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The American Library Association condemns censorship and works to defend each person's right to read under the First Amendment and to ensure free access to information. Every year, ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) compiles a list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books in order to inform the public about censorship in libraries and schools. The lists are based on information from reports filed by library professionals and community members, as well as news stories published throughout the United States.Every year, the American Library Association compiles a list of the Top Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books, using its database and media reports.
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We’re offering you the chance to win one of five bundles made up of all six shortlisted titles in contention for this year’s International Booker Prize
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A refugee from Iraq, he explored in popular books the worlds of Jews living in Arabic countries or who fled persecution, and of Arabs living in Israel.
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A new omnibus compiles the poet’s books and unpublished work, including his two-part autobiographical masterpiece, “Genesis.”
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On this week’s podcast, we talk to the novelist Grady Hendrix and TV showrunner Damon Lindelof about the work and influence of Stephen King.
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Books by Jenny Erpenbeck and Hwang Sok-yong are among six nominees for the prestigious award for translated fiction.
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In Lionel Shriver’s new novel, judging intelligence and competence is a form of bigotry.
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Diane Thomas was a waitress when she made headlines for the script sale of what would become a box office smash. But the Cinderella story had a sad ending.
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In two new novels, intense friendships—and the romantic possibilities they might hold for the characters—are stirred up by the avenues and alleyways of the cities they’re set in: turn-of-the-millen…
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Literary historical novels with atmospheric settings—and which explore the interlinking of genres, as recommended by novelist Paul Carlucci
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The people objecting — and the titles they objected to — revealed a few surprises.
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In her new play, ‘Sally & Tom,’ Suzan-Lori Parks brings exuberant provocation to the gravest historical questions.
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She explored the struggles of young women in the novel The L-Shaped Room but found her biggest success with a children’s book about a magical cupboard.
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Roemer’s books bring Suriname, on the South American Caribbean coast, to the world. Her 2019 novel, Off-White, will be released in English this month.
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Amid a nationwide surge in book bans, memoirs and novels that deal with the experiences of L.G.B.T.Q. people or explore race received the most challenges.
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In The Familiar, the blockbuster fantasist conjures a world of mystical intrigue and romance.
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It took Doris Kearns Goodwin a while to adjust to leaving the Concord, Mass., farmhouse she shared with her husband. But Boston has its compensations.
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In “The Wide Wide Sea,” Hampton Sides offers a fuller picture of the British explorer’s final voyage to the Pacific islands.
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The best classics of science fiction, recommended by literature professor Adam Roberts. Five classics of the sci-fi genre.
bobbygw's insight:
Good recommendations, apart from Egan's novel that is tedious and slowly plodding.
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