Belarus's Ministry of Information has prohibited the sale of books by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Donna Tartt, Japanese writer Ryu Murakami, and American novelist Chuck Palahniuk, among others. The ministry announced this decision through its official Telegram channel on August 4.
The banned titles include Tartt's *The Secret History*, Murakami's *Topaz* and *Ecstasy*, and Palahniuk's *Invisible*. In total, 31 publications were added to Belarus's restricted list. According to the ministry, these works contain material that could "potentially undermine national interests" if circulated.
The agency warned that distributors found selling prohibited titles risk losing their state-issued publishing licenses. This latest update follows Belarus's initial literary ban introduced in November 2024, which has since expanded to encompass 141 restricted works.
Donna Tartt, the acclaimed American novelist, gained widespread recognition for *The Secret History* (1992), a dark academia thriller about privileged students drawn into a professor's dangerous intellectual circle. Her 2014 novel *The Goldfinch* earned her the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.