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This is an index of lists of
This is an index of lists of banned
A ban is a formal or informal prohibition of something. Bans are formed for the prohibition of activities within a certain political territory. Some bans in commerce are referred to as embargoes. ''Ban'' is also used as a verb similar in meanin ...
book
A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many pages (made of papyrus, parchment, vellum, or paper) bound together and protected by a cover. The technical term for this physical a ...
s, which contain books that have been banned or censored
Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information. This may be done on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient". Censorship can be conducted by governments ...
by religious authority or government.
By country
*Book censorship in Canada Banning books is not a common practice in Canada at the current time.
This is a short list of books once challenged by various libraries in Canada.
* ''The Hoax of the Twentieth Century''
* ''Lethal Marriage''
*''Lolita''
*''The Naked and the De ...
* Book censorship in China
Book censorship in the People's Republic of China (PRC) is implemented or mandated by the PRC's unique ruling party, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and is currently widespread in China. Enforcement is strict and sometimes inconsistent. Punishm ...
* List of books banned in India
* Book censorship in Iran
Since the Iranian Revolution in 1979, Article 24 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran is assigned to the freedom of the press: “Publications and the press have freedom of expression except when it is detrimental to the fundamenta ...
* List of authors banned in Nazi Germany
* List of books banned in New Zealand
* Book censorship in the Republic of Ireland
Book censorship was carried out in several instances in Ireland between 1929 and 1998, with all remaining bans from that period having expired by 2010. However, the laws remained on the statute books and a book was banned again in 2016. Censorship ...
* Book censorship in the United States
By religious authority
* List of authors and works on the ''Index Librorum Prohibitorum''See also
*Book burning
Book burning is the deliberate destruction by fire of books or other written materials, usually carried out in a public context. The burning of books represents an element of censorship and usually proceeds from a cultural, religious, or polit ...
* List of book-burning incidents
* Nazi book burnings
* Burning of books and burying of scholars
The burning of books and burying of scholars (), also known as burning the books and executing the ru scholars, refers to the purported burning of texts in 213 BCE and live burial of 460 Confucian scholars in 212 BCE by the Chinese emperor Qi ...
* '' Areopagitica; A speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing, to the Parlament of England''
* '' Index Librorum Prohibitorum''
* List of most commonly challenged books in the United States
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