These books have been banned in several public schools and libraries across the U.S. amid a wave of book censorship and restrictions. Ted Shaffrey/AP hide caption
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Messages on the window of the Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library in Jonesboro, Ark., urged voters to approve library funding. Local voters opted to cut the funding in half, following complaints about books that some deemed inappropriate, and the library is now struggling to stay open. Janet Thiel/The Jonesboro Sun via AP hide caption
Library funding becomes the 'nuclear option' as the battle over books escalates
Florida teacher Adam Tritt and his group, Foundation 451, led the launch of a "Banned Book Nook" at a Ben & Jerry's ice cream store in Melbourne, Fla. Mikey Holland hide caption
Plot twist: Activists skirt book bans with guerrilla giveaways and pop-up libraries
Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation is one of more than 40 books being challenged in the Keller Independent School District. AFP Contributor/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Visitors look at a globe in the map division at the main branch of the New York Public Library in New York. The library announced an effort this week to make commonly banned books available through their app. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
Amanda Darrow, director of youth, family and education programs at the Utah Pride Center, poses with books, including The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison and Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison, that have been the subject of complaints from parents in Salt Lake City on Dec. 16, 2021. Rick Bowmer/AP hide caption
Book bans and the threat of censorship rev up political activism in the suburbs
Online sales of Art Spiegelman's graphic novel "Maus" are skyrocketing, and multiple bookstores are giving away free copies to students after a Tennessee school district banned it. Maro Siranosian/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster sent a letter to the state's department of education this week about Gender Queer: A Memoir, a book he wants investigated. Jeffrey Collins/AP hide caption
A state prison in Florence, Ariz. Civil liberties advocates are protesting a policy that denies state inmates the right to read a book about the impact of the criminal justice system on black men. AP hide caption