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Among the findings: 2,532 individual books have been banned between July 2021 and June 2022, and of those, there are 1,648 unique titles, all of which are viewable, sortable, and searchable in their updated database of banned books The 1,648 titles are by 1,261 different authors, 290 illustrators, and 18 translators PEN’s numbers come from reports submitted to the organization, as well as those covered by media. This does not take into account the likely hundreds of unreported book bans, nor does it account for the likely hundreds or titles banned through quiet/soft censorship....

“You will LOVE,” she insisted. The link took me to Hulu’s “Book Club: A Web Series For Bibliophiles.” The first season is made up of eleven episodes, each five to seven minutes long, excluding the fourteen minute pilot. The log line was easy to find: “After being rejected from their town’s elite book club, a pill-popping young woman and a deeply closeted gay man start their own book club made up of local misfits and both fall in love with the town librarian....

Book Riot is teaming up with BookClubbish to giveaway one puzzle prize pack for book lovers! The prize pack will include three bookish puzzles to enjoy while dreaming of your next read! Literary Luminaries T-Shirt: Snag this T-shirt that gives a shoutout to four incredible Black writers! Drink, Read, Love Enamel Pin: Perfect for readers who love to spend their weekends with books and cozy beverages. Levi’s Pumpkin Mocha Breve Candle: Inspired by Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl, snag this seasonally appropriate candle!...

Book Riot is teaming up with LitNuts for a chance to win a 1-year subscription to Kindle Unlimited! Because it’s Christmas Eve, I thought that it would be nice to highlight some digital and downloadable items that make perfect last-minute gifts! Bookshelf Art Print: Print this pretty pastel print and hang it in your bookshelf nook! Printable Book Notes: Get ready for 2021 reading with these cute bookish notes! Read Book Art Pattern: Have an old book you want to turn into a stunning art piece?...

“But like the whirlwind romances that defined it, Love is Blind was over in a flash, and I can’t be the only one feeling bereft. If you’re not ready to let go, do yourself a favor and spend some quality time with these books that will leave you similarly infatuated. From contemporary romances to social thrillers, they’ll bring back your favorite moments.” If you marathoned and obsessed over Love Is Blind and now feel an empty void, there’s books to fill that void....

The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller for $2.99 Passage West by Rishi Reddi for $1.99 The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey for $1.99 New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson for $2.99 Last Tang Standing by Lauren Ho by $1.99 The Ends of the World by Peter Brannen by $1.99 Siri, Who Am I? by Sam Tschida for $2.99 The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd for $2....

Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by I Wanna Be Where You Are by Kristina Forest with Fierce Reads.

Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Yellow Jacket, an imprint of Little Bee Books. The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks for $1.99 The Summer of Jordi Perez by Amy Spalding for $1.99 Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan for $1.99 Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi for $4.99 The Angel Mage by Garth Nix for $1.99 Wicked As You Wish by Rin Chupeco for $1....

Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix for $2.99 The Book Thief by Markus Zusak for $2.99 A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow for $2.99 The Groom Will Keep His Name by Matt Ortile for $1.99 My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix for $2.99 If You Tell by Gregg Olsen for $4.99 Rosewater by Tade Thompson for $4.99 Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson for $2.99 Black Boy Out of Time: A Memoir by Hari Ziyad for $4....

Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by LitNuts. Still Life by Louise Penny for $2.99 Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes for $2.99 The Book of Delights by Ross Gay for $1.99 The City of Brass by S.A Chakraborty for $2.99 Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari for $3.99 Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood for $1.99 All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr for $2....

Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by All Summer Long by Hope Larson with Macmillan Children’s In the Distance by Hernan Diaz for $1.99 Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa for $4.99 Daring Greatly by Brené Brown for $2.99 Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman for $1.99 The Unbroken by C. L. Clark for $4.99 Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories edited by Stephanie Perkins by $2....

Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Flamer by Mike Curato with Fierce Reads. Not My Problem by Ciara Smyth for $2.99 Naturally Tan: A Memoir by Tan France for $2.99 How We Show Up by Mia Birdsong for $4.99 French Kids Eat Everything by Karen Le Billon for $1.99 Fearless Jones by Walter Mosley for $1.99 SPQR by Mary Beard for $2.99 The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker for $2....

Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Flamer by Mike Curato with Fierce Reads. The View Was Exhausting by Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta for $2.99 Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston for $1.99 Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales for $1.99 The Days of Afrekete by Asali Solomon for $1.99 I Owe You One by Sophie Kinsella for $2.99 Conversations with People Who Hate Me by Dylan Marron for $2....

Diary of a Drag Queen by Crystal Rasmussen for $3.99 Attachments by Rainbow Rowell for $1.99 At the Edge of the Haight by Katherine Seligman for $1.99 Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart for $2.99 The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan for $1.99 Roses and Rot by Kat Howard for $1.99 Mycroft Holmes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for $2.99 Rust by Eliese Colette Goldbach for $2....

Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Holiday House. The Book of Dreams by Nina George for $2.99 Passing by Nella Larsen for $1.99 The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow for $1.99 Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh for $3.99 City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab for $1.99 Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan for $1.99 A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn for $2....

Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult for $2.99 Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen for $2.99 The Electric Hotel by Domonic Smith for $1.99 The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa for $1.99 Geekerella by Ashley Poston for $2.99 A Spy in the Struggle by Aya de Léon for $2.99 Diary of a Drag Queen by Crystal Rasmussen for $3.99 Attachments by Rainbow Rowell for $1.99 Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart for $2....

The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey for $1.98 The Mirage Factory by Gary Krist for $1.99 A Legacy of Spies by John le Carré for $1.99 Half-Resurrection Blues by Daniel José Older for $2.99 With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo for $2.99 Dune by Frank Herbert for $1.99 The Last Goodnight by Howard Blum for $1.99 The Vacationers by Emma Straub for $1.99 Don’t Let Go by Harlan Coben for $1....

This edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Macmillan eDeals. The Wife by Alafair Burke for $2.99 The Royal We by Heather Cocks, Jessica Morgan for $2.99 See Jane Snap by Bethany Crandell for $1.99 Love the One You’re With by Emily Giffin for $2.99 How to Make Friends with the Dark by Kathleen Glasgow for $1.99 Fifty Words for Rain by Asha Lemmie for $2.99 Out of Character by Annabeth Albert for $1....

Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Simon & Schuster Books You’re Not Listening by Kate Murphy for $2.99 Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, Ginny Tapley Takemori (translator) for $1.99 In the Country We Love by Diane Guerrero for $2.99 Call Your Daughter Home by Deb Spera for $2.99 A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers for $2.99 All About Love by bell hooks for $2.99 Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel for $2....

The Matter of Black Lives by Jelani Cobb and David Remnick for $1.99 Pretty Things by Janelle Brown for $1.99 The Goodbye Coast by Joe Ide for $3.99 The Iron King by Julie Kagawa for $2.99 The Heiress by Molly Greeley for $1.99 Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin for $2.99 The Wrinkle in Time Quartet by Madeleine L’Engle for $2.99 A Beginning at the End by Mike Chen for $1....