Utah just banned 7 new books — at once — from all public schools in the state. Here’s what the novels are about.

The titles include New York Times bestsellers and brings to total number of books now prohibited from all Utah public schools to 44.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The library at West High School in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, April 29, 2026. Utah banned seven more books from all public schools in the state, bringing the total to 44 prohibited titles.