One thing I'll say for the wave of Republican book-banning that's going on right now -- it's certainly making books seem powerful and *significant*
Book-banning is of course a terrible way to have the public re-realize the catalytic effect a good book can have on its readers
Nonetheless, here we are: https://boingboing.net/2023/01/31/unable-to-burn-digital-books-orange-unified-school-district-bans-the-whole-virtual-library.html
