Prohibited books
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Broader terms:Related term:Narrower terms:Used for:- Banned books
- Bibliography -- Prohibited books
- Books, Prohibited
- Censorship of the press
- Children's literature -- Prohibited books
- Condemned books
- Press -- Censorship
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Books Fatal to Their Authors, by P. H. Ditchfield (Gutenberg text)- Verboden Boeken, Geschriften, Couranten, enz. in de 18e Eeuw: Eene Bijdrage tot de Geschiedenis der Haagsche Censuur (2 parts, in Dutch; Haarlem: W. C. de Graaff, 1881-1882), by A.J. Servaas van Rooijen
- The Judging of Jurgen (Chicago: The Bookfellows, 1920), by James Branch Cabell (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Literary Policy of the Church of Rome, Exhibited in an Account of Her Damnatory Catalogues or Indexes, Both Prohibitory and Expurgatory, With Various Illustrative Extracts, Anecdotes, and Remarks (second edition; London: J. Duncan, 1830), by Joseph Mendham (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Roman Index of Forbidden Books, Briefly Explained for Catholic Booklovers and Students (second edition; St. Louis, MO: B. Herder; et al., 1909), by Francis S. Betten
- The Roman Index of Forbidden Books, Briefly Explained for Catholic Booklovers and Students (fifth edition; St. Louis, MO, and London: B. Herder, 1920), by Francis S. Betten (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Censorship of the Church of Rome and Its Influence Upon the Production and Distribution of Literature: A Study of the History of the Prohibitory and Expurgatory Indexes, Together With Some Consideration of the Effects of Protestant Censorship and of Censorship by the State (2 volumes; New York and London: G. P Putnam's Sons, 1906-1907), by George Haven Putnam (page images at HathiTrust)
- Banned Books: Informal Notes on Some Books Banned for Various Reasons at Various Times and in Various Places (second edition, revised and enlarged; New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1955), by Anne Lyon Haight (page images at HathiTrust)
- Banned Books: Informal Notes on Some Books Banned for Various Reasons at Various Times and in Various Places (first edition; New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1935), by Anne Lyon Haight, contrib. by Elisabeth Luce Moore (page images at HathiTrust)
- Index Librorum Prohibitorum (primarily in Latin, with book titles in their original languages; Turin: Typ. Pontifica et Archiepiscopalis, 1892), by Catholic Church (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Private Case: An Annotated Bibliography of the Private Case Erotica Collection in the British (Museum) Library (London: J. Landesman, 1981), by Patrick J. Kearney, contrib. by G. Legman (page images at HathiTrust)
- Novelistas Malos y Buenos (second edition, in Spanish; Bilbao: Sr. Administrator de el Mensajero del Corazón de Jesús, ca. 1911), by Pablo Ladrón de Guevara (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Novelistas Malos y Buenos Juzgados en Orden de Naciones: Júzganse 2,057 Novelistas: 288 Españoles, 97 Hispanoamericanos, 24 Portugueses, 65 Italianos, 1173 Franceses, 143 Ingleses, 98 Alemanes, 169 Rusos, Belgas, Escandinovos, etc. (in Spanish; Bogotá: Impr. Eléctrica, 1910), by Pablo Ladrón de Guevara (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Books Condemned to be Burnt (London: E. Stock, 1892), by James Anson Farrer
- Tamizdat: Contraband Russian Literature in the Cold War Era (Ithaca and London: Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, c2023), by Yasha Klots
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Censorship- Every Citizen has a Right to Know: A Report of the Georgia Literature Commission (1954), by James Pickett Wesberry and Georgia State Literature Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
- Suppression Stories (1997), by Brian Martin (HTML and PDF in Australia)
- In the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1949, No. 248: John Howard Lawson, Petitioner, vs. United States of America, Respondent; No. 249: Dalton Trumbo, Petitioner, vs. United States of America, Respondent: Brief of Alexander Meiklejohn, of Cultural Workers in Motion Pictures and Other Arts, and of Members of the Professions, as Amici Curiae (Los Angeles: Parker and Co., printers, ca. 1949), by Max Radin and Carey McWilliams, contrib. by Alexander Meiklejohn (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Pernicious Literature: Debate in the House of Commons; Trial and Conviction for Sale of Zola's novels; With Opinions of the Press (London: National Vigilance Assoc., 1889), by National Vigilance Association (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
- You Can't Print That! The Truth Behind the News, 1918-1928, by George Seldes (page images at HathiTrust)
- False Freedom: Online Censorship in the Middle East and North Africa (New York: Human Rights Watch, c2005), by Elijah Zarwan (HTML and PDF with commentary at hrw.org)
- When the Censor Comes: A Guide for Teachers, Librarians, Booksellers and Others Who Disseminate the Printed Word, by Sandra Bernstein (illustrated HTML at Wayback Machine)
- Forbidden Literature: Case Studies on Censorship (Lund: Nordic Academic Press, c2020), ed. by Erik Erlanson, Jon Helgason, Peter Henning, and Linnéa Lindsköld (PDF with commentary at OAPEN)
- China's Pursuit of a New World Media Order (in English, Chinese, and French; 2019), by Reporters Without Borders (PDF files with commentary at rsf.org)
- The Long Shadow of Chinese Censorship: How the Communist Party's Media Restrictions Affect News Outlets Around the World (Washington: Center for International Media Assistance, National Endowment for Democracy, 2013), by Sarah G. Cook (PDF at ned.org)
- "You Will be Harassed and Detained": Media Freedoms Under Assault in China Ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games (2007), by Human Rights Watch (Organization) (HTML and PDF with commentary at hrw.org)
- The Heresy of Words in Cuba: Freedom of Expression and Information (Perspectives on Freedom #4; New York: Freedom House, c1985), by Carlos Ripoll (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Cuban Scene: Censors and Dissenters (CANF pamphlet #2; Washington, DC: Cuban American National Foundation, 1982), by Carlos Ripoll (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Muzzling the Media: The Return of Censorship in the Commonwealth of Independent States (2007), by Christopher Walker (PDF at freedomhouse.org)
- Israeli Censorship of Arab Publications: A Survey (New York: Fund for Free Expression, c1983), by Meron Benvenisti (PDF at hrw.org)
- False Freedom: Online Censorship in the Middle East and North Africa (New York: Human Rights Watch, c2005), by Elijah Zarwan (HTML and PDF with commentary at hrw.org)
- Verboden Boeken, Geschriften, Couranten, enz. in de 18e Eeuw: Eene Bijdrage tot de Geschiedenis der Haagsche Censuur (2 parts, in Dutch; Haarlem: W. C. de Graaff, 1881-1882), by A.J. Servaas van Rooijen
- Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom (partial serial archives)
- Attacks on the Press, by Committee to Protect Journalists (partial serial archives)
- Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy (issues free to access after 1 year; 2016-) (partial serial archives)
- Index on Censorship (free access available to all but the 4 most recent issues) (partial serial archives)
- Negotiating the News: Informal State Censorship of Ukrainian Television (New York: Human Rights Watch, c2003), by Jane Buchanan (PDF at hrw.org)
- Media Literacy: An Alternative to Censorship (second edition; New York: Free Expression Policy Project, c2003), by Marjorie Heins and Christina Cho (PDF at fepproject.org)
- Jurgen and the Censor: Report of the Emergency Committee Organized to Protest Against the Suppression of James Branch Cabell's Jurgen (New York: Privately printed for the Emergency Committee, 1920), by Emergency Committee Organized to Protest Against the Suppression of James Branch Cabell's Jurgen, contrib. by James Branch Cabell, Barrett H. Clark, Padraic Colum, Edward Hale Bierstadt, Arnold Bennett, Theodore Dreiser, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Joseph Hergesheimer, Sinclair Lewis, H. L. Mencken, Christopher Morley, Hugh Walpole, Kate Douglas Wiggin, and Owen Wister (page images at HathiTrust)
- Who is the Enemy: Anthony Comstock Or You? (New York: Edwin C. Walker, 1903), by Edwin C. Walker (page images at Google; US access only)
- Israeli Censorship of Arab Publications: A Survey (New York: Fund for Free Expression, c1983), by Meron Benvenisti (PDF at hrw.org)
- Liberal Democracy and the Limits of Tolerance: Essays in Honor and Memory of Yitzhak Rabin (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2000), ed. by Raphael Cohen-Almagor (page images at HathiTrust)
- Off Limits: Censorship and Corruption (New York: Human Rights Watch, 1991), by Paul Glickman (PDF with commentary at hrw.org)
- The Censorship of the Church of Rome and Its Influence Upon the Production and Distribution of Literature: A Study of the History of the Prohibitory and Expurgatory Indexes, Together With Some Consideration of the Effects of Protestant Censorship and of Censorship by the State (2 volumes; New York and London: G. P Putnam's Sons, 1906-1907), by George Haven Putnam (page images at HathiTrust)
- La Direction Générale de l'Imprimerie et de la Librairie (1810-1815) (extract from Le Livre, in French; 1887), by Henri Welschinger
- Liberty and the News (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920), by Walter Lippmann (multiple fomrats at archive.org)
- On the Liberty of the Press, and Public Discussion, by Jeremy Bentham (HTML at Texas)
- The Free Press (London: G. Allen and Unwin, c1918), by Hilaire Belloc
- You Can't Print That! The Truth Behind the News, 1918-1928, by George Seldes (page images at HathiTrust)
- Media and Propaganda in an Age of Disinformation (New York and London: Routledge, 2025), ed. by Nelson Costa Ribeiro and Barbie Zelizer
- The Cuban Scene: Censors and Dissenters (CANF pamphlet #2; Washington, DC: Cuban American National Foundation, 1982), by Carlos Ripoll (multiple formats at archive.org)
More items available under broader and related terms at left.