A new report from the American Library Association showed a spike in censorship efforts, with 1,269 attempts. By Alexandra Alter and Elizabeth A. Harris Efforts to ban books nearly doubled in 2022 ...

A wrenching coming-of-age novel about a forbidden romance between two men with religious differences. A memoir about a woman who leaves her marriage because of bad sex. A poetry collection about grief ...

It's that time of year again: NPR brings you the complete Books We Love list for 2022, a quirky, highly personal collection of our staff and contributors' favorite books of the year. Of the 402 books ...

Reeves’s terrific second poetry collection eruditely sets out to unite the Western literary canon with its omissions and oppressions, resurrecting an eclectic cast of characters, from Sappho to James ...

Here’s a sampling of books published on the the topic in the last year and recommended by our writers, ranging from a delightful romp through the public works of Paris to the serious issue of ...

Librarians today are frustrated and angry about book banning and concerned by the high prices and restrictions on digital content. But there is another serious, fundamental threat to which the library ...