The Book News We Covered This Week

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Here are the stories we covered ourselves on Book Riot this week.

• Where and How Book Censorship Is Impacting Children’s Publishing Right Now: Book Censorship News, April 10, 2026
• The Most Read Books on Goodreads This Week
• ALA Settles Lawsuit in Case Against Trump’s Dismantling of IMLS
• Indie Booksellers Award the Best Books of 2025

The Indies Choice Book Awards are back after a seven-year hiatus to celebrate the best titles that appeared on the ABA’s Indie Next List,  Kids’ Indie Next List, and/or  Indies Introduce lists in 2025.

• A PARABLE OF THE SOWER Adaptation is Coming
• The Winners of the Inaugural James Patterson + Bookshop.org Prize
• Trump Once Again Zeroes Out IMLS Budget for 2027. It’s Time to Take Action.
• Court Victory for American Libraries, the Institute of Museum and Library Services

There’s been a big update to the appeal. As of today–nearly a year to the date from the case’s first filing–the Trump administration has dropped its appeal. This means the decision rendered by Judge McConnell last fall stands.

And for All Access members, here are all the interesting links we bookmarked that didn’t make the cut for full Today in Books coverage.