List of banned books

Many societies have banned certain books. This is a partial list of books which have been banned by some organization at some place and time.

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Various scriptures have been banned (and sometimes burned) at several points in history. The Torah, Bible and the Qur'an have all been subjected to censorship and have been banned in various cities and countries. Over the years many books based on the scriptures have also been banned, such as The Kingdom of God is Within You, which was banned in Russia for being anti-establishment.

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Scriptures - Burned - Torah - Bible - Qur'an - Censorship - The Kingdom of God is Within You - Establishment

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Books that deal with criminal matter have also been subjected to censorship. Small-press titles that have become infamous by being banned include The Anarchist Cookbook, E for Ecstasy, and Hit Man.

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Censorship - The Anarchist Cookbook - E for Ecstasy - Hit Man

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In the four-volume series Banned Books published by FactsOnFile in 1998, the volumes were divided by grounds for banning: political, religious, sexual and social. The first three are often cited together as taboo in polite conversation.

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1998 - Taboo - Polite

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Notably, fine children's books that deal with death or other teenage angst or various crimes, often find themselves banned, perhaps because of parental worries about teenage suicide or copycat crimes.

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Teenage angst - Teenage suicide - Copycat

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