Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A display at the Hoboken Public Library in Hoboken, N.J., features books that have been targeted or banned in other states. Ana ...

Over the past decade, a growing movement to restrict access to books in public schools and libraries has spread across the country. Every year, there are hundreds of attempts to challenge or ban books ...

The Brooklyn Public Library has released a list of its 100 favorite books of the year, a wide-ranging collection of fiction and nonfiction, short stories, poetry, and graphic novels for all ages.

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