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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 meaning ...
book A book is a structured presentation of recorded information, primarily verbal and graphical, through a medium. Originally physical, electronic books and audiobooks are now existent. Physical books are objects that contain printed material, ...
s, which contain books that have been banned, prohibited 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 governmen ...
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government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a State (polity), state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive (government), execu ...
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religious authority Religion is a range of social- cultural systems, including designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relate humanity to supernatural, trans ...
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By government

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List of books banned in India This is a list of books or any specific textual material that have been or are banned in India or parts of India. Nationwide This section lists books that are banned or once faced a nationwide ban in India (including in British India). Stat ...
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List of books banned in New Zealand Book censorship has existed in New Zealand since the History of New Zealand, colonial period. Initially the majority of book censorship was carried out by the New Zealand Customs Department, Customs Department, which had the authority to refuse ...
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List of LGBTQ books banned in Russia The sale of certain books said to contain LGBT-related themes are restricted in Russian bookstores due to the Russian gay propaganda law. The formal name of the list is "Register of goods containing banned information (LGBT+)". Among the more tha ...
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List of most commonly challenged books in the United States This list of the most commonly challenged books in the United States refers to books sought to be removed or otherwise restricted from public access, typically from a library or a school curriculum. This list is primarily based on U.S. data gath ...


By religious authority

* List of authors and works on the ''Index Librorum Prohibitorum''


See also

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Banned Books Museum The Banned Books Museum (Estonian: ''Keelatud kirjanduse muuseum'') in Tallinn, Estonia, is dedicated to the collection, preservation, and exhibition of books that have been banned or censored around the world. The museum was created to promote f ...
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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 politic ...
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List of book-burning incidents Notable book burnings – the public burning of books for ideological reasons – have taken place throughout history. Antiquity A scroll written by the Hebrew prophet Jeremiah (burnt by King Jehoiakim) About 600 BC, Jeremiah of Anathoth wrote ...
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Lists of prohibited books This is an index of lists of banned books, which contain books that have been banned, prohibited or censored by government or religious authority. By government * * * List of authors banned in Nazi Germany * List of books banned in Indi ...


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