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As ‘spicy’ romantic fiction surges in popularity, people are finding community by sharing their love of steamy novels

Not one country's freedom and liberty has ever been increased by banning books.

With creepy doll heads in San Antonio and murder-cabin vibes in Louisville, these horror bookshops are worth traveling for.

In 2011, Johns Hopkins acquired the world’s largest collection of literary forgeries to study how fabricated texts have shaped history.

Mychal Threets, a social media star librarian, is hosting the new iteration of the series. It's back for four episodes starting on Saturday.

There’s more than one possible answer. But one of the leading contenders has a fairly predictable culprit: the Puritans.

From ‘The Sellout’ to ‘A Confederacy of Dunces’.

Where and how romance books will become the next targets of book banners. That, plus this week's roundup of book censorship news.

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Do you have a habit of picking up books which you never quite get around to reading? That's tsundoku.

Tens of thousands have gathered for the LGBTQ march in Hungary's capital, despite a police ban and warning from PM Viktor Orban.

The practice of bibliotherapy centers around the use of literature for emotional healing, reflection, and growth. Here's how to unlock the benefits.

The NHS is prescribing books to help with mental health, in a practise called bibliotherapy.

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