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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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
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
Wake Now in the Fire: A Graphic Novel
Dear Manny (Dear Martin, #3)
Man o' War
Ponyboy
The Book: The Ultimate Guide To Rebuilding Civilization
Prince & Knight: Tale of the Shadow King (Prince & Knight, #2)
Stamped from the Beginning [Graphic Edition]: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America
'Twas the Night Before Pride
Green
Different Kinds of Fruit
Black Fox: An Indigenous Horror Novel
Roar for Reading
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 (Giver, #1)
Beloved
The Kite Runner
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Stories For Book Lovers
8,503 books — 8,891 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienA Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Banned & Challenged Classics
106 books — 27 voters

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
22 books — 25 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 — 30 voters


Stephen  King
If there's one American belief I hold above all others, it's that those who would set themselves up in judgment on matters of what is "right" and what is "best" should be given no rest; that they should have to defend their behavior most stringently. ... As a nation, we've been through too many fights to preserve our rights of free thought to let them go just because some prude with a highlighter doesn't approve of them." [Bangor Daily News, Guest Column of March 20, 1992] ...more
Stephen King

The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion. In the long run it will create a generation incapable of appreciating the difference between independence of thought and subservience.
Henry Steele Commager

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Banned Books Club censorship is advertising paid by the government- Federico Fellini
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Big Fraud Book Club v2.0 Since the end of the original BFBC (RIP,) this is where we can gather and suggest books for read…more
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