A number of English titles have been deemed too “dangerous” to read by the church, prompting a consultation on the issue.
A selection of the books is shown below.
The books that are banned by The Church of Englishe:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (1875)The Lord’s Prayer (1888)The Tale of the Princess Kintyre (1904) The Tale of Tom Bombadil (1905) The Little Prince (1909)The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1912)The Hobbit (1916)The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1925)The Wizard of Oz (1939)The Wonderful Wizard of Zorro (1948)The Silmarillion (1952)The Three Musketeers (1958)The Princess Bride (1960)The Snow Queen (1966)The Lion King (1968)The Little Mermaid (1970)The Prince of Wales (1970)(The Lion Prince)The Book of Mormon (1974)The Bible (1978)The Life and Adventures of Captain Kidd (1928)The Godfather (1972)The Great Gatsby (1974)(The God of Small Things)The King of Queens (1962)The Lost Boys (1963)The Mummy (1974)/ The Last Picture Show (1974/1977)The Manchurian Candidate (1978)(The Last Picture)The Miracle on 34th Street (1983)The Naked and Famous (1966)(The Naked Prince) The Naked Time (1966)/ The Lost City of Z (1974)*The Order of the Stick (1972)*The Picture of Dorian Gray (1929)*The Seven Deadly Sins (1926)*The Tale Of the Princess Bride-The Lost City (1949)The Temptation of Benjamin Button (1946)The Unforgiven (1974*The Talented Mr Ripley-The Great Escape (1943)The Untouchables (1954)The Wolf of Wall Street (2007)The Wicked and the Divine (1968)*The Wizard Of Oz (1966)*The Waking Titan (1968)(The Wonderful, Wonderful Wizard Of Zorros)The World of Ice and Fire (2012)The War of the Worlds (1937)*The World’s End (1956)The Wise Man’s Fear (1938)The Words of the Prophet (1881)The Young Frankenstein (1931)The Woman in Black (1894)The Wasp (1921)*The Woman Who Waited (1934)The Zodiac (1957)*The Wolf at the Door (1951)The Way of the Dragon (1961)The Witchfinder’s Guide (1892)The Witches of East Anglia (1893)The Watchmen (1944)The X-Files (1994)The Wild West (1969)The Old Testament (1966/1978)*The Wicked Witch of the West (1898)The Werewolf (1897)The White Ribbon (1927)The Walking Dead (AMC) (2014)The Yellow Wallpaper (2012)*The Witching Hour (1977)A Song of Ice & Fire: A New Translation of A Song of Seven Suns (2003)Thea Stones (2014)*Boys Don’t Cry (1941)*Blackadder (1936)*Cagliostro (1884)*Celeste and Mr. Bean (1953)*Cheshire Cat (1964)*Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1959)Charlie and Me (1959)*Chasing the Black Crow (1935)*Chekhov’s Gun (1955)*Crazy Heart (1932)*Dada (1940)*Dances with Wolves (1947)*Dance with Me (1930)*Dancing with the Stars (1964)Dance With Me II: The Musical (1965)*Dancer in the Dark (1933)*The Dragon (1974)-Dances With Wolves (1968)-Dancing With the Stars: The Music Video (1966)-Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (1942)*Dancers in the Pyramids (1950)*Don Quixote (1597)*The English Patient (1923)*Edgar Allan Poe (1818)Edgar Allen Poe: The Unknown Writer (1896)*Edmund Halley’s Murder at Bangor (1910)*Eleanor Rigby (1885)*Eliza Doolittle (1901)*Elvis Presley (1922)*Empire of the Sun (1914)*Empress of India (1899)*Evelyn Waugh (1906)*Exodus (1878)*F.
Scott Fitzgerald (1917)*Fahrenheit 451 (1924)*Frankenstein (1945)*Fifty Shades of Grey (2012)”Frosty the Snowman (1963)*Fitzgerald (1918)*Frozen (2013)Fitzcarraldo (1915)*F