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"

Wake Now in the Fire: A Graphic Novel
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
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
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
21 books — 24 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 — 29 voters
The Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Controversial Books I Have Read
98 books — 22 voters


Philip Pullman
Everybody has the right to form their own opinion and read what they like and come to their own conclusion about it... I trust the reader.
Philip Pullman

Mildred D. Taylor
Although there are those who wish to ban my books because I have used language that is painful, I have chosen to use the language that was spoken during the period, for I refuse to whitewash history. The language was painful and life was painful for many African Americans, including my family. I remember the pain.
Mildred D. Taylor, The Land

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