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Publishers, Authors Guild, and More File Lawsuit Against Idaho’s Discriminatory Book Banning Bill

Plaintiffs claim that Idaho's HB 710, implemented last summer, violates First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.

We Need Diverse Books Announces the Winners of the 2025 Walter Dean Myers Awards

Here are this year's winners of The Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children's Literature, aka "The Walters, awarded by WNDB.

This Year’s Rainbow Book List Highlights the Best in LGBTQ+ Youth Books

Here is this year's Rainbow Book List, highlighting the best LGBTQ+ youth literature as selected by librarians.

The Book Trends of 2025, According to Goodreads

Here are the biggest book trends of 2025, according to Goodreads, including Appalachian Speculation and Pregnant Protagonists in Peril.

Libraries are Good in Ways You Might Not Expect

Libraries are good for you in ways you might not have thought of, an overdue translation comes to English, dystopian novels pop (again). All in today's book news.

Utah Has Banned Two More YA Books From All Public Schools

Two more books have been banned in every public school in Utah. That brings the total to 16 state-sanctioned book bans–and students cannot bring personal copies to school, either.

The Most Popular Book News of the Week

The fastest-selling adult title in 20 years, the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal winners, the winners of the Youth Media Awards, and more.

All the Bookish News We Covered This Week

The 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal Winners, the best new books out in February, a new Dan Brown novel, and more.

The Fastest-Selling Adult Title of the Last 2 Decades

Guess what's the fastest-selling adult title, books are getting the certified-human stamp, the unlikeliest collab, and more.

The First Trailer for The Adaptation of Judy Blume’s Forever . . . Is Here!

Judy Blume, despite being a staple of youth literature for decades, has not seen many of her books be adapted. ...