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Books Burned in the Fires of Disapproval

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As amazing as it may seem, the burning of books is still a practice carried out today -- in all parts of the world. Books are generally burned in a ritualistic worship. As you can see from the list, poor Stephen King can't write anything without it being tossed into a disapproving fire. J.K. Rowling's books bring about such vehement disapproval and vitriolic cries, that the books are burned on the first day of their  release, with the message blatantly stated that the books must be removed from this planet, and that those who read them are doomed to (where else?) THE FIRES of hell.

This list is NOT comprehensive -- there was massive book burning in World War II (Nazi bonfires), and many of the books burned there are not listed here. Throughout history, books have been burned, as well as their authors, witches, abortion clinics, churches, crosses in (others') yards, etc., etc., etc., ad nauseum.

100% the Story of a Patriot by Upton Sinclair

95 Theses by Martin Luther

The Accumulation of Capital by Rosa Luxembourg

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erica Marcia Remarque

Analects by Confucius

An Appeal to Reason by Thomas Mann

Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden

The Arabian Nights, or, The Thousand and One Nights anonymous

The Art of Love (Ars Amatoria) by Ovid

Bag of Bones by Stephen King

Becoming Visible: An Illustrated History of Lesbian and Gay Life in the 20th Century by Molly McGarry, Fred Wasserman, and Mimi Bowling

The Bible translated by William Tyndale *who was also burned at the stake

Black House by Stephen King

Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya

The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution by Roger Williams

The Book of Mormon

Boston: A Documentary Novel of the Sacco-Vinzetti Trial by Upton Sinclair

The Brass Check by Upton Sinclair

Buddhist Holy Writs

Call of the Wild by Jack London

Caprichos by Alfred Kerr

Carrie by Stephen King

Cell by Stephen King

Child of All Nations by Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Christianity Restored by Michael Servetus *who was also burned at the stake

Christine by Stephen King

Colorado Kid by Stephen King

The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx

The Companionate Marriage by Benjamin Barr Lindsey

The Complete Pig by Sara Rath

The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway by Ernest Hemingway

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Confessions by Jean Jacques Rousseau

The Cop Killer: How Mumia-Abu Jamal Conned Millions Into Believing He Was Framed by Dann Flynn

Cujo by Stephen King

The Dark Half  by Stephen King

The Dark Pilgrimmage by Jakob Wasserman

The Dark Tower (series) by Stephen King

The Dawn of Humanity by Kurt Pinthus

Dead Zone by Stephen King

Decameron by Giovani Boccaccio

Delores Claiborne by Stephen King

Desperation by Stephen King

The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King

Dreamcatcher by Stephen King

El Senor Presidente by Miguel Angel Asturias

Enola Gay by Mark Levine

The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King

Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

Firestarter by Stephen King

Footsteps by Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Form a Buick 8 by Stephen King

Foundations of Leninism by Josef Stalin

Four Past Midnight by Stephen King

The Fugitive (Perburuan) by Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francis Rabelais

Gerald's Game by Stephen King

The German Republic by Thomas Mann

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Green Mile (series) by Stephen King

The Guide of the Perplexed by Moses Maimonides (Moses ben Maimon)

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling 

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K.Rowling

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/ Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling

The Heptameron by Queen Margaret of Navarre

The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World by Nawal El Saadawi

Hindu Holy Writs

A History of Tom Jones by Henry Fielding

The Holy Bible

House of Glass by Pramoedya Ananta Toer

How I Became a Socialist by Helen Keller

The Inferno by Dante (Ciardi translation)

Insomnia by Stephen King

Interpretation by Upton Sinclair

The Iron Heel by Jack London

It by Stephen King

The Jacket by Jack London

Jimmy Higging: A Story by Upton Sinclair

Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

King Lear by William Shakespeare

 Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

Lisey's Story by Stephen King

The Living Bible by William C. Bower

A Long Walk by Stephen King

Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (and everything else he ever wrote, also) 

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Mammonart by Upton Sinclair

Manifesto of the Communist Party by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

Martin Eden by Jack London

The Mass Psychology of Fascism by Wilhelm Reich

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

Misery by Stephen King

Needful Things by Stephen King

The New Testament by William Tyndale, translator *author was also burned at the stake

Night Shift by Stephen King

On the Errors of the Trinity by Michael Servetus *author was also burned at the stake

Other Christian Holy Writs

Other Jewish Holy Writs

Other Muslim Holy Writs

The Outline of History by H.G. Wells

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

The Pious Dance by Klaus Mann

Popol Vuh, the Sacred Book of the Quiche Maya

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

The Qur'an

Rage by Stephen King

The Regulators by Stephen King

The Revolt of Modern Youth by Benjamin Barr Lindsey

Richard III by William Shakespeare

The Rights of Man by Thomas Paine

The Road to October by Josef Stalin

Roadwork by Stephen King

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Rose Madder by Stephen King

The Running Man by Stephen King

Salem's Lot by Stephen King

The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

The Shining by Stephen King

Silent Song of a Mute by Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Skeleton Crew by Stephen King

Slaughterhouse Five, or, The Children's Crusade, a Duty Dance With Death by Kurt Vonnegut

Socialism in Theory and Practice by Morris Hillquist

The Stand by Stephen King

 Strong Wind by Miguel Angel Asturias

The Talisman by Stephen King

The Talmud

The Tarnished Lady by Sandra Hill

Ten Days That Shook the World by John Reed

Terrorism and Communism by Karl Kautsky

Thinner by Stephen King

This Earth of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Tommyknockers by Stephen King

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

Ulysses by James Joyce

The Uprising of the Fisherman of Santa Barbara by Anna Seghers

The Works of Aristotle

The Works of Jose Arvalo Bermejo

The Works of Bertolt Brecht

The Works of Dante

The Works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Works of Erich Maria Remarque

The Works of Sigmund Freud

The Works of Plato

The Works of Socrates

The Works of Pramoedya Ananta Toer

The World's Illusion by Jakob Wasserman

 


Guide ID: 10000000003875532Guide created: 07/02/07 (updated 05/20/08)

 
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