sr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405234304/http://www.dnevnik.rs/arhiva/23-06-2002/Strane/feljton.htm |archive-date=April 5, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=January 2019}} |- | ''[[The New Class: An Analysis of the Communist System]]''<!-- Nova klasa --> (1957) | [[Milovan Đilas]] | 1957 | | Banned in [[Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] by court order in 1957; author sentenced for enemy propaganda to seven years in prison, prolonged to 13 years in 1962.<ref name="Krivicna estetika 33"/> |- | ''Curved River''<!-- Krivudava reka --> | [[Živojin Pavlović]] | 1963 | Story collection | In 1963 in [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] withdrawn by the publisher (Nolit) at request of [[UDBA|SDB]] officials.<ref name="Krivicna estetika 33">{{cite news|author=Marinko Arsić Ivkov |title=Krivična estetika (33) |url=http://www.dnevnik.rs/arhiva/24-06-2002/Strane/feljton.htm |work=[[Dnevnik (Novi Sad)|Dnevnik]] |location=[[Novi Sad]] |date=June 24, 2002 |access-date=April 25, 2009 |language=sr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405234327/http://www.dnevnik.rs/arhiva/24-06-2002/Strane/feljton.htm |archive-date=April 5, 2012 }}</ref> |- | ''Dictionary of Modern Serbo-Croatian Language''<!-- Rečnik savremenog srpskohrvatskog jezika --> | Miloš Moskovljević | | Dictionary | Banned in [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] by court order in 1966, at request of Mirko Tepavac, because "some definitions can cause disturbance among citizens".<ref name="Krivicna estetika 33"/> |- | ''A Message to Man and Humanity''<!-- Poruka čoveku i čovečanstvu --> | Aleksandar Cvetković | | | Banned in [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] by court order in 1967 for "false and wicked claims, and enemy propaganda that supports pro-Chinese politics".<ref name="Krivicna estetika 33"/> |- | ''On Fierce Wound – Fierce Herb''<!-- Na ljutu ranu ljutu travu --> | Ratko Zakić | | | Withdrawn from sales and destroyed after the decision of the [[League of Communists of Yugoslavia|Municipal Committee of the League of Communists of Kraljevo]] in [[Kraljevo]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] in 1967.<ref name="Krivicna estetika 33"/> |- | ''Thoughts of a Corpse''<!-- Razmišljanja jednog leša --> | [[Prvoslav Vujčić]] | | Poems | Banned in [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] by court order in 1983; republished in 2004.<ref name="Krivicna estetika 32"/> |- | ''Storytellers II''<!-- Pripovedači II --> | Boško Novaković | | Short stories | Withdrawn from print in [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] in 1964 because it contained stories by [[Dragiša Vasić]].<ref name="Krivicna estetika 33"/> |- | ''Castration of the Wind''<!-- Kastriranje vetra --> | [[Prvoslav Vujčić]] | | Poems | Written in [[Tuzla]] prison in 1984. Banned in [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] by court order in 1984; republished in 2005.<ref name="Krivicna estetika 32"/> |} ==See also== {{Portal|Freedom of speech|Books|Politics}} * [[Censorship by country]] * [[Criticism of Amazon]] * ''[[Areopagitica]]: A speech of Mr John Milton for the liberty of unlicensed printing to the Parliament of England'' * [[Banned Books Museum]] * [[Book burning]] * [[Burning of books and burying of scholars]] * [[Internet censorship]] * [[Challenge (literature)]] * [[International Freedom of Expression Exchange]] * [[Index Librorum Prohibitorum]] * [[List of authors and works on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum|List of authors and works on the ''Index Librorum Prohibitorum'']] * [[List of banned films]] * [[List of banned video games]] * [[List of book burning incidents]] * [[Television censorship]] ==References== {{reflist|35em}} ==Further reading== * ''Banned Books'', 4 volumes, [[Facts on File]] Library of World Literature, 2006. ** ''Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds'' {{ISBN|0-8160-6270-6}} ** ''Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds'' {{ISBN|0-8160-6269-2}} ** ''Literature Suppressed on Sexual Grounds'' {{ISBN|0-8160-6272-2}} ** ''Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds'' {{ISBN|0-8160-6271-4}} * ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ez5O3iSAhssC Academic freedom in Indonesia]'', Human Rights Watch, 1998 * ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=kvYmkcILrysC Paying the price: freedom of expression in Turkey]'', Lois Whitman, Thomas Froncek, Helsinki Watch, 1989 * {{cite book | last = Karolides | first = Nicholas J. | title = Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds | publisher = Facts on File, Inc. | year = 2006 | location = New York, NY | isbn = 0-8160-6270-6 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/literaturesuppre0000karo }} * {{cite book | last = Darnton | first = Robert | title = The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France | publisher = W. W. Norton & Co. | year = 1996 | location = New York, NY | isbn = 0393314421 }} ==External links== * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20030524044742/http://www.beaconforfreedom.org/ Beacon For Freedom of Expression]}} * [http://www.theliteraturepolice.com/ The Literature Police: Apartheid Censorship and its Cultural Consequences] * [http://www.classificationoffice.govt.nz/ New Zealand Office of Film & Literature Classification] * [https://www.classification.gov.au/ Australia classification board] * [http://www.banned-books.org.uk/ UK libraries "Banned books 2011" challenging censorship in literature] * ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20180801205009/http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/censorship/bannedbooksthatshapedamerica Banned Books That Shaped America]'' * [http://bannedbooks.indiana.edu/ Banned Books and Prints in Europe and the United States, 17th–20th Centuries] {{censorship}} {{Law country lists}} {{Books}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Banned Books}} [[Category:Freedom of expression]] [[Category:Lists of prohibited books]] [[Category:Lists of controversial books]] [[Category:Human rights-related lists]] [[Category:Government-related lists]] [[Category:Blacklisting]]
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