Texas schools restricted access to 8,193 books during the 2025–26 school year, according to PEN America, as new state laws ...

Public school library book bans don’t make headlines much these days, but a new report from PEN America shows that these bans ...

More than 8,100 of the nearly 12,000 school library book bans recorded nationwide during the 2025-26 school year occurred in Texas, according to PEN America.

PEN America's annual report examines the growing trend in bans, the books and authors targeted, and the tactics school ...

The 2025-2026 school year experienced a record number of book bans, according to a new report from PEN America. Public ...

I think it is about controlling what narratives are allowed to exist in the public space,' says Simcoe County English and ...

Young Adult books have been targeted most often, and the majority of banned books are works of fiction. Amid concerns about declining literacy rates, a new report found that book censorship has ...

Texas public schools banned 8,193 books during the 2025-26 school year, more than twice as many as any other state, according ...

Public schools in the United States recorded 11,982 book bans during the 2025–26 academic year, according to a new report by PEN America. The bans affected 7,370 unique titles and the works of more ...