Banned Bookshelf

The banned books list: books they pulled, buried, or never reprinted

Banned Bookshelf is a banned books database of 204 titles: books removed by retailers, withdrawn by their publishers, banned by governments and courts, left out of print, or simply argued about, on subjects from the classics to the esoteric and hidden-knowledge. Each entry gives the facts, why and where it was banned, its shelf status today, and where to find a copy. We list books; we don't endorse what they say.

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All 204 books
TitleThemeShelf statusBanned byAuthor
Behind the Balfour DeclarationIsrael & Palestine, Politics & powerRemoved by AmazonRobert John
The Synagogue of SatanReligion & secret societies, Politics & powerRemoved by AmazonAndrew Carrington Hitchcock
Judaism's Strange GodsReligion & secret societiesRemoved by AmazonMichael A. Hoffman II
Revolution QPolitics & powerRemoved by AmazonNeon Revolt
The Second HolocaustPolitics & powerRemoved by AmazonMichael Meiers
The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews, Volume 1Religion & secret societies, Politics & powerRemoved by AmazonNation of Islam
The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews, Volume 2Religion & secret societies, Politics & powerRemoved by AmazonNation of Islam
The History of Central Banking and the Enslavement of MankindMoney & banking, Politics & powerNot yet checkedStephen Mitford Goodson
Children for the DevilRitual abuse & cultsWithdrawn by publisherIts publisherTim Tate
Fortunate Son: George W. Bush and the Making of an American PresidentPolitics & powerWithdrawn by publisherIts publisherJ. H. Hatfield
By Way of DeceptionIsrael & Palestine, Politics & powerPublication challengedA courtVictor Ostrovsky, Claire Hoy
The Anarchist CookbookPolitics & powerPublication challengedWilliam Powell
The WitnessesMind control & MK-UltraOut of print / scarceThomas Hennell
Journey to JerusalemIsrael & PalestineOut of print / scarceGrace Halsell
Jewish History, Jewish Religion: The Weight of Three Thousand YearsIsrael & Palestine, Religion & secret societiesIn printIsrael Shahak
Invisible Enemy: Israel, Politics, Media and American CultureIsrael & Palestine, Media & propagandaOut of print / scarceEdward Abboud
The Life of an American Jew in Racist Marxist IsraelIsrael & PalestineNot yet checkedJack Bernstein
Against Our Better JudgmentIsrael & PalestineIn printAlison Weir
In Defense of IsraelIsrael & Palestine, Religion & secret societiesIn printJohn Hagee
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign PolicyIsrael & Palestine, Politics & powerIn printJohn J. Mearsheimer, Stephen M. Walt
Taking Sides: America's Secret Relations with a Militant IsraelIsrael & PalestineOut of print / scarceStephen Green
Living by the Sword: America and Israel in the Middle East, 1968–87Israel & PalestineOut of print / scarceStephen Green
Divert! NUMEC, Zalman Shapiro and the Diversion of US Weapons Grade Uranium into the Israeli Nuclear Weapons ProgramIsrael & PalestineIn printGrant F. Smith
Palestine Is Our BusinessIsrael & Palestine, Religion & secret societiesOut of print / scarceMillar Burrows
Palestine: Peace Not ApartheidIsrael & PalestineIn printJimmy Carter
The Other Side of DeceptionIsrael & Palestine, Politics & powerIn printVictor Ostrovsky
Operation Mind ControlMind control & MK-UltraOut of print / scarceWalter Bowart
Operation Mind Control: Researcher's EditionMind control & MK-UltraOut of print / scarceWalter Bowart
Physical Control of the Mind: Toward a Psychocivilized SocietyMind control & MK-UltraOut of print / scarceJosé M. R. Delgado
Microwave Auditory Effects and ApplicationsMind control & MK-UltraOut of print / scarceJames C. Lin
HypnotismHypnosis & persuasion, Mind control & MK-UltraOut of print / scarceGeorge H. Estabrooks
The Manipulation of Human BehaviorMind control & MK-UltraOut of print / scarceAlbert D. Biderman, Herbert Zimmer
Forensic Aspects of Dissociative Identity DisorderRitual abuse & cultsIn printAdah Sachs, Graeme Galton
A New Breed: Satellite Terrorism in AmericaMind control & MK-UltraNot yet checkedJohn Hall
MC RealitiesMind control & MK-UltraOut of print / scarceH. Michael Sweeney
Mind Control, World ControlMind control & MK-UltraIn printJim Keith
Mass Control: Engineering Human ConsciousnessMind control & MK-UltraNot yet checkedJim Keith
Project MK-Ultra and Mind Control TechnologyMind control & MK-UltraIn printAxel Balthazar
Kundalini TalesMind control & MK-UltraOut of print / scarceRichard Sauder
Chameleo: A Strange but True Story of Invisible Spies, Heroin Addiction, and Homeland SecurityMind control & MK-UltraIn printRobert Guffey
1996Mind control & MK-Ultra, FictionIn printGloria Naylor
MILABS: Military Mind Control & Alien AbductionMind control & MK-Ultra, UFOs & secret aircraftOut of print / scarceHelmut Lammer, Marion Lammer
A Nation BetrayedMind control & MK-UltraOut of print / scarceCarol Rutz
The Controllers: A New Hypothesis of Alien AbductionMind control & MK-Ultra, UFOs & secret aircraftOut of print / scarceMartin Cannon
Were We Controlled?Mind control & MK-Ultra, 9/11 & false flagsOut of print / scarceLincoln Lawrence
The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and DeceptionMind control & MK-Ultra, Hypnosis & persuasionIn printH. Keith Melton, Robert Wallace
Guinea Pigs: Technologies of ControlMind control & MK-UltraNot yet checkedJohn Hall
How to Hypnotize Yourself and OthersHypnosis & persuasionIn printRachel Copelan
The Structure of Magic, Volume IHypnosis & persuasionIn printRichard Bandler, John Grinder
Secret, Don't Tell: The Encyclopedia of HypnotismHypnosis & persuasionOut of print / scarceCarla Emery
Brainwashing and the CultsHypnosis & persuasion, Ritual abuse & cultsOut of print / scarcePaul A. Verdier
Covert PersuasionHypnosis & persuasionIn printKevin Hogan, James Speakman
Man the Puppet: The Art of Controlling MindsMedia & propaganda, Hypnosis & persuasionOut of print / scarceAbram Lipsky
TrilbyFiction, Hypnosis & persuasionIn printGeorge du Maurier
Cult and Ritual AbuseRitual abuse & cultsIn printJames Randall Noblitt, Pamela Sue Perskin
Ritual Abuse in the Twenty-First CenturyRitual abuse & cults, Essay collectionsIn printRandy Noblitt, Pamela Perskin Noblitt
Blasphemous Rumours: Is Satanic Ritual Abuse Fact or Fantasy?Ritual abuse & cultsOut of print / scarceAndrew Boyd
Chasing SatanRitual abuse & cultsOut of print / scarceDianne Core
False Memories: The Deception That Silenced MillionsRitual abuse & cultsIn printLynn Crook
The Truth About False Memory SyndromeRitual abuse & cultsOut of print / scarceJames G. Friesen
Satan's Silence: Ritual Abuse and the Making of a Modern American Witch HuntRitual abuse & cultsIn printDebbie Nathan, Michael Snedeker
Remembering SatanRitual abuse & cults, True crimeIn printLawrence Wright
Hell Minus OneRitual abuse & cultsIn printAnne A. Johnson Davis
Cults That KillRitual abuse & cults, True crimeOut of print / scarceLarry Kahaner
By Silence Betrayed: Sexual Abuse of Children in AmericaRitual abuse & cultsOut of print / scarceJohn Crewdson
Painted BlackRitual abuse & cults, True crimeOut of print / scarceCarl A. Raschke
Cover-Up of the Century: Satanic Ritual Crime & World ConspiracyRitual abuse & cultsOut of print / scarceDaniel Ryder
Other AltarsRitual abuse & cultsOut of print / scarceCraig Lockwood
Child Pornography: An InvestigationRitual abuse & cults, True crimeOut of print / scarceTim Tate
The Todd PhenomenonReligion & secret societiesOut of print / scarceDarryl E. Hicks, David A. Lewis
Into the FringeUFOs & secret aircraftIn printKarla Turner
Taken: Inside the Alien-Human Abduction AgendaUFOs & secret aircraftIn printKarla Turner
Unlocking Alien ClosetsUFOs & secret aircraft, Mind control & MK-UltraNot yet checkedLeah A. Haley
Dulce Base: The Truth, and the Rest of the StoryUFOs & secret aircraftOut of print / scarceGreg Valdez
Enter the ValleyUFOs & secret aircraftNot yet checkedChristopher O'Brien
The Cash-Landrum UFO IncidentUFOs & secret aircraftOut of print / scarceJohn F. Schuessler
The Anti-Gravity HandbookUFOs & secret aircraftIn printDavid Hatcher Childress
Final Events and the Secret Government Group on Demonic UFOs and the AfterlifeUFOs & secret aircraft, Religion & secret societiesIn printNick Redfern
UFOs: The Grand Deception and the Coming New World OrderUFOs & secret aircraft, Politics & powerOut of print / scarceNorio Hayakawa
Project UFO: The Case for Man-Made Flying SaucersUFOs & secret aircraftNot yet checkedW. A. Harbinson
UFO Revelation: The Secret Technology Exposed?UFOs & secret aircraftNot yet checkedTim Matthews
German Secret Weapons of the Second World WarUFOs & secret aircraftOut of print / scarceRudolf Lusar
Roswell and the Reich: The Nazi ConnectionUFOs & secret aircraftIn printJoseph P. Farrell
Intercept But Don't ShootUFOs & secret aircraftOut of print / scarceRenato Vesco
Man-Made UFOs 1944–1994UFOs & secret aircraftIn printRenato Vesco, David Hatcher Childress
Hitler's Suppressed and Still-Secret Weapons, Science and TechnologyUFOs & secret aircraftIn printHenry Stevens
Dark Star: The Hidden History of German Secret Bases, Flying Discs and U-BoatsUFOs & secret aircraftIn printHenry Stevens
The Rainbow ConspiracyUFOs & secret aircraftOut of print / scarceBrad Steiger, Sherry Hansen Steiger
The Great UFO HoaxUFOs & secret aircraft, Politics & powerOut of print / scarceGregory M. Kanon
Messengers of DeceptionUFOs & secret aircraft, Media & propagandaIn printJacques Vallée
Behold a Pale Horse9/11 & false flags, Politics & powerIn printMilton William Cooper
9/11: The Big Lie9/11 & false flagsIn printThierry Meyssan
Body of Secrets9/11 & false flags, Politics & powerIn printJames Bamford
Painful Questions: An Analysis of the September 11th Attack9/11 & false flagsOut of print / scarceEric Hufschmid
Solving 9-11: The Deception That Changed the World9/11 & false flags, Israel & PalestineNot yet checkedChristopher Bollyn
Stranger Than Fiction: An Independent Investigation of 9/11 and the War on Terrorism9/11 & false flagsNot yet checkedAlbert D. Pastore
The Mysterious Collapse of World Trade Center 79/11 & false flagsIn printDavid Ray Griffin
Demolition: The Art of Demolishing, Dismantling, Imploding, Toppling and Razing9/11 & false flagsOut of print / scarceHelene Liss
Subverting Syria9/11 & false flags, Politics & powerNot yet checkedTony Cartalucci, Nile Bowie
It's a Conspiracy!Essay collections, Media & propagandaOut of print / scarceThe National Insecurity Council
Extending Russia: Competing from Advantageous GroundPolitics & powerIn printJames Dobbins
Toxic Sludge Is Good for YouMedia & propagandaIn printJohn Stauber, Sheldon Rampton
Trust Us, We're Experts!Media & propagandaIn printSheldon Rampton, John Stauber
Into the Buzzsaw: Leading Journalists Expose the Myth of a Free PressMedia & propaganda, Essay collectionsIn printKristina Borjesson
Culture JamMedia & propagandaIn printKalle Lasn
Television and Antisocial Behavior: Field ExperimentsMedia & propagandaOut of print / scarceStanley Milgram, R. Lance Shotland
Dark AlliancePolitics & power, Media & propagandaIn printGary Webb
Secrets and Lies: Exposing the World of Cover-ups and DeceptionEssay collectionsIn printDavid Southwell
Project Censored (annual series)Media & propagandaIn printProject Censored
Secret and Suppressed: Banned Ideas and Hidden HistoryEssay collectionsIn printJim Keith
Bushwhacked: Inside Stories of True ConspiracyEssay collections, Politics & powerOut of print / scarceUri Dowbenko
The Medusa FileEssay collectionsOut of print / scarceCraig Roberts
Conspiracy Facts: Neocons UnmaskedEssay collections, Politics & powerNot yet checkedCushman Cunningham
50 Things You're Not Supposed to KnowEssay collectionsIn printRuss Kick
New World Order AssassinsPolitics & powerNot yet checkedVictor Thorn
The Franklin ScandalTrue crime, Politics & powerIn printNick Bryant
Programmed to Kill: The Politics of Serial MurderTrue crimeIn printDavid McGowan
The Ultimate EvilTrue crime, Ritual abuse & cultsIn printMaury Terry
Henry Lee LucasTrue crimeOut of print / scarceJoel Norris
Hand of Death: The Henry Lee Lucas StoryTrue crime, Ritual abuse & cultsOut of print / scarceMax Call
Black Dahlia AvengerTrue crimeIn printSteve Hodel
AbominationTrue crime, Ritual abuse & cultsNot yet checkedWilliam Ramsey
The Jersey StingTrue crime, Politics & powerIn printTed Sherman, Josh Margolin
The Man with the CandyTrue crimeIn printJack Olsen
Presumed Guilty: An Investigation of the JonBenét Ramsey CaseTrue crimeOut of print / scarceStephen Singular
Killing for CultureMedia & propaganda, True crimeIn printDavid Kerekes, David Slater
Secret CeremoniesReligion & secret societiesIn printDeborah Laake
Hey RubeEssay collectionsIn printHunter S. Thompson
Final JudgmentPolitics & power, Israel & PalestineNot yet checkedMichael Collins Piper
Pizzagate: The Complete StoryPolitics & powerIn printAce of Swords
Sandy Hook: A Critical Analysis of the Media's Pathetic Journalistic PracticesPolitics & power, Media & propagandaIn printVictor Thorn
How to Kill (series)Politics & powerOut of print / scarceJohn Minnery
The Myth of Democracy and the Rule of the BanksMoney & banking, Politics & powerIn printRichard Becker
Was Jonestown a CIA Medical Experiment?Mind control & MK-Ultra, Politics & powerOut of print / scarceMichael Meiers
Ancient StructuresReligion & secret societiesOut of print / scarceWilliam R. Corliss
The Tavistock Institute of Human RelationsPolitics & power, Media & propagandaNot yet checkedJohn Coleman
Freemasonry and Judaism: Secret Powers Behind RevolutionReligion & secret societies, Politics & powerIn printLéon de Poncins
You GentilesReligion & secret societiesOut of print / scarceMaurice Samuel
The Six-Pointed StarReligion & secret societiesOut of print / scarceO. J. Graham
Murder by InjectionPolitics & powerOut of print / scarceEustace Mullins
Dumbing Us DownPolitics & powerIn printJohn Taylor Gatto
The Bible and War in AmericaReligion & secret societiesIn printJoel McDurmon
Scofield Reference BibleReligion & secret societiesIn printC. I. Scofield
Marketing the ChurchReligion & secret societiesOut of print / scarceGeorge Barna
How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleHypnosis & persuasionIn printDale Carnegie
Without ConscienceTrue crimeIn printRobert D. Hare
The Assault on TruthRitual abuse & cultsIn printJeffrey Moussaieff Masson
The Children's StoryFiction, Media & propagandaIn printJames Clavell
GenesisFiction, UFOs & secret aircraftNot yet checkedW. A. Harbinson
Childhood's EndFictionIn printArthur C. Clarke
The Eyes of DarknessFictionIn printDean Koontz
Less Than ZeroFictionIn printBret Easton Ellis
WardayFictionIn printWhitley Strieber, James Kunetka
The Camp of the SaintsFiction, Politics & powerIn printJean Raspail
Britain's BlunderPolitics & powerOut of print / scarcePeter H. Nicoll
Crystallizing Public OpinionMedia & propagandaIn printEdward L. Bernays
PropagandaMedia & propaganda, Politics & powerIn printEdward L. Bernays
Public RelationsMedia & propagandaNot yet checkedEdward L. Bernays
Biography of an Idea: Memoirs of Public Relations Counsel Edward L. BernaysMedia & propagandaOut of print / scarceEdward L. Bernays
The Engineering of ConsentMedia & propaganda, Politics & powerOut of print / scarceEdward L. Bernays
Nineteen Eighty-FourClassics, Fiction, Politics & powerIn printA governmentGeorge Orwell
Animal FarmClassics, Fiction, Politics & powerIn printA governmentGeorge Orwell
Brave New WorldClassics, FictionIn printA governmentAldous Huxley
Fahrenheit 451Classics, FictionIn printIts publisherRay Bradbury
UlyssesClassics, FictionIn printA court, CustomsJames Joyce
Lady Chatterley's LoverClassics, FictionIn printA courtD. H. Lawrence
LolitaClassics, FictionIn printA government, CustomsVladimir Nabokov
Tropic of CancerClassics, FictionIn printA court, CustomsHenry Miller
The Satanic VersesClassics, Fiction, Religion & secret societiesIn printA governmentSalman Rushdie
Doctor ZhivagoClassics, Fiction, Politics & powerIn printA governmentBoris Pasternak
The Gulag ArchipelagoClassics, Politics & powerIn printA governmentAleksandr Solzhenitsyn
SpycatcherPolitics & powerIn printA government, A courtPeter Wright
CandideClassics, FictionIn printA government, The Vatican's IndexVoltaire
The PrinceClassics, Politics & powerIn printThe Vatican's IndexNiccolò Machiavelli
Madame BovaryClassics, FictionIn printA court, The Vatican's IndexGustave Flaubert
All Quiet on the Western FrontClassics, FictionIn printA governmentErich Maria Remarque
Howl and Other PoemsClassicsIn printCustoms, A courtAllen Ginsberg
Naked LunchClassics, FictionIn printA courtWilliam S. Burroughs
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of ChinaPolitics & powerIn printA governmentJung Chang
The Grapes of WrathClassics, FictionIn printA governmentJohn Steinbeck
Leaves of GrassClassicsIn printA government, Its publisherWalt Whitman
The Well of LonelinessClassics, FictionIn printA courtRadclyffe Hall
Rights of ManClassics, Politics & powerIn printA government, A courtThomas Paine
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World SystemsClassics, Religion & secret societiesIn printThe Vatican's IndexGalileo Galilei
On the Revolutions of the Heavenly SpheresClassics, Religion & secret societiesIn printThe Vatican's IndexNicolaus Copernicus
Fanny HillClassics, FictionIn printA courtJohn Cleland
WeClassics, Fiction, Politics & powerIn printA governmentYevgeny Zamyatin
The Private Life of Chairman MaoPolitics & powerIn printA governmentLi Zhisui
Mao: The Unknown StoryPolitics & powerIn printA governmentJung Chang, Jon Halliday
The Tiananmen PapersPolitics & powerIn printA governmentZhang Liang
Darkness at NoonClassics, Fiction, Politics & powerIn printA governmentArthur Koestler
The Master and MargaritaClassics, Fiction, Religion & secret societiesIn printA governmentMikhail Bulgakov
The Hindus: An Alternative HistoryReligion & secret societiesIn printIts publisherWendy Doniger
Nine Hours to RamaFiction, Politics & powerIn printA governmentStanley Wolpert
LajjaFiction, Religion & secret societiesIn printA governmentTaslima Nasrin
The Country GirlsClassics, FictionIn printA governmentEdna O'Brien
Borstal BoyFiction, Politics & powerIn printA governmentBrendan Behan
FabianClassics, FictionIn printA governmentErich Kästner
Berlin AlexanderplatzClassics, FictionIn printA governmentAlfred Döblin
Portnoy's ComplaintClassics, FictionIn printA government, A courtPhilip Roth
The Catcher in the RyeClassics, FictionIn printCustomsJ. D. Salinger
Burger's DaughterClassics, Fiction, Politics & powerIn printA governmentNadine Gordimer
Children of GebelawiClassics, Fiction, Religion & secret societiesIn printA governmentNaguib Mahfouz
Mein KampfPolitics & powerIn printA governmentAdolf Hitler

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