List of Banned books by Government

Title	Author	Year published	Type	Description of the case(s)
About a Silence in Literature	Živorad Stojković		Essay	Banned in Yugoslavia by court order in 1951.[2]
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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 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.
The Satanic Bible(1969)	Anton LaVey	1969	Religious text	Banned during apartheid in South Africa from 1973 to 1993 for moral reasons.[
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
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.[137]
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.
A Spoon on Earth	Hyeon Gi-yeong		Novel	Banned for distribution within the South Korean military as one of 23 books banned there beginning on 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.
Storytellers II	Boško Novaković		Short stories	Withdrawn from print in Yugoslavia in 1964 because it contained stories by Dragiša Vasić.
The Stud (1969)	Jackie Collins	1969	Novel	Banned in Australia in 1969.[
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.[144] Subsequent reprints were thus illegal. The book was cited by name in the debates of the French National Assemblywhen examining the bill.[145]
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. Banned by the Catholic Church for the next thousand plus years.
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 rest of Miller's work was also banned by the US. Also banned in South Africa until the late 1980s.
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.
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. A court decided the book was an insult to the individual's private life and ordered it to be removed from the stores.
Ulysses (1922)	James Joyce	1922	Novel	Banned in UK until the 1936. Challenged and temporarily banned in the U.S.A. for its sexual content. In 1933 the ban was overturned in United States v. One Book Called Ulysses.Banned in Australia from 1929 to 1937, then restricted to people over the age of 18 from 1941 to 1953.
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.
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 Nixonattempted to suspend publication of classified information. The restraint was lifted by the US Supreme Court in a 6–3 decision.See also New York Times Co. v. United States.
Unarmed Victory(1963)	Bertrand Russell	1963		Banned in India. Contains unflattering details of the 1962 Sino-Indian War.
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. .... So successful was the effort to erase Mr. Shen's name from the modern literary record that few younger Chinese today recognize his name, much less the breadth of his work. Only since 1978 has the Chinese Government reissued selections of his writings, although in editions of only a few thousand copies....In China, his passing was unreported."
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. This restriction was lifted in 1994, after a long legal battle.
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.
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 World Is Full of Married Men (1968)	Jackie Collins	1968	Novel	Banned in Australia in 1968
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.