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Books banned for race / colonialism

1,579 titles have been banned or restricted for race / colonialism across 28 countries — one of eleven stated grounds tracked across the censorship record.

Titles
1,579
Countries
28
Reason
Race / colonialism

Most-banned for race / colonialism

Ranked by the number of distinct countries that banned or restricted the title citing this reason.

TitleAuthorYearCountries
Mein KampfAdolf Hitler19255
The Adventures of Tintin in the CongoHergé19302
The Turner DiariesWilliam Luther Pierce19782
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion—19032
The Grass Is SingingDoris Lessing19502
The Color PurpleAlice Walker19822
The Autobiography of Malcolm XAlex Haley, Malcolm X19652
Sophie's ChoiceWilliam Styron19792
Did Six Million Really Die?Richard Verrall19742
Cloud AtlasDavid Mitchell20042
Black Like MeJohn Howard Griffin19602
BelovedToni Morrison19872
AyeshaKurt Frischler—2
ZorroIsabel Allende20051
Zoom in on EqualityHeather Moore Niver20251
Zion Protocols in World PoliticsOleg Platonov—1
Zia Erases the WorldBree Barton20221
Застольные разговоры ГитлераПикер Г19931
Застольные беседы Гитлера. 1941-1944 гг.—19411
Zara Hossin is HereSabina Kahan20241
Залесский К.А., Хауссер П. Черная гвардия Гитлера. Ваффен-СС—20071
Zahra's ParadiseAmir20111
Your Name Is a SongJamilah Thompkins-Bigelow20211
Young Palestinians Speak: Living Under OccupationAnnemarie Young20171
Young Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and PresentJamia Wilson20181
You Wouldn't Want to be a Slave in Greece!: A Life You'd Rather Not HaveFiona Macdonald20251
You Should See Me in a CrownLeah Johnson20201
YokoRosemary Wells19981
Yo No Soy Tu Perfecta Hija MexicanaErika L. Sánchez20171
Yasmin the ZookeeperSaadia Faruqi20191
Yasmin the TeacherSaadia Faruqi20191
Yasmin the Soccer StarSaadia Faruqi20201
Yasmin the SingerSaadia Faruqi20211
Yasmin the RecyclerSaadia Faruqi20211
Yasmin the PainterSaadia Faruqi20181
Yasmin the LibrarianSaadia Faruqi20211
Yasmin the GardenerSaadia Faruqi20201
Yasmin the FriendSaadia Faruqi20201
Yasmin the ExplorerSaadia Faruqi20181
Yasmin the ChefSaadia Faruqi20191
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your AssMeg Medina20131
Yang the Youngest and his Terrible EarLensey Namioka19921
Yang the Third and Her Impossible FamilyLensey Namioka19951
Yakhal'inkomoMongane Wally Serote19721
Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial MarylandSally M. Walker20081
Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Reception in an American PrisonShaka Senghor20161
World ArtRachel Bean20251
Woodcuts of Women: StoriesDagoberto Gilb20011
WonderR.J. Palacio20011
#WomensMarch: Insisting on EqualityRebecca Felix20241

Where race / colonialism is most cited

CountryTitles
United States1,428
Russia48
Malaysia48
India16
South Africa14
Germany12
Turkey3
Canada3
United Kingdom2
China2
Belarus2
Yugoslavia1
Uganda1
Sweden1
Sudan1
Poland1
Pakistan1
New Zealand1
Netherlands1
Nigeria1
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