If we take a look at the historical flashback of literature development, book banning has a long history. It has been a common practice throughout the world and continues to be so at present in India. There may be multiple backlashes and a diversity of reasons but the problem boils down to one thing – a book ban. The study aims to understand and present the problems, issues, viewpoints, and their impact that ultimately contribute to book ban. Research addresses: what does book banning entail? How does book banning work by taxing specific issues and problems in this complex environment, why does this current surge against and metastasize? Why do people engage in redaction, relocation, restriction, and removal? Short and long-term effects of banning books, scope and implications of the recent wave of book challenges and bans, significant crusades, and pushbacks against book bans. An endeavor is directed toward the goal of getting an in-depth idea of what is book banning and how it affects society. The study is intended to tread a fine line between a dichotomy of acceptance and non-acceptance of a controversial book whilst book banning mirrors trends on the continuum of time. An attempt is made to reinforce and review the study of books versus book bans by building a conceptual framework that reflects the ideology of how books influence our lives, imagination of life without books, the power of good books to a quote “a room without books is like a body without a soul”. – Cicero.