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The list includes Julia Ioffe, a finalist for the 2025 National Book Award; R.L Stine, author of the popular series Goosebumps; and best-selling author Peter Swanson.

A Waco judge this week made permanent a block on a state law that required book vendors to rate materials based on their sexual content and references.

Since 2020, many new bookstores have opened across the state.

House Bill 900 requires book vendors to rate all their materials based on their depictions or references to sex before selling them to schools. Vendors say the law aims to regulate protected speech with “vague and over broad” terms.

Texas school districts banned 801 books last year — more than any other state in the U.S. Now, efforts to ban books are taking center stage during the 88th Texas legislative session.

The small town east of Manhattan had considered not renewing the library's lease because it refused to accept a clause asking for the removal of all LGBTQ and socially "divisive" books from shelves.

The community of bookworms on the social app TikTok, known collectively as BookTok, has become a powerful force in the publishing industry.

Across the country, more books have been challenged and removed as religious and conservative groups target LGBTQ and race issues.

As communities and school districts push for book bans, some Texas librarians are nearing their breaking point.

The list of books includes several well-known novels, including “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood, “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison, “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas and “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky.