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] Alic 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 criticis...