Plus, celebrating librarians, guess the banned book, and more!
April 19–25 Is National Library Week We salute the librarians on the front lines of the freedom
to read fight. Watch The Librarians film now on PBS!  |
Recently Banned & Challenged Books | 
LEARN MORE | The Buffalo Hunter Hunter By Stephen Graham Jones * The New York Times bestseller and "horror masterpiece" (NPR) from Stephen Graham Jones—the master of modern horror—is a chilling historical horror novel tracing the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice. LEARN MORE *  Buy from other retailers.     
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LEARN MORE | Scythe By Neal Shusterman * A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021) Two teens must learn the "art of killing" in this Printz Honor–winning book, the first in the chilling, New York Times bestselling Arc of a Scythe series from National Book Award–winning author Neal Shusterman. LEARN MORE * Buy from other retailers.
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LEARN MORE | Bag of Bones By Stephen King * A powerful tale of grief, love's enduring bonds, and secrets of the past set in the Castle Rock universe from #1 New York Times bestselling author and master storyteller Stephen King. LEARN MORE * Buy from other retailers.
| | Banned & Challenged Classics | 
LEARN MORE | The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald * The only edition of the beloved classic that is authorized by Fitzgerald's family and from his lifelong publisher. The story of the mysteriously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s. LEARN MORE * Buy from other retailers.
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LEARN MORE | A Separate Peace By John Knowles * An American classic and great bestseller for over thirty years, A Separate Peace is timeless in its description of adolescence during a period when the entire country was losing its innocence to World War II. LEARN MORE * Buy from other retailers.
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LEARN MORE | Hatchet By Gary Paulsen * This award-winning contemporary classic is the survival story with which all others are compared—and a page-turning, heart-stopping adventure, recipient of the Newbery Honor. Hatchet has also been nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. LEARN MORE * Buy from other retailers.
| | Can you guess the banned book? | Book #1 This one-word titled book by Mary H.K. Choi that has been challenged over eleven times. REVEAL BOOK | | Book #2 This ironic/meta read that's over seventy years old features its own book bans and burnings. 🔥 REVEAL BOOK | | Book #3 This classic features an antifascist American fighting
in the Spanish Civil War. REVEAL BOOK | | | Pick a genre, we'll give you
a banned book rec!  Romance | Thriller | Sci-Fi | Memoir | | | Unite Against Book Bans partnered with over a dozen publishers to launch the Book Résumé Database. Book résumés are free resources for community advocates, parents, students, teachers, librarians, and others to use to support frequently challenged books.  |   Enter code SIMON25 at checkout to receive 25% off physical products at SimonandSchuster.com, plus free shipping in the 48 continental U.S. with a minimum purchase of $40.00. Offer expires at 8:59:59 PM PT on 04/03/2026. Terms apply. | |
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