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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Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future
The CIA Book Club: The Secret Mission to Win the Cold War with Forbidden Literature
One of the Boys
Dear Manny (Dear Martin, #3)
Ponyboy
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
Answers in the Pages
Wake Now in the Fire: A Graphic Novel
Stamped from the Beginning [Graphic Edition]: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America
The Story of My Anger
No Rules Tonight: A Graphic Novel
Obie Is Man Enough
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy
Different Kinds of Fruit
Banned Books: The World's Most Controversial Books, Past and Present
To Kill a Mockingbird
1984
The Handmaid's Tale
Fahrenheit 451
The Catcher in the Rye
Animal Farm
The Bluest Eye
Brave New World
Of Mice and Men
Lord of the Flies
The Color Purple
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Giver (Giver, #1)
Beloved
The Kite Runner
When Harry Became Sally by Ryan T. AndersonCapitalism on a Ventilator by Lee Siu HinThe Courage to Face Covid-19 by John LeakeThe Wolf Tamers by David SinclairHub by Matt Shaw
Books Banned on Amazon
22 books — 25 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Stories For Book Lovers
8,502 books — 9,026 voters

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueBambi by Felix SaltenThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Books Banned by Nazis
102 books — 32 voters
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Livros Censurados ou Proibidos
33 books — 5 voters



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

Judy Blume
Something will be offensive to someone in every book, so you've got to fight it. ...more
Judy Blume

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