The best-known examples are the Parisian Obelisk Press, which published Henry Miller's sexually frank novel Tropic of Cancer, and Olympia Press, which published William Burroughs's Naked Lunch. Since there are a large number of banned books, some publishers have sought out to publish these books. Banned books include fictional works such as novels, poems and plays and non-fiction works such as biographies and dictionaries. This article lists notable banned books and works, giving a brief context for the reason that each book was prohibited. The practice of banning books is a form of censorship, from political, legal, religious, moral, or (less often) commercial motives. A display of formerly banned books at a US libraryīanned books are books or other printed works such as essays or plays which are prohibited by law or to which free access is not permitted by other means.
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