Voidly · Verboten · Title
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini · 2003 · original language en
The Kite Runner has been banned or restricted in 2 countries, across 118 documented acts of censorship dating back to 2008.
Countries
2
Ban events
118
Earliest
2008
Actions
Banned, Restricted
Where The Kite Runner is banned or restricted
| Country | Action | Years | Reason | Source |
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| United States | Banned · school | 2025 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2025 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2025 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2025 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Political content, Race / colonialism, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
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| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
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| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
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| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Political content, Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
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| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
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| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
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| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
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| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Offensive language, Political content, Religious / blasphemy | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Offensive language, Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Immorality, Offensive language, Religious / blasphemy | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Offensive language, Political content, Religious / blasphemy | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Offensive language, Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Offensive language, Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Offensive language, Political content, Religious / blasphemy | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Offensive language, Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2022 | Offensive language, Political content, Religious / blasphemy | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2022 | Offensive language, Political content, Religious / blasphemy | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2022 | Offensive language, Political content, Religious / blasphemy | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2022 | Offensive language, Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2022 | Offensive language, Political content, Religious / blasphemy | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2022 | Offensive language, Political content, Religious / blasphemy | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2022 | Offensive language, Political content, Religious / blasphemy | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2022 | Offensive language, Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2022 | Offensive language, Political content, Religious / blasphemy | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2021 | Offensive language, Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2021 | Offensive language, Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2008 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| Afghanistan | Banned · government | 2008 | Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2025 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2025 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2025 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2024 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
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| United States | Restricted · school | 2024 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2023 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2023 | Immorality, Political content, Race / colonialism | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2023 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2023 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
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| United States | Restricted · school | 2023 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
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| United States | Restricted · school | 2023 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2023 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2023 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2023 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2023 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2023 | Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2023 | Immorality, Offensive language, Religious / blasphemy | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2023 | Immorality, Offensive language, Religious / blasphemy | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2023 | Offensive language, Political content, Religious / blasphemy | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2022 | Offensive language, Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2022 | Offensive language, Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2022 | Immorality, Offensive language, Religious / blasphemy | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2022 | Immorality, Offensive language, Religious / blasphemy | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2022 | Offensive language, Political content, Religious / blasphemy | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2022 | Offensive language, Political content, Religious / blasphemy | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2022 | Offensive language, Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2021 | Offensive language, Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content | link → |
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