This week also brings a National Book Award finalist from Bryan Washington and a Booker finalist from Andrew Miller.

This two-volume cult text dissects diaries of early-20th-century German soldiers to explore why fascism feels so erotic to ...

Our 10 recommended books for November include a memoir from Margaret Atwood and a new novel from John Irving that revisits a ‘Cider House Rules’ character.

Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club pick already has the literary community abuzz. Winfrey chose “A Guardian and a Thief” by Megha Majumdar for October, a book that's also been named a finalist for both ...

Over 3,700 unique books were banned during the 2024-2025 school year, more than double the number of titles PEN America tracked in the 2021-2022 school year when it began counting. The nonprofit, ...

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County officials in Wyoming fired Terri Lesley, a library director, after she refused to purge children and young adult books that contained sexual content and L.G.B.T.Q. themes. By Adeel Hassan A ...

The Erie County Public Library promotes awareness of banned books, including through exhibits created for the Lake Erie Lit Festival help in September. Reasons for book challenges range from profanity ...

A former Wyoming library director who was fired amid an uproar over books with sexual content and LGBTQ+ themes that some people complained were inappropriate for youngsters and who sought their ...

A map shows which states banned the most books in the 2024-2025 school year. PEN America recorded 6,870 instances of books being pulled from school libraries across 23 states and in 87 public school ...

Novels by Karen Russell and Bryan Washington are among those vying for the award in fiction, while books about Gaza, foster care and women in Russia are up for the nonfiction prize. By Elizabeth A.

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Diane Keaton was not only an accomplished Oscar-winning ...