# Book Banning in Utah

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-banning-in-utah/1005508>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 9, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-banning-in-utah/1005508 "2024-08-09T23:03:33Z")\
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> [@Lamoral](#):
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> If students can’t get them at the library, they’re just going to go buy them, so I guess Utah wants Sarah J. Maas to make more money.

Indeed. It looks like the 13 books on the list aren’t any worse than plenty of other books—they’re just giving them free publicity.

> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> > [@DrDeth](#):
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> > Also I found that the books can not be sold or given away- so book burnings are next.
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> I don’t now what you mean by this.

I wondered that too. Is “I found…” anything like “[People are saying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-phrase-that-might-need-to-be-banned-outside-the-bbq-pit/1005501)…”?

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