Guides
- Banned books gift ideas for readersGift ideas for people who love banned books: classic banned novels to give, themed sets by subject, free printable bookmarks, and how to give a book that is out of print.
- Banned books in Germany: the 1933 book burnings and what is restricted todayFrom the Nazi book burnings of May 1933 to today's youth-protection index and criminal law: what is and isn't banned in Germany, explained in plain language.
- Banned books made into moviesClassic banned books that became films, from All Quiet on the Western Front and The Grapes of Wrath to Doctor Zhivago, Lolita and Fahrenheit 451, with why each book was banned.
- Banned books quiz: how well do you know your banned books?Ten questions on famous banned books: which countries banned them, which courts tried them, and what happened next. Answers link to each book's ban history.
- Banned Books Week: when it is, what it is, and what to readBanned Books Week explained: when it happens, who runs it, the UK and Canadian equivalents, and a reading list of books banned by governments, courts and churches. Updated for 2027.
- Banned dystopian novelsThe dystopian novels governments and publishers suppressed, from Zamyatin's We to Nineteen Eighty-Four, Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451, and why each was banned.
- Free banned books printables: bookmarks, a 2027 reading challenge and bingoFree printable banned-books bookmarks, a 2027 banned books reading challenge and a banned books bingo card, for readers, book clubs, classrooms and Banned Books Week displays.
- A history of book banning, from ancient China to AmazonA timeline of book banning through the centuries: burnings, the Vatican's Index, obscenity trials, Soviet and Nazi censorship, and today's retailer removals, linked to the books involved.
- Recently pulled books: removals and withdrawalsA running log of books recently removed by retailers, withdrawn by publishers or banned, with dates and sources.
- Are banned books really banned? What "banned" meansBanned, challenged, removed or out of print: what a "banned book" actually is, who bans books, and whether it is illegal to own one.
- Where to buy banned books (and why some are hard to find)Where to buy banned books today: independent bookshops, used-book sellers and libraries, why Amazon doesn't stock some titles, and what to do when a book is out of print.