Across the United States, efforts to ban books have skyrocketed. In 2022, this push reached an unprecedented level, with the number of challenged books nearly doubling since 2021. "The last two years ...

As book bans spike nationwide, access to particular texts varies tremendously depending on where readers are located. “If you’re after a particular title by Toni Morrison or Margaret Atwood,” writes ...

The Spine Bookshop owner Lindsay Schultz seeks to offer banned books to the public through both customer sales and donations to readers. The books include ones written by local authors, independently ...