Catalog / Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451
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Ray Bradbury
In a future where firemen burn books, Guy Montag begins to doubt the system he serves. A dystopia about censorship, conformity, and the power of reading.
- First publication
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Original language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 1451673310
- ISBN-13
- 9781451673319
- ASIN
- 1451673310
Why was Fahrenheit 451 challenged?
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is in this catalog because a sourced record documents an at-risk action in United States. The novel ranks among the frequently challenged books documented by the ALA in the United States.
The catalog records the scope as school. That is not a claim that the book is banned everywhere, or that a failed complaint has the same force as a prohibition. Open the sources under Bans and restrictions. Unsourced rumors are omitted.
Readers who search “why was Fahrenheit 451 banned” should read the status label first. Banned, restricted, and at risk are defined on the methodology page and are not interchangeable.
Bans and restrictions
At risk United States At risk · School
The novel ranks among the frequently challenged books documented by the ALA in the United States.
Local challenges reported; no national ban.
- Source → Top 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books: 2000-2009 American Library Association
Other questions
- Is Fahrenheit 451 banned?
- In this catalog the primary documented status is “at risk” in United States. That is not a worldwide ban. Scope and sources are listed below.
- Why was Fahrenheit 451 challenged?
- The novel ranks among the frequently challenged books documented by the ALA in the United States.
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