The free-speech organization found that public schools banned 11,982 books, including 7,370 unique titles. Among them are the ...

I will never understand why some people would rather remove a difficult story from a library than consider the possibility ...

The left is defending librarians and institutional authority. The right is challenging the experts. The culture war has ...

PEN America recorded more than 11,000 book bans during the 2025–2026 school year. Here are the titles facing the most challenges — and why.

USA TODAY staff picked challenged or banned books to show why they deserve a place in our schools, libraries and society.

Sold by Patricia McCormick is a 2006 young adult novel about Lakshmi, a 13-year-old girl living in Nepal who is sent on a ...

Florida has been at the center of the nationwide banned-books debate after leading the country in book bans for three years.

Philadelphia high school students gave away banned books at City Hall Thursday to mark 'Banned Book Week' in the U.S. The ...

Some books fade after their moment passes. Others seem to get more relevant with every decade, even as the world around them ...

This week is Banned Books Week, a tradition going back 44 years in response to challenges to books in schools, libraries and ...