It seems books have been banned since, well, even before the printing press. Folks can always find something about which they feel they need to complain! Learn about these, as well as more recent titles (2021) in Banned Books: the World's Most Controversial Books, Past and Present. (No one author here, it's from the DK Press). You'll find common themes: religion, sex, politics, integration, lifestyle ... I keep hoping we'll get more tolerant and accepting, but sadly, it seems not.

I found In Praise of Good Bookstores, by Jeff Deutsch to be a bit more ... philosophical (?) perhaps than I expected ... more reflective ... something like that. Not a bad read, maybe I was expecting more of a celebration of bookstores? It was still a good read, and I especially enjoyed the descriptions of the different sort of browsers that show up in bookstores. :-)

Reading Hermit With Dog