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The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie’s 1988 novel became one of the most controversial books of the late twentieth century, with some Muslims viewing its satirical use of Islam as blasphemous and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran issuing a fatwa calling for the killing of Rushdie and his publishers. India banned the book’s import before the month ended, followed by Bangladesh, Sudan, and South Africa in November 1988, then Sri Lanka by December. On February 12, 1989, a 10,000-strong protest in Islamabad resulted in six deaths during an attack on the American Cultural Center. Rushdie spent nearly a decade in hiding before Iran’s government declared in 1998 that it no longer sought to enforce the fatwa.
1984 by George Orwell
After criticizing Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin through Animal Farm, Orwell went further with 1984 in 1949, prompting Stalin to ban it in the Soviet Union until 1988. The novel depicted a dystopian world where totalitarian government controlled every aspect of life. Beyond Russia, various social groups in the United States denounced the novel and attempted to remove it from bookstores. The book has been banned in numerous countries for its critique of authoritarianism, surveillance, and censorship, serving as a warning about the dangers of totalitarianism.
Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
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