PITTSBURGH — This week, the American Library Association announced its theme for this year’s Banned Books Week: “Let Freedom Read.” That announcement comes at a time when more and more books are being ...

The number of reported challenges to books doubled in 2022 — and the number of challenges to unique titles was up nearly 40 percent over 2021 — according to data released by the American Library ...

At least 13 Tennessee counties saw books removed from public school library shelves over the past year, marking the highest number of book removals the state has seen since the passage of the Age ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon libraries and schools saw a record number of requests to ban or restrict books in public libraries within the past year, the State Library of Oregon says. The State ...

More books were removed during the first half of this academic year than in the entire previous one. By Alexandra Alter Book bans in public schools continued to surge in the first half of this school ...

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. Last year, I read something like 40 books, not counting all of the titles I picked up and ...