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Banned and restricted books in Cuba
21 titles have been banned or restricted in Cuba, recorded across 21 dated, source-cited events, most often for political content.
Titles
21
Ban events
21
Top reason
Political content
Decades active
7
Most-restricted titles
| Title | Author | Year | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Trapped Tigers | Guillermo Cabrera Infante | 1967 | 1 |
| Before Night Falls | Reinaldo Arenas | 1992 | 1 |
| The Palace of the White Skunks | Reinaldo Arenas | 1980 | 1 |
| El Monte | Lydia Cabrera | 1954 | 1 |
| Las palabras perdidas | Jesús Díaz | 1992 | 1 |
| Fuera del juego | Heberto Padilla | 1968 | 1 |
| 1984 | George Orwell | 1949 | 1 |
| Animal Farm | George Orwell | 1945 | 1 |
| El mundo alucinante | Reinaldo Arenas | 1969 | 1 |
| Otra vez el mar | Reinaldo Arenas | 1982 | 1 |
| Paradiso | José Lezama Lima | 1966 | 1 |
| En mi jardín pastan los héroes | Heberto Padilla | 1981 | 1 |
| Contra toda esperanza | Armando Valladares | 1985 | 1 |
| La nada cotidiana | Zoé Valdés | 1995 | 1 |
| Trilogía sucia de La Habana | Pedro Juan Gutiérrez | 1998 | 1 |
| Todos se van | Wendy Guerra | 2006 | 1 |
| Los siete contra Tebas | Antón Arrufat | 1968 | 1 |
| Dos viejos pánicos | Virgilio Piñera | 1968 | 1 |
| Hombres sin mujer | Carlos Montenegro | 1938 | 1 |
| Termina el desfile | Reinaldo Arenas | 1981 | 1 |
| Sur: latitud 13 | Ángel Santiesteban-Prats | 1998 | 1 |
Stated reasons
- Political content
- 18
- LGBTQ+ content
- 4
- Immorality
- 1
- Sexual content
- 1
By decade
1930s1
1950s2
1960s6
1970s4
1980s2
1990s5
2000s1
Documented bans
All 21 recorded events, most severe and most recent first.
Todos se van2006
Trilogía sucia de La Habana1998
La nada cotidiana1995
Las palabras perdidas1993
Before Night Falls1992
Contra toda esperanza1985
Termina el desfile1981
Otra vez el mar1975
The Palace of the White Skunks1972
En mi jardín pastan los héroes1971
Three Trapped Tigers1968
Fuera del juego1968
El mundo alucinante1967
El Monte1960
19841959
Animal Farm1959
Hombres sin mujer1938
Sur: latitud 131992
Dos viejos pánicos1971
Los siete contra Tebas1968
Paradiso1966
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