There are several non-fiction titles still banned in Australia including Dr Philip Nitschke's voluntary euthanasia guide book The Peaceful Pill Handbook and 1971's
D.H Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928), Jackie Collins's The Stud (1969) and Bret Ellis's American Psycho (1991) are among some of the books once banned in Australia — and there are hundreds more.
Fahrenheit 451: banned in Australia on the basis of “questionable themes” such as censorship, repression and religion. Lord of the Flies: for its use of profanity, extreme violence, and statements defamatory to women.
Its banning history is interesting regarding the role of the states. JD Salinger's Catcher in the rye: banned 1956 to 1957, although it had been circulating in Australia since publication in 1951. Talk about after the horse bolting! As with most bannings, it resulted in discussion in the media.
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Due to themes of death and the fact that the main characters are talking animals, a parent group in Kansas sought to ban the book from their students' school libraries.
Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham was banned in Maoist China in 1965. What was the reason? Apparently, it portrayed Marxism in a bad light by showing the Sam-I-Am character force his possessions (green eggs and ham) onto someone else. The ban was not lifted until Seuss' death in 1991.
BANNED BOOK WEEK! Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. Why: A Colorado library banned the book because it embraced a “poor philosophy of life.” Additionally, since its publication in 1964, the book was under fire for comparing the Oompa Loompas to Africans.
Orwell's ''1984'' was published in 1949 as a warning against totalitarianism and it was banned in the Soviet Union until 1988, a report by news agency Reuters said.
James Joyce's sexually explicit Ulysses (1922) was not formally banned in Australia until 1929, then released in 1937, only to be restricted again in 1941 after pressure from church groups.
School boards and parent-teacher associations have been hostile toward the novel because of Holden's profanity-laden speech and his sexual adventures following his expulsion from prep school. These include an episode with a pimp and a prostitute (with whom Holden does not have sex) and a visit to an old teacher, Mr.
The Great Gatsby was challenged and banned for a few reasons: sex, violence, adultery, and language. The affair between Daisy and Gatsby along with Nick's language regarding Jordan Baker make up most of the sex and adultery reasoning behind the challenging and banning of the book.
Lord of the Flies by William Golding was challenged in the Waterloo Iowa schools in 1992 because of profanity, lurid passages about sex, and statements defamatory to minorities, God, women, and the disabled.
This is the list of the most banned books in the first part of the 2022-2023 school year, according to the PEN America Index of School Book Bans. Gender Queer: A Memoir remained at the top of the list, as it was in the 2021-2022 school year, joined this time by Flamer.
What Is the Most Banned Book in America? For all time, the most frequently banned book is 1984 by George Orwell. (How very Orwellian!) The most banned and challenged book for 2020 was George by Alex Gino.
Banned books often deal with subjects that are realistic, timely, and topical. Young people may find a character going through exactly what they are, which makes it a powerful reading experience and helps the reader sort out thorny issues like grief, divorce, sexual assault, bullying, prejudice, and sexual identity.
The book was misunderstood and was seen as being critical of all forms of socialism, rather than specifically Stalinist communism. The American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) funded a cartoon version in 1955. Because of its illegality, many in Soviet-controlled territory first read it in pirated, 'samizdat' form.
Catcher in the Rye: JD Salinger's seminal novel was banned in Australia, most likely for its use of vulgar language, sexual references and undermining of family values. Tropic of Capricorn and Tropic of Cancer: Henry Miller's books were banned in the United States until the mid 1960s.
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is regularly on the banned books list put out by the American Library Association. It has been banned because of vulgarity, racism, and its treatment of women. The challenges don't seem to go away as time goes on; even in the twenty-first century, the book is still being challenged.
In fact, in many communities The Grapes of Wrath was banned and burned, both for its occasional obscene language and its general themes.
Harry Potter Series
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was published in 1997. In 2001, the book was banned because of ”satanism and anti-family themes.” In 2002-2004, the book was banned for its focus on wizardry and magic. However, these bans did not stop Rowling from writing the rest of the series.
There have been different reasons for the book being banned, including religious objections, homosexuality, violence, African history, rape, incest, drug abuse, explicit language, and sexual scenes.
The book contains both violence and profanity. It depicts sexual activity. Proponents of banning it have pointed to all of these, with predictable “Think of the children!” hand-wringing. But other books that contain more of all of these remain unchallenged on the shelves of school libraries.
It is written by Roald Dahl. James and the Giant Peach has been banned repeatedly because of references to alcohol, drugs, violence, and suspicious behavior.
Why is the Wizard of Oz Banned? The Wonderful Wizard of Oz book caused controversy in 1957, in Detroit, Michigan and was banned from libraries on the basis that it had "no value" for children and supported "negativism".
Though the children use their imaginations to create their own little world, as many young children may do, parents unjustly attach the use of imagination to the idea of witchcraft. Another reason parents attempt to ban this novel is the claim that “Bridge to Terabithia” promotes atheism.