Catalogue
Countries
Browse books banned in 30 countries, from school challenges in the United States to government bans across Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America.
1🇺🇸United States
888
842 active2🇨🇳China17
11 active3🇲🇾Malaysia13
13 active4🇰🇷South Korea9
9 active5🇩🇪Germany7
6🇮🇳India7
7🇻🇳Vietnam7
7 active8🇮🇪Ireland7
9🇬🇧United Kingdom5
10🇨🇦Canada3
11🇫🇷France3
12🇪🇸Spain3
13🇦🇺Australia3
14🇱🇧Lebanon2
1 active15🇿🇦South Africa2
16🇮🇷Iran2
2 active17🇮🇹Italy2
18🇪🇬Egypt2
19🇬🇷Greece2
20🇨🇱Chile2
21🇵🇭Philippines1
22🇵🇪Peru1
23🇬🇹Guatemala1
24🇹🇭Thailand1
1 active25🇹🇷Turkey1
26🇵🇱Poland1
27🇮🇩Indonesia1
Defunct states
Coverage is uneven: well-documented democracies like the United States appear to have more bans because their censorship attempts are systematically recorded. Bans in closed authoritarian states often go undocumented. This catalogue is a work in progress.