List of books banned by governments
Alphabetical list

List of books banned by governments

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Title	Author	Year published	Type	Description of the case(s)

The 120 Days of Sodom (1789)	Marquis de Sade	1789	Novel	Banned by the Australian Government in 1957 for obscenity.

About a Silence in Literature	Živorad Stojković	Essay	Banned in Yugoslavia by court order in 1951.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland	Lewis Carroll	1865	Children's novel/adventure	Formerly banned in the province of Hunan, China, beginning in 1931, for its portrayal of anthropomorphized animals acting on the same level of complexity as human beings.

All Quiet on the Western Front	Erich Maria Remarque	1929	Anti-war novel	Banned in Nazi Germany for being demoralizing and insulting to the Wehrmacht.

American Psycho	Bret Easton Ellis	1991	Novel	Sale and purchase was banned in the Australian State of Queensland. Now available in public libraries and for sale to people 18 years and older.

The Anarchist Cookbook	William Powell	1971	Instructional	Banned in Australia.[further explanation needed]

Angaray	Sajjad Zaheer, Ahmed Ali, Rashid Jahan, and Mahmud-uz-Zafar	1932	Progressive short stories	Banned in India in 1936 by the British government.

Animal Farm	George Orwell	1945	Political novella	Completed in 1943, Orwell found that no publisher would print the book, due to its criticism of the USSR, an important ally of Britain in the War.

Another Country	James Baldwin	1962	Novel	Banned in Australia by the Commonwealth Customs Department in February 1963. The Literature Censorship Board described it as "continually smeared with indecent, offensive and dirty epithets and allusions," but recommended that the book remain available to "the serious minded student or reader." The ban was lifted in May 1966.

Apocalypse Culture	Adam Parfrey	1987	Non-fiction	Collection of articles, interviews, and documents that explore the various marginal aspects of culture. It was banned in Russia in July 2006 by court order for propaganda of drug use, after its first and only Russian publication by "UltraCulture" publishing (Ультра.Культура).

An Area of Darkness	V. S. Naipaul	1964	Travelogue	Banned in India for its negative portrayal of India and its people.

Areopagitica	John Milton	1644	Essay	Banned in the Kingdom of England for political reasons.

Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism	Ha-Joon Chang	2008	Non-fiction	One of 23 books which from August 1, 2008 onward is banned for distribution within the South Korean military.

Beijing Coma	Ma Jian	2008	Novel	Banned in China.

The Bible	see Authorship of the Bible	see Dating the Bible	Religious text	At present, the Bible has been banned in Saudi Arabia. In a number of countries, bible translation, distribution, sale or promotion is prohibited or made difficult, and the Bible may be considered extremist materials.

Big River, Big Sea – Untold Stories of 1949	Lung Ying-tai	2009	Non-fiction	It sold over 100,000 copies in Taiwan and 10,000 in Hong Kong in its first month of release, but discussion of her work was banned in mainland China following the book launch.

The Bulpington of Blup	H. G. Wells	1932	Novel	Banned in the Irish Free State.

Borstal Boy	Brendan Behan	1958	Autobiographical novel	Banned in Ireland in 1958. The Irish Censorship of Publications Board was not obliged to reveal its reason but it is believed that it was rejected for its critique of Irish republicanism and the Catholic Church, and its depiction of adolescent sexuality.

The Boys	Garth Ennis	2012	Comic book series	Banned in Qatar in 2012.[further explanation needed]

Brave New World	Aldous Huxley	1932	Novel	Banned in Ireland in 1932, allegedly because of references of sexual promiscuity. Banned in Australia from 1932 to 1937.

Burger's Daughter	Nadine Gordimer	1979	Novel	Banned in South Africa in July 1979 for going against the government's racial policies; the ban was reversed in October of the same year.

By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept	Elizabeth Smart	1945	Autobiographical prose poetry	Banned in Canada from 1945-75 under the influence of Smart's family's political power due to its sexual documentation of Smart's affair with a married man.

Candide	Voltaire	1759	Novel	Seized by US Customs in 1930 for obscenity.

The Canterbury Tales	Geoffrey Chaucer	late 14th century	Story collection	Banned from US mail under the Federal Anti-Obscenity Act (Comstock Law) of 1873, which banned the sending or receiving of works containing "obscene," "filthy," or "inappropriate" material.

Castration of the Wind	Prvoslav Vujčić	Poems	Written in Tuzla prison in 1984. Banned in Yugoslavia by court order in 1984; republished in 2005.

Catch-22	Joseph Heller	1961	Novel	Banned in several US states: in 1972, it was banned in Strongsville, Ohio (overturned in 1976); in 1974, it was banned in Dallas, Texas and in Snoqualmie, Washington in 1979, because it has several references to women as "whores".

The Communist Manifesto	Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels	1848	Political Manifesto	Prohibited by several countries, including Tsarist Russia and Nazi Germany.

The Country Girls	Edna O'Brien	1960	Novel	Banned by Ireland's censorship board in 1960 for its explicit sexual content.

The Cover-up General	Edwin Giltay	2014	Non-fiction thriller	Banned in the Netherlands by court order in 2015 as a former spy of Dutch military intelligence claimed she was described falsely in this Srebrenica book.

Curved River	Živojin Pavlović	1963	Story collection	In 1963 in Yugoslavia withdrawn by the publisher (Nolit) at request of SDB officials.

The Da Vinci Code	Dan Brown	2003	Novel	Banned in September 2004 in Lebanon after Catholic leaders deemed it offensive to Christianity. (See Inaccuracies in The Da Vinci Code.)

The Dark	John McGahern	1965	Novel	Banned in Ireland for obscenity.

The Death of Lorca	Ian Gibson	1971	Biography	Banned briefly in Spain.

The Decameron	Giovanni Boccaccio	1353	Story collection	Banned from US mail under the Federal Anti-Obscenity Act (Comstock Law) of 1873, which banned the sending or receiving of works containing "obscene," "filthy," or "inappropriate" material.

The Devil's Discus	Rayne Kruger	1964	Non-fiction	Banned in Thailand in 2006.[further explanation needed]

Dictionary of Modern Serbo-Croatian Language	Miloš Moskovljević	Dictionary	Banned in Yugoslavia by court order in 1966, at request of Mirko Tepavac, because "some definitions can cause disturbance among citizens".

Doctor Zhivago	Boris Pasternak	1955-1988	Novel	Banned in the Soviet Union until 1988 for criticizing life in Russia after the Russian Revolution. When its author, Boris Pasternak, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958 he was forced to reject it under government pressure.

Droll Stories	Honoré de Balzac	1837	Short stories	Banned for obscenity in Canada in 1914, Ireland in 1953, and Australia from 1901 to 1923 and 1928 to c.1973. The ban was lifted in Ireland in 1967.

Ecstasy and Me	Hedy Lamarr	1966	Autobiography	Banned in Australia from 1967 until 1973.

Elmer Gantry	Sinclair Lewis	1927	Novel	Banned in Boston, Massachusetts, Kansas City, Missouri, Camden, New Jersey and other US cities, this novel by Sinclair deals with fanatical religiosity and hypocrisy in the United States during the 1920s by presenting a skeevy preacher (the Reverend Dr.

Fanny Hill or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure	John Cleland	1748	Novel	Banned in the US in 1821 for obscenity, then again in 1963. This was the last book ever banned by the US government.

Feast for the Seaweeds	Haidar Haidar	1983	Novel	Banned in Egypt and several other Arab states, and even resulted in a belated angry reaction from the clerics of Al-Azhar University upon reprinting in Egypt in the year 2000.

The Federal Mafia	Irwin Schiff	1992	Non-fiction	An injunction was issued by a US District Court in Nevada under 26 U.S.C. § 7408 against Irwin Schiff and associates Cynthia Neun and Lawrence Cohen, against the sale of this book by those persons as the court found that the information it contains is fraudulent

Fifty Shades Trilogy	E L James	2011-12	Novel	The entire trilogy was banned in Malaysia from 2015 for containing "sadistic" material and "threat to morality".

The First Circle (1968)	Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn	1968	Novel	After Nikita Khrushchev was removed from power in 1964, all current and future works by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn were banned in the Soviet Union.

Forever Amber (1944)	Kathleen Winsor	1944	Novel	Banned in fourteen states in the US, and by Australia in 1945 as "a collection of bawdiness, amounting to sex obsession."

Frankenstein (1818)	Mary Shelley	1818	Novel	Banned in apartheid South Africa in 1955 for containing "obscene" or "indecent" material.

The Fugitive (Perburuan) (1950)	Pramoedya Ananta Toer	1950	Novel	Banned in Indonesia in 1950, for containing "subversive" material, including an attempt to promote Marxist–Leninist thought and other Communist theories. As of 2006, the ban is still in effect.

The Gods Laugh on Mondays (1995)	Reza Khoshnazar	1995	Novel	Was banned in Iran after men torched its publication house.

The Grapes of Wrath (1939)	John Steinbeck	1939	Novel	Was temporarily banned in many places in the US. In the state of California in which it was partially set, it was banned for its alleged unflattering portrayal of area residents.

Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India (2011)	Joseph Lelyveld	2011	Biography	Currently banned in Gujarat, a state in western India, for suggesting that Mahatma Gandhi had a homosexual relationship. Gujarat's state assembly voted unanimously in favour of the ban in April 2011.

The Gulag Archipelago (1973)	Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn	1973	Non-fiction	Banned in the Soviet Union because it went against the image the Soviet Government tried to project of itself and its policies.

Happy New Year (1975)	Rubem Fonseca	1975	Fiction	Banned in Brazil by the censorship during the military regime.

He Himself (1748)	Edward Cangas	1748	Autobiography	Banned in the Philippines in 1821 for obscenity, then again in 1963. This was the last book ever banned in Batasan Hills Quezon City.

The Heart of India (1958)	Alexander Campbell	1958	Fiction	Banned by the Indian government in 1959 on grounds of being "repulsive".

Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule	Mohandas K. Gandhi	1909	Non-Fiction	The Gujarati translation of Hind Swaraj was banned by the British authorities on its publication in India.

The Hoax of the Twentieth Century	Arthur Butz	1976	Non-fiction	Classified as "hate literature" in Canada with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police destroying copies as recently as 1995.

The House of Gold	Liam O'Flaherty	1929	Novel	The first book to be banned by the Irish Free State. for alleged "indecency". Republished in 2013.

The House of the Spirits	Isabel Allende	1982	Novel	Banned in Pinochet's Chile.

How to make disposable silencers (1984)	Desert and Eliezer Flores	1984	Instructional	An example of a class of books banned in Australia that "promote, incite or instruct in matters of crime or violence".

"Howl" (1955)	Allen Ginsberg	1955	Poem	Copies of the first edition seized by San Francisco Customs for obscenity in March 1957; after trial, obscenity charges were dismissed.

I Didn't Do It for You: How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation (2005)	Michela Wrong	2005	History	Banned in Eritrea in 2014 for its criticism of President Isaias Afewerki[not in citation given]

Interest	Kevin Gaughen	2015	Novel	Banned by the government of Indonesia for subversive and/or anti-government themes.

Into the River (2012)	Ted Dawe	2012	Novel	Banned in New Zealand in 2015; subsequently unrestricted in the same year.

Islam – A Concept of Political World Invasion (2003)	R. V. Bhasin	2003	Political ideology	Banned in Maharashtra, India in 2007, after its publishing on grounds that it promotes communal disharmony between Hindus and Muslims.

Jæger – i krig med eliten (2009)	Thomas Rathsack	2009	Autobiography	The Danish military tried to ban the book September 2009 for national security reasons; a court rejected the ban as the book was already leaked in the press and on the Internet.

Jinnah: India-Partition-Independence (2009)	Jaswant Singh	2009	Biography	Temporarily banned in Gujarat, India in August 2009. The ban was overturned by the Gujarat High Court in December 2009.

Jinnah of Pakistan (1982)	Stanley Wolpert	1982	Biography	Banned in Pakistan for recounting Jinnah's taste for wine and pork.

July's People (1981)	Nadine Gordimer	1981	Novel	Banned during the Apartheid-era in South Africa. July's People is now included in the South African school curriculum.

The Jungle (1906)	Upton Sinclair	1906	Novel	In 1956, it was banned in East Germany for its incompatibility with Communism.

The King Never Smiles (2006)	Paul M. Handley	2006	Biography	Banned in Thailand for its criticism of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928)	D. H. Lawrence	1928	Novel	Temporarily banned in the United States and the United Kingdom for violation of obscenity laws; both bans were lifted in 1959 and 1960, respectively.

Lajja (1993)	Taslima Nasrin	1993	Novel	Banned in Bangladesh, and a few states of India. Other books by her were also banned in Bangladesh or in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Lethal Marriage	Nick Pron	True crime	Written by a newspaper reporter about the Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka case, this book allegedly contains inaccuracies, additionally, complaints were received by the St.

Little Black Sambo (1899)	Helen Bannerman	1899	Children's story	Banned in Japan (1988–2005) to quell "political threats to boycott Japanese cultural exports", although the pictures were not those of the original version.

Lolita (1955)	Vladimir Nabokov	1955	Novel	French officials banned it for being "obscene," as did the United Kingdom, Argentina, New Zealand (uncensored 1964), and South Africa. Banned in Canada in 1958, though the ban was later lifted.

The Lonely Girl (1962)	Edna O'Brien	1962	Novel	Banned in Ireland in 1962 after Archbishop John Charles McQuaid complained personally to Justice Minister Charles Haughey that it "was particularly bad".

Lord Horror (1990)	David Britton	1990	Novel	Banned in England in 1991 where it was found obscene, and is currently the last book to be banned in the UK.

"The Lottery" (1948)	Shirley Jackson	1948	Short story	Banned in South Africa during Apartheid.

Love Comes Later (2014)	Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar	2014	Novel	Banned in Qatar.

Lysistrata (411 BC)	Aristophanes	Play	Banned in 1967 in Greece because of its anti-war message.

Madame Bovary (1856)	Gustave Flaubert	1856	Novel	After appearing as a successful serial in the Revue de Paris Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary goes on trial in France on January 30, 1857, for "offenses against public morals", but did not succeed in court.

The Man Who Wouldn't Stand Up (2012)	Jacob M. Appel	2012	Novel	Banned in Qatar in 2014 for its depiction of Islam.

The Martyr	Liam O'Flaherty	1933	Novel	Banned in the Irish Free State.

The Mask of Sanity (2017)	Jacob M. Appel	2017	Novel	Banned preemptively in Malaysia for blasphemy.

Mein Kampf (1925)	Adolf Hitler	1925	Political manifesto	Banned in some European nations and the Russian Federation as extremist. Banned in Guatemala during the regime of Jorge Ubico.

Memoirs of Hecate County (1946)	Edmund Wilson	1946	Novel	Banned in the United States until 1959.

The Meritorious Price of Our Redemption (1650)	William Pynchon	1650	Religious critique	The first book banned in the New World. Pynchon, a prominent leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony who, in 1636, founded the City of Springfield, Massachusetts, wrote this explicit critique of Puritanism, published in London in 1650.

A Message to Man and Humanity	Aleksandar Cvetković	Banned in Yugoslavia by court order in 1967 for "false and wicked claims, and enemy propaganda that supports pro-Chinese politics".

Mirror of the Polish Crown (1618)	Sebastian Miczyński	1618	Anti-Semitic pamphlet	Because this pamphlet published in 1618 was one of the causes of the anti-Jewish riots in Cracow, it was banned by Sigismund III Vasa.

Les Moeurs	François-Vincent Toussaint	Book	Officially banned in France in 1748.

Moll Flanders or The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders (1722)	Daniel Defoe	1722	Novel	Banned from the U.S. mail under the Federal Anti-Obscenity Act (Comstock Law) of 1873, which banned the sending or receiving of works containing "obscene," "filthy," or "inappropriate" material

The Mountain Wreath (1847)	Petar II Petrović-Njegoš	1847	Drama in verse	Banned in Bosnian schools by Carlos Westendorp.

My Father's Daughter (2005)	Hannah Pool	2005	Fiction	Banned in Eritrea in 2014 for political content[not in citation given]

My Watch (2005)	Olusegun Obasanjo	2014	Autobiography	Banned in Nigeria because this three-volume memoirs of the former Nigerian president were highly critical of nearly everyone in Nigerian politics.

The Naked and the Dead (1948)	Norman Mailer	1948	Novel	Banned in Canada in 1949 for "obscenity."

Naked Lunch (1959)	William S. Burroughs	1959	Novel	Banned by Boston courts in 1962 for obscenity, but that decision was reversed in 1966 by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

Naree (1992)	Humayun Azad	1992	Criticism	Banned in Bangladesh in 1995.

The New Class: An Analysis of the Communist System (1957)	Milovan Đilas	Banned in Yugoslavia by court order in 1957; author sentenced for enemy propaganda to seven years in prison, prolonged to 13 years in 1962.

The Nickel-Plated-Feet Gang During the Occupation (Les Pieds nickelés dans le maquis)	Successors of Louis Forton	1879–1934	Comic book	Banned in Yugoslavia by court order in 1945.

Nine Hours To Rama (1962)	Stanley Wolpert	1962	Novel	Banned in India. It exposes persons responsible for security lapses that led to Mahatma Gandhi's assassination.

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)	George Orwell	1949	Novel	Banned by the Soviet Union in 1950, as Stalin understood that it was a satire based on his leadership. It was not until 1990 that the Soviet Union legalised the book and it was re-released after editing.

Noir Canada (2008)	Alain Deneault	2008	Documentary book	Banned from sale in Canada following two defamation lawsuit from Barrick Gold and Banro and an out-of-court settlement.

Notre ami le roi (1993)	Gilles Perrault	1993	Biography of Hassan II of Morocco	Banned in Morocco. This book is a biography of King Hassan and examines cases of torture, killing, and political imprisonment said to have been carried out by the Moroccan Government at his orders.

On Fierce Wound – Fierce Herb	Ratko Zakić	Withdrawn from sales and destroyed after the decision of the Municipal Committee of the League of Communists of Kraljevo in Kraljevo, Yugoslavia in 1967.

On the Origins and Perpetual Use of the Legislative Powers of the Apostolic Kings of Hungary in Matters Ecclesiastical (1764)	Adam F. Kollár	1764	Political	Banned in the Papal States for arguments against the political role of the Roman Catholic Church. Original title: De Originibus et Usu perpetuo.

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962)	Alexander Solzhenitsyn	1962	Novel	Banned from publication in the Soviet Union in 1964.

One Day of Life (1980)	Manlio Argueta	1980	Novel	Banned by El Salvador for its portrayal of human rights violations.

Onward Muslim Soldiers	Robert Spencer	2003	Non-fiction	On July 12, 2007, the government of Malaysia announced a ban on Spencer's book, citing "confusion and anxiety among the Muslims" as the cause.

Operation Dark Heart (2010)	Army Reserve Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer	2010	Memoir	In September 2010 the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) overrode the Army's January approval for publication.

The Outline of History	H. G. Wells	1920	Non-fiction	Wells' book was banned in Nazi Germany.

The Peaceful Pill Handbook (2007)	Philip Nitschke and Fiona Stewart	2007	Instructional manual on euthanasia	Initially banned in New Zealand by Office of Film & Literature Classification since it was deemed to be objectionable. In May 2008 an edited version of the book was allowed for sale if sealed and an indication of the censorship classification was displayed.

Përbindëshi (The Monster) (1965)	Ismail Kadare	1965-1990	Novel	Banned for 25 years in Albania.

Persepolis (2000)	Marjane Satrapi	2000	Novel	In 2013, banned in Chicago classrooms, leading to public outcry.

Peyton Place (1956)	Grace Metalious	1956	Novel	Banned in Canada from 1956–1958.

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion (1903)	Unknown	1903	A forgery, portraying an alleged Jewish conspiracy to take over the world	Banned in various libraries and many attempts to ban in various nations, such as in Russia.

Queen of Sheba and Biblical Scholarship	Bernard Leeman	History	Currently banned in Saudi Arabia for suggesting the Hebrews originated in Yemen and their Israelite successors established their original pre-586 B.C.E.

The Quran	Muslim	Religious text	As with many holy books, the Quran has been subject to scrutiny and censorship at various points throughout history. Proposals and movements advocating outright bans of the Quran are uncommon in the West, occurring only among extremist right-wing circles.

Rangila Rasul (1927)	Pt. Chamupati	1927	Religious	Currently banned in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

Rights of Man (1791)	Thomas Paine	1791	Political theory	Banned in the UK and author charged with treason for supporting the French Revolution. Banned in Tsarist Russia after the Decembrist revolt.

Rowena Goes Too Far (1931)	H. C. Asterley	1931	Novel	Banned in Australia because of customs belief that it "lacked sufficient claim to the literary to excuse the obscenity"

The Sassoon Files (2019)	Sons of the Singularity	2019	Role-playing game adventure	A book supplement for the Call of Cthulhu role-playing game set in 1920's Shanghai, all copies which had been printed and due to ship out were ordered to be destroyed by the Government of China for unspecified reasons.

The Satanic Bible (1969)	Anton LaVey	1969	Religious text	Banned during apartheid in South Africa from 1973 to 1993 for moral reasons.

The Satanic Verses (1988)	Salman Rushdie	1988	Novel	Banned in the following countries for alleged blasphemy against Islam: Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Iran, Kenya, Kuwait, Liberia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Senegal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Thailand.

Satyarth Prakash	Dayananda Saraswati	1875	Religious text	Swami Dayananda's religious text Satyarth Prakash was banned in some princely states and in Sindh in 1944 and is still banned in Sindh.

Schindler's Ark (1982)	Thomas Keneally	1982	Novel	Banned in Lebanon for its positive depiction of Jews.

Scouting for the Reaper (2014)	Jacob M. Appel	2014	Fiction	Banned in Eritrea in 2014 for its criticism of civil liberties under President Isaias Afewerki[not in citation given]

El Señor Presidente	Miguel Ángel Asturias	1946	Novel	Banned in Guatemala because it went against the ruling political leaders.

Sexual Customs ("Xing Fengsu") (1989)	.	1989	Non-Fiction	Banned in China in 1989 for insulting Islam

Shivaji – Hindu King in Islamic India (2003)	James Laine	2003	History	Banned in Indian state of Maharashtra in 2004 for "promoting social enmity"; ban overturned by Bombay High Court in 2007.

Smash and Grab: Annexation of Sikkim (1984)	Sunanda K. Datta-Ray	1984	History	Banned in India. Describes the process of the annexation of the Buddhist kingdom of Sikkim by the Indian government of Indira Gandhi in 1975.

A Sneaking Suspicion (1995)	John Dickson	1995	Religious text	Banned by the New South Wales Department of Education and Communities from state schools May 6, 2015 on the basis of a "potential risk to students in the delivery of this material, if not taught sensitively and in an age appropriate manner." The ban was lifted May 18, 2015.

Snorri the Seal (1941)	Frithjof Sælen	1941	Fable	Satirical book banned during the German occupation of Norway.

Soft Target: How the Indian Intelligence Service Penetrated Canada (1989)	Zuhair Kashmeri & Brian McAndrew	1989	Investigative journalism	Banned in India.

Sophie's Choice (1979)	William Styron	1979	Novel	Banned in Lebanon for its positive depiction of Jews.

The Spanish Labyrinth	Gerald Brenan	1943	Non-fiction	Banned in Francoist Spain because of its strong criticism of the Nationalist Faction's actions during the Spanish Civil War.

A Spoon on Earth	Hyeon Gi-yeong	Novel	Banned for distribution within the South Korean military as one of 23 books banned there beginning in August 2008.

Spycatcher (1985)	Peter Wright	1985	Autobiography	Banned in the UK 1985–1988 for revealing secrets. Wright was a former MI5 intelligence officer and his book was banned before it was even published in 1987.

The Story of Ferdinand	Munro Leaf	1936	Children's fiction	Banned in Nazi Germany and Francoist Spain.

Storytellers II	Boško Novaković	Short stories	Withdrawn from print in Yugoslavia in 1964 because it contained stories by Dragiša Vasić.

The Straits Impregnable	Sydney Loch	1916	Fictionalised Autobiography	First edition published as a novel, second edition banned by the military censor in Australia under regulations of the War Precautions Act 1914.

The Struggle Is My Life	Nelson Mandela	1978	Non-fiction	Banned in Apartheid South Africa until 1990.

The Stud (1969)	Jackie Collins	1969	Novel	Banned in Australia in 1969.[further explanation needed]

Suicide mode d'emploi (1982)	Claude Guillon	1982	Instructional	This book, reviewing recipes for committing suicide, was the cause of a scandal in France in the 1980s, resulting in the enactment of a law prohibiting provocation to commit suicide and propaganda or advertisement of products, objects, or methods for committing suicide.

Thalia	Arius (AD 250 or 256 – 336)	Theological tract, partly in verse	Banned in the Roman Empire in the 330s+ for contradicting Trinitarianism. All of Arius writings were ordered burned and Arius exiled, and presumably assassinated for his writings.

Thoughts of a Corpse	Prvoslav Vujčić	Poems	Banned in Yugoslavia by court order in 1983; republished in 2004.

Tropic of Cancer (1934)	Henry Miller	1934	Novel (fictionalized memoir)	Banned in the US in the 1930s until the early 1960s, seized by US Customs for sexually explicit content and vulgarity.

The True Furqan (1999)	"Al Saffee" and "Al Mahdee"	1999	Religious text	Import into India prohibited on the grounds of threatening national security.

The Truth About Muhammad	Robert Spencer	2006	Non-fiction	On December 20, 2006, the government of Pakistan announced a ban on Spencer's book, citing "objectionable material" as the cause.

Truth for Germany—The Question of Guilt for the Second World War	Udo Walendy	1968	Historical work	In 1979 this book was listed by Germany's Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons as material that could not be publicly advertised or given to young readers, due to the version it presented of the events that led to World War II.

Uitgeverij Guggenheimer ("Publisher Guggenheimer") (1999)	Herman Brusselmans	1999	Novel	Banned in Belgium because this satirical novel offended fashion designer Ann Demeulemeester by making derogatory remarks about her personal looks and profession.

Ulysses (1922)	James Joyce	1922	Novel	Banned in the UK until 1936. Challenged and temporarily banned in the US for its sexual content.

Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852)	Harriet Beecher Stowe	1852	Novel	Banned in the Confederate States during the Civil War because of its anti-slavery content. In 1852, Uncle Tom's Cabin was banned in Russia under the reign of Nicholas I because of the idea of equality it presented, and for its "undermining religious ideals."

Understanding Islam through Hadis (1982)	Ram Swarup	1982	Critique of political Islam	Banned in India for its critique of political Islam. The Hindi translation was banned in 1991, the English original was banned in 1992.

Unarmed Victory (1963)	Bertrand Russell	1963	Banned in India. Contains unflattering details of the 1962 Sino-Indian War.

United States – Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense (1971)	Robert McNamara and the United States Department of Defense	1971	Government study	Also known as the Pentagon Papers. US President Nixon attempted to suspend publication of classified information.

Various works	Shen Congwen	1902–1988	Novels	"Denounced by the Communists and Nationalists alike, Mr. Shen saw his writings banned in Taiwan, while mainland [China] publishing houses burned his books and destroyed printing plates for his novels.

The Well of Loneliness (1928)	Radclyffe Hall	1928	Novel	Banned in the UK in 1928 for its lesbian theme; republished in 1949.

White Niggers of America (1970)	Pierre Vallières	1970	Political work	Deals with Québec politics and society; written while the author was incarcerated. An edition published in France was not allowed into Canada; an edition was published in the US in 1971.[dead link]

Wild Swans (1993)	Jung Chang	1993	Autobiography/biography	Banned from publication in the People's Republic of China for its depiction of Mao Tse-tung.

The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind	H. G. Wells	1932	Non-Fiction	Banned in the Irish Free State.

The World Is Full of Married Men (1968)	Jackie Collins	1968	Novel	Banned in Australia in 1968.

A World of Strangers	Nadine Gordimer	1958	Novel	Banned in South Africa because of its criticism of Apartheid.

Year 501: The Conquest Continues (1993)	Noam Chomsky	1993	Politics	Banned for distribution in South Korean military as one of 23 books banned on August 1, 2008.

You: An Introduction (2008)	Michael Jensen	2008	Religious text	Banned by the New South Wales Department of Education and Communities from state schools May 6, 2015 on the basis of a "potential risk to students in the delivery of this material, if not taught sensitively and in an age appropriate manner." The ban was lifted May 18, 2015.

Zhuan Falun (1993)	Li Hongzhi	1993	Spiritual	Banned in Mainland China simply because it is outside of the communist apparatus, according to Stephen Chan writing in Global Society, an international relations journal.

Sentence(s)

William Pynchon was the original patentee of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the author of the New World's first banned book.

final_sentence: William Pynchon was the original patentee of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the author of the New World's first banned book.