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This is an index of lists of banned 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 physi ...
s, which contain books that have been banned or censored by religious authority or government
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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 Dea ...
* 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. Punish ...
* 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).
State ...
* 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 fundamental ...
* List of authors banned in Nazi Germany
This list includes both authors whose entire literary production was officially banned in Nazi Germany and authors who were only partially banned. These authors are from the prohibitions lists in Nazi Germany and come from the following lists an ...
* List of books banned in New Zealand
Book censorship has existed in New Zealand since the colonial period. Initially the majority of book censorship was carried out by the Customs Department, which had the authority to refuse entry to books considered indecent. As time went on ...
* 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. Censorshi ...
* Book censorship in the United States
By religious authority
* List of authors and works on the ''Index Librorum Prohibitorum''See also
* Book burning * List of book-burning incidents *Nazi book burnings
The Nazi book burnings were a campaign conducted by the German Student Union (, ''DSt'') to ceremonially burn books in Nazi Germany and Austria in the 1930s. The books targeted for burning were those viewed as being subversive or as representi ...
* 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 ...
* '' 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
References
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