Now a Virginia lawyer is stepping in to take the decision further: he’s filing a suit against the school and against the Barnes & Noble store in Virginia Beach. Virginia Beach attorney and State Delegate Tim Anderson, posted on Facebook that he and his client Tommy Altman–a right-wing republican running for Congress in the district housing Virginia Beach–saw the Virginia Beach Circuit Court find “probable cause that the books Gender Queer and A Court of Mist and Fury are obscene to unrestricted viewing by minors....

“Most centuries-old ‘classics’ we read today carry some lasting beauty; a deep human truth that transpires age. And many of them are painfully dry—you only read them because you want to be able to say, ‘I felt Hugo expressed more pathos for the French underclasses in Les Miserables than in The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ at parties. (And you will remember to pronounce ‘Dame’ as ‘Dahm.’)But don’t forget, people who lived 100 years ago wanted entertaining tales, too....

David Abrams Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is like a poison-tipped knife stabbed into the belly of America. It is a scathing, effective criticism of how the nation flounders in a time of war. Well-meaning as some of the eye-bulging, neck-vein-popping post-9/11 patriotism may have been, Fountain sees it as misplaced and misguided. If you’re one of those who say “Cut me–I bleed red, white and blue” or who reverently kneel at the Altar of George Dubya or who still believe there are weapons of mass destruction somewhere out there in the Iraqi sands, then you’d best steer away from this novel....

Last month I was idly scrolling the reams of tweets when one caught my eye, and then made me scowl. Beyond Magenta, a book which details the formative experiences of young transgender people, had been removed from the children’s shelves in a Cork City library. It was reported by Pink News, a prominent LGBTQIA online magazine based in the UK, a few hours later. Beyond Magenta was published in 2014 by Susan Kuklin, and is made up of a series of interviews with trans teenagers about their own life experiences....

Jaclyn Moriarty, Liane Moriarty, and Nicola Moriarty Liane Moriarty may be the most recognized Moriarty since her books Big Little Lies and The Husband’s Secret became bestsellers, and Big Little Lies was adapted into an HBO show starring Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, and Laura Dern. Liane has since published two more thrillers, and her backlist has seen a nice bump in sales and attention. But my first encounter with the Moriartys was with Jaclyn’s works!...

Lucky for me, there are so many options out there to knock my (and your) socks off. There’s horror for those new to the genre, monster-filled escapades, or even new must-reads that came out this year! A horror lover’s delight is the fact we’ll never run out of things to give us goosebumps. While there are thousands of books and movies and game recommendations thrown at you this time of year, some of us don’t quite have the time to dedicate to 500+ page novels (I’m looking at you, King) or three-hour movies to get our scary on....

Want more Black Panther content? Check out this post on books like Black Panther and this round-up of Black Panther quotes.

Part of the reason these book banning attempts are spreading so far and so quickly is because they share lists online, such as in Facebook groups or shared Google Drive folders, making it easy for a book being banned in Montana today to pop up in a California school board meeting the next day. They share images, rhetoric, out-of-content quotations, and other fodder for the fear machine, and it seems to only collect more targeted books as it goes....

Today’s edition of kids’ book deals is sponsored by Lerner Publishing Group

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The Flight Girls by Noelle Salazar for $1.99 She’s Too Pretty to Burn by Wendy Heard for $2.99 Pandora’s Jar: Women in the Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes for $3.99 The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyesfor $3.99 I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong for $1.99 Incense and Sensibility by Sonali Dev for $1.99 Don’t Cry for Me by Daniel Black for $3.99 We Had To Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets for $3....

The best book deals of the day, sponsored by 22 Seconds by James Patterson. In Case You Missed Yesterday’s Most Popular Deals Previous Daily Deals When Brooklyn Was Queer by Hugh Ryan for $2.99 Vanessa Yu’s Magical Paris Tea Shop by Roselle Lim for $1.99 Last Chance Books by Kelsey Rodkey for $2.99 Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam for $1.99 Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli for $1....

Today’s Featured Deals In case you missed yesterday’s most popular deals Previous Daily Deals Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan for $3.99 A Stranger in the House by Shari Lapena for $1.99 Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler for $1.99 Wolfpack by Abby Wambach for $2.99 The Beauty That Remains by Ashley Woodfolk for $1.99 Beastie Boys Book by Michael Diamond for $1.99 Cry to Heaven by Anne Rice for $2.99 Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes for $1....