Category:Book burnings

Articles relating to book burnings, the deliberate destruction by fire of books or other written materials, usually carried out in a public context. The burning of books represents an element of censorship, and usually proceeds from a cultural, religious, or political opposition to the materials in question. Book burning can be an act of contempt for the book's contents or author, intended to draw wider public attention to this opinion, or to conceal the information contained in the text from being made public, such as diaries or ledgers.