EASLEY — Trustees of the Pickens County Library System overhauled the agency’s collection policy in a way that could force library staff to read through tens of thousands of books, potentially leading ...

The self-proclaimed “most casual book club in town” meets once a month at the Columbia Public Library for anyone who wants to spend a quiet hour reading. There is no assigned reading, and it’s bring ...

Books are displayed at the Banned Book Library at American Stage in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Feb. 18, 2023. (Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times via AP) (CN) — An Idaho law restricting books deemed “harmful” ...

The racy book series behind HBO’s smash “Heated Rivalry” got a major Mamdani bump in readership over the weekend — after the mayor recommended snowed-in New Yorkers download one of the hot-and-heavy ...

Staff at an Ohio library were shocked to discover a note alongside something else unexpected in an overdue book returned by a young girl. "I bit off more than I could chew by checking 11 books out," ...

COOK — Every fall, libraries across the U.S. take part in a weeklong advocacy campaign known as Banned Book Week. Aimed at raising awareness about censorship and challenged books, participating ...

As the year comes to a close, New York City’s public libraries have revealed the books New Yorkers checked out the most in 2025. For the second year in a row, the city’s three library systems — the ...

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A library board of trustees in North Carolina has been dissolved after the board voted to keep a picture book about a transgender boy. On Dec. 8, the Randolph County commissioners voted 3-2 to remove ...

The York County Library board on Thursday approved a new book collection policy that critics warn will restrict children’s access to LGBTQ-related books and could expose the county to the same First ...

SALADO — Salado Public Library District Board of Trustees members again voted to retain a challenged book in the library collection just months after keeping a dark romance novel on adult section ...