The article is part of ongoing reporting on the issue of book bans in the US. Previous articles in the Guardian (but also other news sources) have focussed on s

The article is part of ongoing reporting on the issue of book bans in the US. Previous articles in the Guardian (but also other news sources) have focussed on specific legislation already. If you want to find out more about the reasons books are banned, you could start here on the website of PEN America: https://pen.org/book-bans/ https://pen.org/book-bans/ Dig in a little, and you can find out how the various state laws are used, like Tennessee's HB 843 which effectively bans any book containing nudity in school libraries for anyone under 18. The reason these books are banned is not explicitly mentioned in those laws of course.