Posted on February 6, 2026 at 8:04 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Here's the news on book bans, challenges, and other obstacles to literature and reading that we came across Friday, February 6, 2026.
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Kelly Jensen opens her weekly roundup of book ban and challenge news with some positive information: updates on freedom-to-read bills that are under consideration in various states (Book Riot).
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Elizabeth A. Harris explains why the mass-market paperback, for so long a popular book format, has seen a huge drop in sales and, thus, in availability (The New York Times).
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The Washington Post, meanwhile, included its books desk in the huge layoffs and downsizing announced earlier this week (Literary Hub).
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Maris Kreizman reports and reflects on the literary names that are referenced in the Epstein files (Literary Hub).
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