Banned books in your nation

[Reorganized Portugal]

We banned Harry Potter books for like a week before people got mad and we removed the law. This was due to its mention of witchcraft, which is a big no-no in Catholicism (IRL me doesn't agree but whatever). Mein Kampf cannot be sold in regular stores but is permitted to be sold online, although only in the original German.

[Hellholistan]

ALL OF THEM. Because stupid people are easier to brainwash and control.

[Dari Sultanate]

Books Banned by the Government

Any book promoting anti-monarchist ideals and principles.

Any books that include any type of eroticism.

Any political books not approved by the government.

Any book mocking Islam.

Any book that is deemed "anti-national".

Any pseudo-scientific or pseudo-historic book.

[The Turkmen Emirate]

Every book by Marquis De Sade
(eroticisation of rape, torture etcetera)

The Lustful Turk
(“Insult to Islam, racist attitudes and non-consensual sadism”)

The Picture of Dorian Gray
(“Homoeroticism”)

Lady Chatterley’s Lover
(“Promotion of unfaithful conduct by wives and treachery by employees Anne indentured servants”)

The Caged Virgin by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
(“Obscenity”)

Seventy Two virgins by Boris Johnson
(“Racist caricature”)

Phaedo
(“Glorification of pederasty”)

Rushanama
(“An arrogant work designed to rival the word of Allah Subhana Wa Tala)

SCUM Manifesto.
(“Incitement to gender-based violence”)

Boys Are Stupid, Throw Rocks At Them
(“Corruption of children, incitement to gender-based violence ”)

Woke: A Guide to Social Justice.
(“Dangerous, had a role in the murder of a Muslim in Thamesholm”)

In addition, books critical of Islam may only be read by people who have a professional reason in terms of defending it (mutakallimun, Ulama, military intelligence and law enforcement).

Only military personnel (with clearance from an officer ranked Captain or above) can read the Anarchist Cookbook.

The following books are banned:
Venus In Furs
(“Enticing people towards a matriarchal lifestyle”)

Heather has Two Mummies
(“Widely used by leftist cultural imperialists to further their ideologies”)

The Sun Page Three Album
(“Indecent pornography”)

Many books by Ayn Rand
(“Glorification of rape”)

Due to a consultation, the Female Eunuch and Fifty Shades of Grey were not banned, the former because it was “too ridiculous to radicalise a sane person”

[The Caliphate of the Messenger of God]

Every book by Marquis De Sade
(eroticisation of rape, torture etcetera)

The Lustful Turk
(Insult to Islam, racist attitudes and eroticisation of rape)

The Caged Virgin by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
(Obscenity)


Seventy Two Virgins by Boris Johnson
(A caricature motivated by racist hate speech)

Boy is beautiful by Germaine Greer
(Child pornography)

Protocols of the Elders of Zion
(Defamation of the Jewish people)

In addition only military personnel may read the anarchist cookbook and even then only with permission from a Captain or above.

[Marxiaville]

All books by Joseph Stalin and Michael Bakunin. (Failing to realise the true nature of the revolution)
Anti communist literature (including fascism)(quite obvious)
The prince (promoting amorality in our politics)

[Domasian]

Books that contain insults and hate speech against an ethnicity, religion, and race.

Books that promote bad things, such as books that legalize drugs, LGBT, radicalism, suicide, and other bad things.

Books containing pornography, such as manga (Not all but most), magazines containing adult content, and others.

Books that contain hoaxes and conspiracy theories.

[Zickfort]

The only book that is officialy banned is "Books banned by the Information and National Security Service", written by former officer Demetrios Mullenbach.

There are more banned books, but reliable sources aren't available (see previous paragraph) and spreaded lists have been repeatedly refutated.

[Nea Athinae]

Mein Kampf and other mass murder, radicalism, genocide and other books are banned

[-Ruschian Republic-]

As of 2046, no books are banned in the Federation of Brazil. Mein Kampf, which was previously banned since the end of WW2, had its ban overturned in 2035 following a decision by the Supreme National Court, which deemed the ban to be "unconstitutional", as the new constitution of 2034 guarantees "freedom from censorship" and upholds the "right to informational freedom".

Literature is highly valued by the government of Brazil, which allowed the books banned by the Brazilian Revolution to be sold again following Érico Rusch's ascension to the presidency, back in 2030. One of the steps taken to promote literature was the end of taxation on books, enacted in 2033.

[Luziyca]

Rwizikuru does not really ban books, although part of it stems from the fact that the Rwizikuran government doesn't have a lot of control over the peripheral regions, making it hard to clamp down on any smuggling.

[Glevenschester]

Are there any books that are banned in your nation?:
Yes. Obscenity, blasphemy, racial hatred, instructional material for terrorism.

What are they and why?:
All books by Marquis De Sade
(Obscenity, incitement to violence against women)

The Caged Virgin by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
(Obscenity)

Lady Chatterleys lover
(obscenity)

Lolita
(obscenity)


God is not Great by Christopher Hitchens
(blasphemy)

The Turner Diaries
(racial hatred, incitement to terrorism)

The Anarchist Cookbook
(instructional material for terrorism)

[Gothian Crimea]

Any book involving blasphemy/counter religious.
This can be anything from satanism to denying the divinity of God(heresies) to evolution to the primordial thought.

Promotion of “sodomites”.
This is anything pertaining to most groups commonly listed as LGBT+. Asexual material is sometimes allowed, but culturally Frowned upon due to the culture dictating vast reproduction. Also included in this ban, which primary deals with attractions and identities, are things such as pedophilia.

Anything seditious.
This uncultured anti government, leaking state secrets, slander of leaders etc.

Finally for a catch all, anything that fits in none of the others, yet is deemed unfit.
An example would be a book promoting fat acceptance, Gothia is violently anti fat and this would ban it. Often books here can shift into the actual categories, and if enough b similar ones exist can become their own category.

[Juansonia]

The only printed media which is outright banned in Juansonia is:
- Copyright Violations
- Books with maliciously altered text attempting to pass as legitimate copies
- Child pornography
- redacted/censored government writing which has not already been leaked into mainstream (confidentiality/security concerns)

Access to above materials is granted almost exclusively for the purpose of enforcing bans (redacted government writing is given to intended recipients, however).

Printed media, like television and movies, has age ratings assigned, some of which impose age restrictions on purchase/borrowing/renting (waivable w/ proof of parental consent). Most age restrictions for text-only printed media are for sexual content (many translations of Religious Scripture fall under these limits). Books lended as part of an educational curriculum can circumvent these restrictions for educational purposes.

Some printed media is required or incentivised to be distributed with a state-written context/content pamphlet. For example, The Anarchist's Cookbook must be distributed with a notice explaining that several of its recipes do not produce intended results.

Edit: The government, as a joke, incentivises booksellers to accompany copies of 1984 with an index card that reads "Literally 1984".

[Ashotu]

Books about slavery are banned

[Baltica-Eesti]

Yes.

[Meadowfields]

There is only one book banned in Meadowfields, "Gesceapeacðætacsanmúða", a book rendered so obscene that the author committed suicide due to trauma from writing it. It was written in the year 1198, by poet Bárspreót. The book has extremely graphic elements and contains hardcore...you know what...with a river.

[Ashotu]

spooky

[Westmonkwick]

How to make disposable silencers (1984) by Desert and Eliezer Flores
(“Instructional on murder”)

Sexual Customs ("Xing Fengsu") (1989)
(“Insult to Islam.”)

The Gods Laugh on Mondays
(“Obscenity, apologetics for rapists and homosexuals”)

Marriage and Morals
(“Obscenity”)

Gay is OK! A Christian Perspective

(“Misrepresentation of a closely related Abrahamic religion”)


Red Lines: Political Cartoons and the Struggle Against Censorship
(“Insult to Muslims”)

[Ertilea]

Any publication or material that encourage, normalize or promote:
- Discrimination, racism, chauvanism or supremacism based on ethnicity, age, gender (if contrary to the laws) and disability of any person
- Blasphemy and Unfounded Bigotry that is so-called religious or non-religious in nature
- Replacement of fundamental values of the country
is prohibited and punished from any publication and promotion and (Only in cases of Racism, Blasphemy and Bigotry) possesion regardless of which medium used to make such prohibited publication or materials available.

[The Orwell Society]

The Orwell Society's book publishing industry is owned and regulated by the core Party, the State, and the government. It is extensive, as citizens spend what little money they have on literature, to the benefit of the government. All literature is cleverly-written and sometimes disguised propaganda promoting Big Brother and the Party. Any book that holds even a nuetral on the government's ideology is banned, all books are run through a regulation and suppression sector operated by the Ministry of Truth before circulation. However, very few books not written by the Ministry actually reach circulation.

[Dillisa]

1. Enemy propaganda without proper comments
2. Recipes for things that normal law-abiding inhabitants DO NOT NEED
3. CP and so on

[Makko Oko]

Any book that's not specifically government reviewed and approved. Meaning, no books insulting the state, no religious books except for those regarding the state religion of Satanism, no books promoting foreign ideals, etc.

[Cantport]

The Caged Virgin by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
(“Obscenity”)

Fanny Hill
(“Obscenity”)

The Gods Laugh on Mondays
(“Promoting rape myths”)

120 days of Sodom
(“Eroticising rape”)

The Peaceful Pill Handbook
(“Instructional on euthanasia”)

The Truth About Muhammad

(“Libel against Muhammad” Peace Be Upon Him)


The Great Replacement
(“Incitement to terrorism”)


Anarchy Cookbook 2000,

(“Useful to terrorists”)

Anarchist cookbook (“useful to terrorists”)

Knife Fighting Techniques From Folsom Prison
(“Useful to terrorists”

Kill Or Get Killed
(“Useful to terrorists”)

[Catarra]

Because WW2. All books intended to promote the ideologies of Nazism, fascism or are revisionists of Jewish/gypsy, hodomor or Armenian holocaust are banned from sale to the public. Except versions with critical annotations.
This ban does not forbid the usage of these works for educational or scholarly purposes in appropriate settings nor does it criminalise the mere ownership of a pro-Nazi or pro-fascist book, or an antidemocracy book. Only the sale and purchase of them with intent of spreading authoritarian ideology.
Also Islamist books or books like the Anarchist cookbook are also banned. Marx books were also limited to purchase without critical annotations.