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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

From NPR's Books We Love list, we hear about three novels and a collection of short stories: "Less Is Lost,""The Confessions of Matthew Strong,""If I Survive You," and "Thank You For Listening." There ...

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 ...

It’s a very good time to be reading horror. Whether you’re picking up novels from major publishers or short story collections by small presses, scary stories are thriving in print right now, and ...