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PEN America, a free speech advocacy group, found that book bans nearly tripled during the 2023-2024 academic year with over 10,000 books banned ... the same period last year.

Playground by Richard Powers (W.W. Norton & Co.: $30) The Pacific Ocean-set novel explores one of the last wild places we ...

In “Selling Sexy,” Lauren Sherman and Chantal Fernandez examine the men who built -- and almost destroyed -- Victoria’s ...

It is a “volatile” time for bookshops, according to Meryl Halls, head of the Booksellers Association. This coming Saturday is ...