Report shows banned non-fiction books doubled over last school year in US

A new report has found that the number of banned non-fiction books doubled during the 2024-2025 school year in the US. PEN America analysed the 3,743 unique titles removed from school libraries and classrooms in the July to June period and found that over 1,100 or 29% were non-fiction, more than double the year prior. The most common theme in the banned non-fiction books was activism and social movements. …