Is Fifty Shades of Grey banned?

In this catalog the primary documented status is “banned” in Malaysia, 2015. That is not a worldwide ban. Scope and sources are listed below.

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Banned

Fifty Shades of Grey

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E. L. James

Literature student Anastasia Steele interviews entrepreneur Christian Grey and is drawn into a relationship defined by desire and control. An erotic romance that became a worldwide bestseller.

First publication: 2011
Publisher: The Writer's Coffee Shop
Original language: English
ISBN-10: 0345803485
ISBN-13: 9780345803481
ASIN: 0345803485

Why was Fifty Shades of Grey banned?

Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James is in this catalog because a sourced record documents a banned action in Malaysia in 2015. The Home Ministry banned the Fifty Shades trilogy as likely to be prejudicial to morality.

The catalog records the scope as national. Ministry of Home Affairs is named as the authority. 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 Fifty Shades of Grey 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

Banned Malaysia 2015
Banned · National · Ministry of Home Affairs
The Home Ministry banned the Fifty Shades trilogy as likely to be prejudicial to morality.
Order of 24 February 2015 under the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984: printing, import, sale, distribution, and possession are prohibited throughout Malaysia.
- Source → After movie, Malaysia also bans 'Fifty Shades' books Malay Mail · 2015