In 2023, there were 1247 demands for censorship, a 65 percent increase from the previous year and the highest number in some two decades of data collection. Of the 4240 book titles singled out—u ...

Public schools and libraries across the U.S. are still facing a rise of book challenges due to recent state and local policies that have accelerated efforts to censor certain materials, according ...

Officials with the ALA have documented what they described as an alarming number of attempts to ban or challenge books in recent years. In 2023, the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked ...

With so many books in the world, reading can be an endlessly expensive hobby. But thanks to the internet and the magic of libraries, there are a ton of ways to read your favorite books for free ...

As Roger Lewis finds out, Emma Kenny's new book The Serial Killer Next Door is not for the faint hearted. This is a study of serial killers like Ted Bundy and Aileen Wuornos and is full of every ...

The 75th annual National Book Awards finalists include works by Salman Rushdie, Percival Everett, Anne Carson, and Miranda July. Categories like fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young people's ...

But, Lisa Marie's unexpected death in 2023 set the book off-course—and inspired the bereaved Riley to finish what her mom started. From Here to the Great Unknown includes an intimate portrait of ...

biking and wellness — provide the bulk of Mountaineers Books revenue, which tallied over $5 million in the 2023 fiscal year. That reflects an increase of more than more than 30% in book sales ...

Whether you're considering joining the digital book revolution or simply want a new ebook reader, these are our top lab-tested picks for every type of bookworm. I’m a Mobile Analyst at PCMag ...

In the 2022-2023 school year, Florida led the nation in the surge of book challenges and bans, according to free expression advocacy group PEN America. This year, the number of bans has more than ...

Self’s new novel, about a woman struggling against her confined role in the 1950s, is based on his late mother’s journals. “From Here to the Great Unknown,” completed by Riley Keough ...

Officials with the ALA have documented what they described as an alarming number of attempts to ban or challenge books in recent years. In 2023, the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked 1,247 ...