Books are often banned for the same reason they endure. They say something that unsettles power, challenges belief, or refuses to soften difficult truths. What begins as censorship often turns into ...

We’ve seen the lists of classic books that were banned at one time or another. I was looking at a table stacked with such ...

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How many times did lawmakers or grassroots organizations try and censor access to certain books in Ohio in 2025? For 2025, the ALA saw the second highest number of unique titles challenged at 4,235 ...

Some books don't just push boundaries - they detonate them. Throughout literary history, certain works have been so explosive ...

Every book on the American Library Association's list of the top 10 most challenged books in the country has been restricted or removed in various Tennessee public school libraries. The American ...

More than 1,600 books were banned in over 5,000 schools during the last school year, with most of the bans targeting titles related to the LGBTQ community or race and racism, according to a new report ...

In the most recent school year, Utah, South Carolina and Tennessee have all added or expanded their own book bans. Over 10,000 books were banned in public schools during the most recent school year, ...

Nonfiction books were censored at schools at more than double the past rate in the 2024-2025 school year, according to a new report by PEN America. The organization, whose stated mission is to ...