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| Many societies have banned certain ]s. This is a partial '''list of books which have been banned''' by some organization at some place and time. | |||
| Various ] have been banned (and sometimes ]) at several points in history. The ], ] and the ] have all been subjected to ] and have been banned in various cities and countries. In ] the ] created a program that lasted until ] to deal with dissenting printed opinion; it was called the '']''. Over the years many books based on the scriptures have also been banned, such as ]'s '']'', which was banned in Russia for being ]. | |||
| Books that deal with criminal matter have also been subjected to ]. Small-press titles that have become infamous by being banned include ''],'' ''],'' and ''].'' | |||
| In the four-volume series ''Banned Books'' published by ] in ], the volumes were divided by grounds for banning: political, religious, sexual and social. The first three are often cited together as ] in ] conversation. | |||
| Notably, children's books that deal with death or other ] or various crimes, often find themselves banned, perhaps because of parental worries about ] or ] crimes. Many publications are targeted on the premise that children would be corrupted by reading them. This fear led to the creation of the ] in 1954. | |||
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| == Banning documentation == | |||
| '''ALA_2000''' is used to denote books that appear on the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–2000 list of the American Library Association () in order to save effort in documenting the bannings. They also list , which are noted as ALA_Radcliffe. | |||
| '''ST''': Subtitle (usually added if it helps the reader to recognize why book was banned) | |||
| '''ISBN''' provided if no other encyclopedic information is yet available. | |||
| The U.S. Customs office has a history of banning books, more so in the early part of the 20th century | |||
| See the Karolides volumes below for extensive lists of banned books. | |||
| Almost any "Young adult" or "Children's book" author runs the risk of being banned if "adult" themes or themes that are not strictly optimistic and mainstream are included in the storyline. | |||
| == A-B == | |||
| * '']'' by ] was banned after publication in 1885 by the Concord Public Library on grounds of it being "more suited to the slums than to intelligent, respectable people." More recently its portrayal of race (including the use of the word ]) has seen many efforts to remove it from school reading lists in the ].<ref></ref> ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] was banned from the children's section of the Brooklyn, New York public library in 1876, the Denver, Colorado public library in the same year, and was banned by some libraries in the USA due to objections to the "questionable character" of the main character and ].<ref></ref> It was banned by the ]ian Government in 1937 as part of a crack down on ] and subversive works.<ref>], ], ] ()</ref> ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] was banned in the ] for blasphemy due to its arguments in favour of ] and against ]. Booksellers and publishers were prosecuted for disseminating it. <ref> and </ref> | |||
| * '']'' by ] was banned in ] in 1931 because the animals used the human language. | |||
| * The ] by ] have been banned or challenged in various American school libraries due to their sexually explicit content. <ref></ref> ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] was banned in ] and was among the titles set for public burning in 1933. <ref></ref> | |||
| * '']'' by ] was banned in school districts including ] (where it was the first book banned) due to its graphic but realistic depiction of life in a street gang. <ref></ref> ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] was among the ]'s list of the most banned books due to its descriptions of violence against women. Also the American ] urged members to boycott the book and attempts were made to ban it in ] due to suspected ] crimes. <ref>, and </ref> ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] was banned in places such as Boston as it "tended to corrupt the morals of youth." <ref></ref> | |||
| * '']'' by ] and the writers of ] was banned by a ] library due to it containing images of ]s' faces on naked bodies. The ban was overturned after only a day due to public outcry. This ban also helped to propel the books sales. <ref></ref> | |||
| * '']'' by ] which contains instructions for manufacturing explosives and telephone hacking devices was among the ALA's list of the 100 most banned books. <ref></ref> ALA_2000 | |||
| * ''The ] series'' by ] is frequently the subject of banning attempts from school libraries who are concerned that the content is not suitable for children. <ref></ref> ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] was banned due to obscenity. <ref></ref> | |||
| * '']'' by ] was banned in the ] for anti-] themes, in some ]ic nations for "religious reasons". It was also banned in the ] for communist material in its introduction, although the book itself was a vicious satire on ]. <ref></ref> | |||
| * '']'' by ] has been banned or challenged for various reasons including being "a real downer." <ref></ref> | |||
| * '']'' by ] was banned and copies burned due to its depiction of two young girls falling in love. <ref></ref> ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] was banned from some schools who considered it pornographic. <ref></ref> | |||
| * '']'' by ] was attacked by the ] due to its vulgarity and comments on ethnic groups. <ref></ref> | |||
| * '']'' by ] was burned in ] in 1497. The author was also banished from ] by ] due to the book's subversion of moral reforms. <ref></ref> | |||
| * '']'' has been frequently banned in Arab countries, the most recent being in ] in 1989. <ref></ref> | |||
| * '']'' by ] was banned in some schools due to its characters' discussion of menstruation and breast development and its perceived anti-] themes. ] is also known as "The most banned author in the U.S.A". <ref> and </ref> ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ], a polemic in defence of ] was published without licence in England and condemned by Parliament. <ref></ref> | |||
| * '']'' by ] featured adult themes and homosexual characters. It was listed among the hundred most banned books by the ALA. <ref> and </ref> ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] was banned as it promoted values that some parents disapproved of and considered unsuitable for their children. <ref></ref> ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] was banned from a school in ] (and the teacher who taught it dismissed) for using racist language, although the message of the book itself is resolutely anti-racist. <ref></ref> ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] is one of the ALA's hundred most banned books, for "social reasons." <ref> and </ref> | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] ST: Or the Cattlemen's Invasion of Wyoming in 1892 (The Crowning Infamy of the Ages). It had many copies destroyed on publication due to its eyewitness accounts of illegal activities and the actions of official forces. <ref></ref> | |||
| * '']'' by ] has been challenged for sexual material and condoning an obscene point of view. <ref></ref> | |||
| * '']'' by ] has been challenged for its language. <ref></ref> ALA_2000 | |||
| * ''] and all other books by ] are often banned; ] for sample was forced to take the books out of the shelves | |||
| * '']'' by ] was banned in ] due to the use of the word 'black' in the title. <ref></ref> | |||
| * '']'' by ] was banned in American schools in the seventies for "obscenity" and "instigating hatred between the races." <ref></ref> | |||
| * '']'' by ] was banned for its portrayal of racial tension. <ref></ref> | |||
| * '']'' by ] was banned for profanity and ] content. <ref></ref> ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] is frequently challenged for being sexually explicit <ref></ref> | |||
| * '']'' by ] was banned on religious grounds <ref></ref> | |||
| * '']'' by ] Banned for language. Also, the antagonist is never punished. ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] was banned due to its explicit sexual content. <ref></ref> ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] was challenged in Nashville due to a scene in which a hammer is inserted into a character's rectum. <ref></ref> ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] teen-aged homoerotica | |||
| * '']'' by ] was banned in ] in 1932 for "centering around negative activity". It's also banned for language. Some saw this book as anti-family and anti-Christian. ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] ISBN 0440412862 ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] ISBN 0140055932 banned after the Soweto uprising. | |||
| == C-D == | |||
| * '']'' by ] was banned in ] in 1929 and also in Yugoslavia in 1929. | |||
| * '']'' by ] In 1918, the US War Department told the American Library Association to remove a number of pacifist and "disturbing" books, including Ambrose Bierce's Can Such Things Be? from camp libraries. | |||
| * '']'' by ] 1930, U.S. Customs seized Harvard-bound copies of Candide. | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned for risque subject matter.) | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] See Karolides "political" list. | |||
| * ''] by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned for profanity, sexual references, and that it "undermines morality." Also called blasphemous by some.) ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] was banned from a reference collection at the Boulder, Colorado public library for "espousing a poor philosophy of life." | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Formerly banned in Mexico for political reasons.) | |||
| * ''] by ] blasphemy | |||
| * '']'' by ] was banned in ] for political content. | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned for language.) ALA_2000 | |||
| *''The Christian Commonwealth'' by ] was banned and ordered destroyed by the General Court of Massachusetts, May 22, 1661. | |||
| * ''] by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] target of successful banning efforts by Joseph McCarthy | |||
| * '']'' by ] was banned from the Cascade Middle School library at Eugene, Oregon in 1992 for "hardcore graphic sexual content". | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned from schools for language.) | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] and ] (Banned for political reasons) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Formerly banned in the USA on grounds of obscenity and criticisms of Christianity, especially Protestantism.) | |||
| * '']'' by ] ISBN 0064405710 ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 ST: Superstitions and Other Beliefs | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned for subject matter and language.) ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Language) | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned in Lebanon after Catholic leaders deemed it offensive to Christianity. Other reasons: historical inaccuracies. But now sold in many languages, including Arabic.) | |||
| * '']'' by ] ISBN 1555831184 ALA_2000 (Challenged by religious groups for encouraging homosexuality to children.) | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ], was placed on the '']'' in 1616. It was finally removed from the list in 1835. | |||
| * '']'' by Nikolai Gogol | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 (Political reasons) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned due to its homoerotic theme.) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Obscenity.) | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Sexual themes) | |||
| * '']'' by ] ST: An Insider's Account of Saigon's Indecent End Told by the Cia's Chief Strategy Analyst in Vietnam | |||
| * '']'' by ] for describing how men origianted from primates | |||
| * '']'' by ] was banned by Pope Urban VIII in ], as were all other works by Galileo. | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned for ] and ]) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (banned in some Canadian schools on religious grounds) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned in the USSR for criticisms of the abuses of power by the Bolsheviks.) | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] ISBN 0553074377 ALA_2000 Teenage story, homosexual man is murdered | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned in Ireland for language.) | |||
| == E-G == | |||
| * '']'' (series) by ] (Banned for sexual stitches, which were described vividly.) ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] (banned in France until 1981 for obscenity and graphic violence) | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ], banned in ] and elsewhere for frank depictions of ] and ] | |||
| * '']'', edited by ] and ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 ] and mention of the ] ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Copies used in school literature classes were edited to omit the words "hell," "damn," and "abortion," which is ironic because the central theme is censorship.) | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] (banned due to a libel suit by the ] due to its linking that church with the ] murders) | |||
| * '']'' (a pamphlet) by ] the Comstock Law of 1873 which outlawed as obscene the dissemination of contraceptive information and devices. | |||
| * '']'' by ] ISBN 0449701956 ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned for obscenity in Massachusetts until 1966.) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (1933) ISBN 0689811829 A children's book that was just 'too scary for children'; based in New Zealand during the depression. | |||
| * '']'' by ] (1999) Profanity, violent scenes, explicit love scenes. | |||
| * '']'' by ] ISBN 0385336535 Documents suicide techniques ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 Profanity, explicit and "distasteful" love scenes," references to "sex and drinking," See for some specific bans. | |||
| * '']'' by ] teenaged incest | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] - 17th century woman sleeps her way to the top | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_Radcliffe (Note: bannings for this book might be for the author rather than the content) | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' edited by ] lesbian soft-core porn drawings. Copies of the book were seized at the Canadian border and it was officially pronounced "Banned In Canada". | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned for violent and sexual themes. Some also felt that ] was not an appropriate subject for children, and yet it received a ]) ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] Fiction. Extensive depictions of violence. | |||
| * '']'' by ] Condemnation of the state of television. Included essays critical of the president and vice-president. The publisher, Ace Pub. Corp. consequently recalled the book (in 1960's), but re-released years later. | |||
| * '']'' by ] writing as 'Anonymous'; ALA_2000 extended account of drug abuse. | |||
| * '']'' by ] ISBN 0374425752 ALA_2000 (title for scapegoats) Teenaged social outcasts standed on lake island, then run away from camp personnel. | |||
| * '']'' by ] was banned from English classrooms in the Anaheim, California Union High School District in 1978 for using the word "]". | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned for language and depictions of migrant life. Also cited as socialist propaganda.) Several months after the book's publication, a St. Louis, MO library ordered 3 copies to be burned for the vulgar words used by its characters. It was also banned in Kansas City and in Oklahoma. | |||
| * '']'' (series) by ] ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 banned in Albemarle County, Virginia, because it used "curse words and God’s name in vain". | |||
| * '']'' by ] a sexually outspoken depiction of eight Vassar graduates in the 1930s. | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Finland, 1986) (banning info not yet found) | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 chilren's picture book with a few references to occult (witchcraft) | |||
| * '']'' by ] a philosophical work harmonising and differentiating Aristotelian philosophy and Jewish theology, circa 1200 A.D. | |||
| * ''] 1918-1956'' by ] (banned in the USSR for depicting human rights abuses by the Soviet government, particularly in its justice system and prisons.) | |||
| == H-L == | |||
| * '']'' by ] ISBN 068980198X ALA_2000 ABC picture book (targeting 5-year-olds) that makes "I" for icicle-murder | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned for references to the ].) | |||
| * '']'' by ] ISBN 038549081X ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] (adolescent sexuality and politics) | |||
| * ''The ]'' series by ] (Banned for references to the ], especially in conservative circles through the efforts of ] and .) ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] (child witchcraft) ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] for use of the word ] and depictions of Graphic Violence | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 (lesbianism) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (challenges women's traditional roles in Abrahamic religions) | |||
| * '']'' by pseudonymous author '''Rex Feral''' (describes assassination techniques) | |||
| * '']'' by ] ST: The Case Against The Presumed Extermination Of European Jewry. ISBN 0-9679856-9-2 (Holocaust revisionism) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned for political reasons by Amazon.com on-line at http://www.russiannudistnaturist.com.) ISBN 0966460901 | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 (sexual themes and politics) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned for political reasons.) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned for obscenity and depictions of drug use) | |||
| * '']'' by ] ISBN 0440445450 ALA_2000 (Generic gross-out.) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned because some have felt that the book's complicated structure and pessimistic ending are inappropriate for young people) | |||
| * ''] by the esoteric author ] was forbidden by the Amtsgericht Bremen (81b Gs 45/96) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned for scenes of incest, profanity, and descriptive pornographic language.) ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned for single illustration of child nudity.) ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned in the USA for 8 years, critical of FBI investigation of execution of two of its agents by a Native American.) | |||
| * '']'' by ] rejects the doctrine of papal infallibility | |||
| * '']'' by ] Canadian radio play that lampooned HUAC. Uniformly shunned by USA radio stations throughout the 1950's. | |||
| * '']'' by ] (political satire involving Hitler) | |||
| * '']'' by ] ISBN 1564021599 ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 Cruel adults conveniently killed off. | |||
| * '']'' by ] 15th century story about Crusades | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] (banned in some Canadian schools on religious grounds) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (repressed during ] due to its pacifist content) | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] Child murder/suicide. | |||
| * ''] '' by ] (Banned for blasphemy) | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by the ] (Banned for blasphemy, graphic depictions of sex and violence, and political reasons) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned in its setting, South Africa) | |||
| * '']'' by ] and ] ISBN 0440443237 ALA_2000 (uses the word "nigger"?) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (banned in Chicago and Boston in the early 20th century for political reasons) | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' | |||
| * '']'' by ] (]) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (plot deals with kidnapping a teacher) ALA_2000 | |||
| * ''] by John Minnery | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned in Russia for being anti-establishment.) | |||
| * '']'' by ] and ] (Banned or severely restricted in some United States libraries for its supposedly risqué content, it deals with homosexual themes and affection and is intended for an age 4-8 audience) | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ], ] and ] (listed in Karolides "Political" volume) | |||
| * '']'' by ] Banned in the UK because of explicit sexual content until a celebrated obscenity trial in 1961 | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned in ] because its contents might hurt the existing social system and religious sentiments of the people.) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned for graphic sexual situations including homosexuality and rape) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned for religious reasons) | |||
| * '']'' (Banned for religious reasons by the ] in the 16th century) | |||
| * '']'', by ] (Banned in ] for being divisionist.) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned for religious reasons and homoerotic themes.) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned for graphic depictions of sex and drugs.) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Parents believed a scene in the book encouraged children to break dishes in order to avoid washing them) ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] Racial stereotypes. ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned for sexual themes) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (sex, drugs, and religion) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned by a school district in California for espousing environmentalism and negatively depicting the lumber industry.) | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 (child murder) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned in the United States for indecency. Banned in parts of Europe for anti-war themes.) | |||
| == M-R == | |||
| * '']'' by ] (graphic violence and ]) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (formerly banned in France for political reasons and sexual content) | |||
| * '']'' by ] See ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] in a town in ] near where it took place | |||
| * '']'' by ] (religious groups have tried to ban the book in Kenyan schools) | |||
| * ''] by ] ISBN 0684864185 gritty autobio of growing up in Harlem, NYC | |||
| * '']'' by ] Spanish, openly gay author | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Mesorah, 2003) (scope of ban is among ultra-Orthodox rabbis) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (not published till after the authours death due to censorship in Russia) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (homoerotic themes) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (banned for racist material) | |||
| * '']'' by ] Because of the frankly sexual nature of the story "The Princess with the Golden Hair," the book was suppressed on obscenity charges until 1959, at which time Wilson published a revised edition. | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] (anti-Semitism) | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned in ] because "its contents might hurt the existing social system and religious sentiments of the people.") | |||
| * '']'' by ] (sexual situations) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (sexual situations, blasphemy) | |||
| * '']'' by ] ISBN 0811813193 ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] and ] ISBN 059042792X ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] banned because it contained the word "bitch" referring to a female dog? | |||
| * '']'' by 'Walter' | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] (drug use, homosexuality) | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 (violence and rape) | |||
| * '']'' by ] about SAS role in Northern Ireland still banned in Britain{{fact}} | |||
| * '']'' by ] ISBN 0060012730 ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned for Heresy against the Catholic Church) | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] ISBN 0440466334 ALA_2000 (child guilt over accidental child death) | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] (formerly banned in many countries, including France, Great Britain and the USA, for its depictions of graphic sex and violence) | |||
| * '']'' by ] an indictment of the exploitation of Latin America by foreign powers | |||
| * '']'' by ] (teenaged suicide) ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned for illustrating the concept of evolution.) | |||
| * '']'' by ] See ] (critical of the state television) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (This biography of ] was banned in ] for its less than flattering portrait of the king.) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Challenged in South Milwaukee because "drug and alcohol abuse was common" in the novels and "virtually all the characters were from broken homes.") ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] ISBN 0683068547 (nudity; presents results of medical research, including vivisections, performed on nonconsenting prisoners) | |||
| * '']'' Racism, and on charges of promoting Homosexuality, drug use and miscreantism. | |||
| * '']'' by Grace Metalious (sexual themes) | |||
| * '']'' by the ] explicit sexuality, violence, blasphemy | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 explicit sexuality, including a rape scene. | |||
| * '']'' by ] themes of sexual desire and sexual frustration | |||
| * ''] | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned for political reasons.) | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] attack on casuistry (religious logic at that time) | |||
| * '']'' by ] ISBN 1883991269 Deals with early suras of Koran, some negated by later suras, hence the controversy | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * The ''Rainbow'' series by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] banned for political reasons | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] was banned in the ] and its author prosecuted for ] due to its sedititious content <ref>, and </ref> | |||
| * '']'' by ] (sexuality) | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 | |||
| == S-Z == | |||
| * '']'' by ] (banned for sexuality and violence) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (banned in Muslim countries for blasphemy, banned in parts of India for political reasons.) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (banned for religious reasons) | |||
| * '']'' (Series) by ] ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Pornographic) ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] ISBN 0531057569 (teen murdered by adult) ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] masturbation | |||
| * '']'' by ] and ] ISBN 0958398348 | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned for foul language and promoting deviant sexual behavior.) ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Anne Rice's psuedonym) ALA_2000 (banned for graphic sexuality) | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] was banned in ] in December 1969 for political reasons | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] (sexual themes) | |||
| * '']'' by ] banned for promoting suicide | |||
| * '']'' by ] (banned for political reasons) | |||
| * '']'' by ] ISBN 0521398274 ST: An Account of the Social and Political Background of the Spanish Civil War, formerly banned in Spain for political reasons. | |||
| * '']'' by ] About MI5. Banned in the UK. | |||
| * '']'' by ] banned in Canada, and many stores in the United States refused to carry it. | |||
| * '']'' by ] (banned in some Canadian schools on religious grounds) | |||
| * '']'' by ] ISBN 0763616087 Romance between middle-class drug-addict girl and boy with cerebral palsy | |||
| * '']'' by ] Racial stereotypes | |||
| * '']'' (series) by ] ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] ISBN 0803783213 ALA_2000 Teenaged Jewish/Nazi romance, set in USA | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] (The police were portrayed as pigs) | |||
| * The '']'' was banned or censored in many ] countries - some cities of ] ], Czarist ] and others; and in ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] graphic sexual imagery, homoeroticism, drug use | |||
| * '']'' by ] was banned in some districts of the ] on account of its sexual content being interpreted as obscene <ref></ref> | |||
| * '']'', sometimes attributed to ] homoeroticism | |||
| *'']'', sequestration in the ]. | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 (Challenged due to negative portrayals of ]s and ]s) | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned for the use of racial slurs.) ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned in the USA for graphic depictions of sexual themes.) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned in the USA for graphic depictions of sexual themes) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (graphic sexual imagery, drug use) | |||
| * '']'' by ] under the pseudonym Andrew MacDonald (Tells the story of a racist revolution. Challenged on those grounds.) | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned in the United States until 1933 because it was considered impossible to read and obscene.) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned in Southern U. S. states as anti-slavery propaganda and for negative depiction of slave-owners; banned in czarist Russia; banned in Waukegan, Illinois (1984) for undesirable racial language (cf. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn).) | |||
| * ''] ] aka the ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] Hindi version banned in 1990. | |||
| * '']'' by ] (banned for obscenity and sado-masochistic themes.) | |||
| * '']'' by ] ISBN 0689717849 ALA_2000 Teenaged boy investigates elderly neighbor's death as murder. | |||
| * '']'' by ] was the first book suppressed by the Soviet ] censorship administration. It was not published in Russian until 1988. | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 | |||
| * ''] by ] (banned in Britain over its lesbian theme) | |||
| * '']'' by ] ISBN 1557044430 ALA_2000 Illustrations of puberty's physical effects. | |||
| * '']'' by ] ISBN 1557044449 ALA_2000 Illustrations of puberty's physical effects. | |||
| * ''What is to be Done? By ] (Banned in Tsarist Russia for advocating the overthrow of the autocracy and the institution of socialist and feminist reforms.) | |||
| * '']'' by ] ISBN 0689841140 Portrays ninth-grader Sophie as "boy-crazy", examing love vs. lust | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 Illustrated facts of life | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned from schools for the nudity (effectively toplessness, since no genitalia are visible) of a mermaid in it.) ALA_2000 | |||
| * " ] by ] for sexual description | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned for language.) ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned for fantasy elements and "negativism".) | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned for sexuality) | |||
| * '']'' by ] ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned because of pseudo-Christian theme.) ALA_2000 | |||
| * '']'' by ] (Banned in Spain for political reasons.) | |||
| * ''] (I, the Supreme)'' by ] (banned in Paraguay under the Stroessner regime for subversivness and perceived criticism of Stroessner) | |||
| * '']'' by ] | |||
| ==Banned Books Week== | |||
| During the last week of September of each year, the ALA celebrates Banned Books Week. Established in 1982, Banned Books Week celebrates freedom of the press and encourages people to read books which have been banned or challenged. | |||
| ==See also== | |||
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| * The ]'s '']'' | |||
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| == Further reading == | |||
| * ''100 Banned Books'' by Nicholas J. Karolides, Margaret Bald, and Dawn B. Sova ISBN 0-8160-4059-1 (This is an abridged version of the four volume ''Banned Books'' series.) | |||
| * 120 Banned Books: Censorship History of World Literature by Nicolas K. Karolides, Margaret Bald & Dawn B. Sova ISBN 0-8160-6043-6 | |||
| * - Very good resources on modern book bannings/challenges. | |||
| * ''Banned Books, 387 BC to 1978 AD'' by Anne Lyon Haight ISBN 0-8352-1078-2 | |||
| ** While a bit outdated, this book has very detailed lists - sorted by author - of specific incidents, who was involved, what the outcome was, etc. It also includes chapters on the history of censorship from a legal perspective. | |||
| * ''Censorship'' by Gail Blasser Riley. ISBN 0-8160-3373-0 | |||
| ** Contains references and contact information for organzations that deal with censorship. Also contains a time line of events regarding banned books. | |||
| * Promotional site that lists all of the banned books of the four-volume series (edited by Ken Wachsberger): | |||
| == External links == | |||
| Sorted alphabetically by domain name. | |||
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| * http://www.adlerbooks.com/banned.html | |||
| * http://www.ala.org/bbooks/ and http://www.ala.org/bbooks/bannedbookslinks.html and http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.htm | |||
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| * http://www.banned-books.com/ Front page messed up. see http://www.banned-books.com/bblista-i.html | |||
| * http://www.beaconforfreedom.org/ | |||
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| * | |||
| * http://www.forbiddenlibrary.com/ | |||
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| * http://www.harperchildrens.com/features/banned.htm | |||
| * and | |||
| * http://libraries.luc.edu/about/exhibits/banned/index.shtml | |||
| * Short list of online books | |||
| * http://www.mountainsplains.org/censorship.html and http://www.mountainsplains.org/banned.htm | |||
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| * http://solonor.com/bannedbooks/ | |||
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| * http://classiclit.about.com/od/bannedliteratur1/ | |||
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| ==References== | |||
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