Book bans and challenges: April 11, 2025

Here's the latest news on book bans, challenges, and other literary obstacles — and efforts to fight back against them.

• The week's roundup of book bans and challenges mostly contains depressing news, but one exception is from the state of Nevada, where lawmakers have introduced a bill to protect residents' freedom to read, protect access to books, and protect librarians against harassment (Book Riot). 

• This is also covered in Book Riot's roundup, but James Folta spares no scorn in his reporting on how the US Naval Academy recently removed 381 books from its library in Annapolis, Maryland (Literary Hub). 

• David Corbett explores the ways in which a book group can help push back against increased ban attempts (Writer Unboxed).

• Here's how US tariffs might affect book printing, sales, and International publishing (Alliance of Independent Authors).