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Video: How Book Bans Happen Under the Radar

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Video: How Book Bans Happen Under the Radar

Thousands of books have been publicly challenged and removed from libraries in the past couple of years. Elizabeth Harris, who covers books and the publishing industry for The New York Times, explains how books are being pulled from libraries in a quiet process called weeding. Weeding normally allows librarians to keep collections current, but some lawsuits argue that it has been used instead to remove books for content about racism, sexuality and gender.

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Video: Our Spring Book Recommendations

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A few editors from the New York Times’s Book Review give their recommendations for what new releases you should be reading this spring.

By Jennifer Harlan, MJ Franklin, Joumana Khatib, Edward Vega and Laura Salaberry

March 19, 2026

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Test Your Memory of Great Lines From Classic Irish Poems

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Test Your Memory of Great Lines From Classic Irish Poems

Welcome to Literary Quotable Quotes, a quiz that tests your recognition of memorable lines. With a nod to St. Patrick’s Day, this week’s installment celebrates memorable lines from classic Irish poems. In the five multiple-choice questions below, tap or click on the answer you think is correct. After the last question, you’ll find links to both poetry collections and the individual poems cited, just in case you’re inspired to read more.

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How Many of These Epic 1,000-Page Novels Do You Know?

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How Many of These Epic 1,000-Page Novels Do You Know?

Welcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s regular quiz about books, authors and literary culture. This week’s challenge is focused on really long reads — novels originally published in a single volume that run past 1,000 pages. In the five multiple-choice questions below, tap or click on the answer you think is correct. After the last question, you’ll find links to the books (and their much lighter e-book editions) if you’d like to do further reading.

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