When Is a Book Decision Final?

March 7, 2023: The Bluest Eye, All Boys Aren't Blue, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and Red, White & Royal Blue were removed by the initial review and recommended for removal. The Clockwork Princess was retained at both stages. For All Boys Aren't Blue, the exhibit says the committee recommends removal because of the sexual content it contains, which it says violates Utah Code, and not because of the racial or transgender topics the book explores.

April 18, 2023: Monday's Not Coming, removed by the initial review, was recommended for retention in junior high and high school. Thirteen Reasons Why and Sold, retained by the initial review, were recommended for retention in high school. The exhibit anticipates board approval as a consent item.

July 18, 2023: The Lovely Bones, retained in high school by the initial review, was recommended for removal. Deogratias, A Tale of Rwanda and Lawn Boy were removed at both stages.

October 3, 2023: The Poet X, initially retained in high school, and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, initially retained, were recommended for removal.

November 14, 2023: Crank, initially retained, and The Handmaid's Tale, initially retained in high school, were each recommended for retention in high school with parental permission required. The Kite Runner, initially retained in junior high and high school, was recommended for retention in high school. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and The Perks of Being a Wallflower, both initially retained in high school, were recommended for removal. Looking for Alaska was removed at both stages.

March 19, 2024: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was removed at both stages. Bodies are Cool and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, both initially retained, were recommended for removal.

The January 21 exhibit lists five titles: Breathless, How Beautiful the Ordinary, Lighter Than My Shadow, Lucky and The Almost Moon. Each was removed by the initial review and recommended for removal.

The February 4, 2025 exhibit lists six titles recommended for removal: Breathless, How Beautiful the Ordinary, Lighter Than My Shadow, Lucky, Storm and Fury and The Almost Moon. For each, it says the appeal committee determined the book contains objective sensitive material as defined in Utah law, so Utah law requires its removal.

The same exhibit says Drama passed only the objective review. It recommends considering an appeal after a Subjective Review Committee reviews it. The exhibit says Utah law requires that second review when a book passes the objective test.

The March 18, 2025 exhibit recommends keeping Drama after both reviews. The appeal committee found it did not contain sensitive material under Utah law. It recommends subjective review for Twisted and The Hate U Give, both initially removed by the objective committee. On appeal, the committee found neither met the objective test. Further review would decide whether they met the subjective test.

The February exhibit says the committee met on December 17, 2025 to receive documents and January 20, 2026 to discuss recommendations. Board consideration was scheduled for February 3, 2026.

March 3, 2026: The initial objective committee votes for Body Talk (4:3), Rabbit and Robot (6:1), Rainbow Boys (5:2), Shadow of the Wind (5:2), Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls (5:2) and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (5:2) were all to remove. The appeals committee recommended removing all six.

April 7, 2026: Fight Club was removed by the initial subjective committee, 7:0. The appeals committee recommended removal, saying that in consideration of the book's content and its literary, artistic, political or scientific value for minors, the committee determines it contains subjective sensitive materials as defined by Utah law.

July 21, 2026: The initial objective committee removed Sybylline and The Sympathizer, 7:0. An appeal argued that the submitter had already reached the limit on unsuccessful requests. The appeal committee checked the dates, found the limit had not been reached and recommended removal.

On September 3, 2026, the State Board rejected a motion to send Fight Club back to Davis for a separate vote. The motion failed, 7 in favor and 8 opposed. The Board ordered no do-over, and the book remained removed in Davis. The failed motion was not a finding that Davis followed its policy.

The collected records do not establish how each outcome reached the state or whether every withdrawal reached the statewide list.