| | In honor of and in preparation for Banned Books Week (September 23-30, 2006), I propose a new meme-thingy!
The following is a list of The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–2000.
"Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings." (German: "Dort, wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen.")—Heinrich Heine, from his play Almansor (1821) (taken from the American Library Association website.)
Mine wouldn't bold the text even on Word so asterik is for the ones that I have read. If you will read this list you will notice that there are quite a few CHILDREN'S authors here. Children's authors! OMG!
1. Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
2. Daddy's Roommate by Michael Willhoite
*3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
*4. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
*5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
*6. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
*7. Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
8. Forever by Judy Blume
9. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
10. Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
11. Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
12. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
*13. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
14. The Giver by Lois Lowry
15. It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
*16. Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
*17. A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
*18. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
*19. Sex by Madonna Yea so…I glanced…big deal!
*20. Earth's Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel (the first four)
*21. The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
*22. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle Wonderful! Most Pagan homeschool groups make this one required reading.
23. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
24. Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
*25. In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
26. The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard
*27. The Witches by Roald Dahl
28. The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein
29. Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry
30. The Goats by Brock Cole
31. Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
*32. Blubber by Judy Blume
33. Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
*34. Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam
35. We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
*36. Final Exit by Derek Humphry
*37. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
38. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
39. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
*40. What's Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda Madaras
*41. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
*42. Beloved by Toni Morrison
*43. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
*44. The Pigman by Paul Zindel
45. Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
*46. Deenie by Judy Blume
*47. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
48. Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden
49. The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
50. Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz
*51. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
*52. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
53. Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
54. Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole
*55. Cujo by Stephen King
*56. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
57. The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
58. Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
*59. Ordinary People by Judith Guest
60. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
61. What's Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons by Lynda Madaras
*62. Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
63. Crazy Lady by Jane Conly
64. Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
65. Fade by Robert Cormier
66. Guess What? by Mem Fox
*67. The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
*68. The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
*69. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
*70. Lord of the Flies by William Golding (
*71. Native Son by Richard Wright
*72. Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women's Fantasies by Nancy Friday
*73. Curses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel Cohen
74. Jack by A.M. Homes
75. Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya
*76. Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle
*77. Carrie by Stephen King
*78. Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
79. On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
80. Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
81. Family Secrets by Norma Klein
82. Mommy Laid An Egg by Babette Cole
*83. The Dead Zone by Stephen King
*84. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
*85. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
86. Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
*87. Private Parts by Howard Stern
88. Where's Waldo? by Martin Hanford
*89. Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
*90. Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
*91. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
92. Running Loose by Chris Crutcher
93. Sex Education by Jenny Davis
94. The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette Greene
95. Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
*96. How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell Yes the same one they just made a kid’s movie out of!
*97. View from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts
98. The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
99. The Terrorist by Caroline Cooney
*100. Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
Your turn. Do the same thing, take it, mark the ones you've read and promote Banned Book Week! |
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