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Books banned for violence

2,089 titles have been banned or restricted for violence across 18 countries — one of eleven stated grounds tracked across the censorship record.

Titles
2,089
Countries
18
Reason
Violence

Most-banned for violence

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

TitleAuthorYearCountries
The Anarchist CookbookWilliam Powell19713
Hubert Selby Jr.: Last Exit to BrooklynHubert Selby Jr.19643
American PsychoBret Easton Ellis19913
WatchmenAlan Moore, Dave Gibbons19872
Tokyo GhoulSui Ishida20112
The Painted BirdJerzy Kosiński19652
The Lord of the FliesWilliam Golding19542
The 120 Days of SodomMarquis de Sade19042
LullabyChuck Palahniuk20022
Jujutsu KaisenGege Akutami20192
BelovedToni Morrison19872
A Little LifeHanya Yanagihara20082
1984: The Graphic NovelGeorge Orwell20212
Zoya's Story: An Afghan Woman's Struggle for FreedomJohn Follain20021
ZooJames Patterson20121
Zombies vs. UnicornsJustine Larbalestier20101
Zombies Don't CryRusty Fischer20221
Zom-B: GladiatorDarren Shan20141
Zero DayDavid Baldacci20111
Zahra's ParadiseAmir20111
You're NextKylie Schachte20201
You'd Be Home NowKathleen Glasgow20221
You Killed Wesley PayneSean Beaudoin20111
You Against MeJenny Downham20111
You: A Novel of Dark ObsessionCaroline Kepnes20141
Year of WondersGeraldine Brooks20011
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your AssMeg Medina20131
Y: The Last ManBrian K. Vaughan20031
X-Men: Age of XMike Carey20221
X 10 Vol.1Fujida Jun Ichi1
Wuthering HeightsEmily Bronte18461
Written in Blood: A True Story of Murder and a Deadly 16-year-old Secret that Tore A Family ApartDiane Fanning20051
Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Reception in an American PrisonShaka Senghor20161
WreckedE. R. Frank20241
WraithJoe Hill20141
Worth Dying ForLee Child20101
World Without EndKen Follett19611
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie WarMax Brooks20061
World TriggerDaisuke Ashihara20151
The World of the American Pit Bull TerrierRichard F. Stratton19831
Words on FireJennifer A. Nielsen20191
Wolves of the CallaStephen King20031
WolfsbaneAndrea Robertson20251
Wolf IslandDarren Shan20081
Wolf HollowLauren Wolk20161
Wizard's First RuleTerry Goodkind19941
Wizard and GlassStephen King19971
Without MeritColleen Hoover20171
With the EnemyEva Gray20111
WitchesStuart Kallen20251

Where violence is most cited

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