Banned Books

A banned book is one that has been removed from the shelves of a library, bookstore, or classroom because of its controversial content. In some cases, banned books of the past have been burned and/or refused publication. Possession of banned books has at times been regarded as an act of treason or heresy, which was punishable by death, torture, prison time, or other acts of retribution.

Since there is a large number of banned books, some publishers have specialized in them.

Books are still banned in the 2010s. Nowhere in the world can everything be published, although the prohibitions vary str
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New Releases Tagged "Banned Books"

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The CIA Book Club: The Secret Mission to Win the Cold War with Forbidden Literature
Wake Now in the Fire: A Graphic Novel
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
Attack of the Black Rectangles
The Story of My Anger
Dear Manny
The Kindest Red (The Proudest Blue #2)
Ponyboy
Jacob's School Play: Starring He, She, and They (Jacob Stories)
Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race
Ab(solutely) Normal: Short Stories That Smash Mental Health Stereotypes
Banned Books, Burned Books: Forbidden Literary Works
The Artivist
Different Kinds of Fruit
To Kill a Mockingbird
1984
The Handmaid's Tale
Fahrenheit 451
The Catcher in the Rye
Animal Farm
The Bluest Eye
Of Mice and Men
Brave New World
Lord of the Flies
The Color Purple
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
Beloved
The Hate U Give
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. Rowling1984 by George Orwell
Books that Should Not be Banned
50 books — 82 voters
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Banned Book Week
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Steven Magee
Electricity should not be banned, it just needs much better government regulation and understanding by the medical profession of the full range of toxicity that it presents to the human.
Steven Magee

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
I hate it that Americans are taught to fear some books and some ideas as though they were diseases.
Kurt Vonnegut

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