The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–2000

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  1. xaosflux

    xaosflux Lifetime Supporter Lifetime Supporter

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    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 Dieby Robert Newton Peck
    18. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
    19. Sex by Madonna
    20. Earth’s Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel
    21. The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
    22. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
    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
    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
     
  2. xaosflux

    xaosflux Lifetime Supporter Lifetime Supporter

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    This is quite appaling, these are books that have been petionioned against to be removed from public and school librariies as reported by the American Library Assocication.


    I have read almost a third of the books on this list, jsut reading the list made me remember how good some of them were:

    Bridge to Terabithia was one of my favorite books when I was about 12 years old...
     
  3. dhs

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    You mean 1900 - 2000 right?
     
  4. xaosflux

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    Nope, 1990-2000...

    None of these books have been banned from ALL libraries...ones that havent are still getting requests to remove them..




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  5. dhs

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    How any of those books could be banned is beyond me, though I haven't read nearly half of them. One that does surprise me is A Day No Pigs Would Die - why anyone would want to ban that book is beyond me.
     
  6. moonshyne

    moonshyne Approved by the FDA

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    Maybe "Go Ask Alice" doesn't need to be banned, but it sure as hell needs to be thrown in the garbage. Anyone who writes a book pretending to be some drug addicted teen in order to push their anti-drug shit needs a decent ass beating. :p

    I mean come on, pot heads attacking and trying to kill you because you won't smoke with them? Where the hell did this chic supposedly live?
     
  7. xaosflux

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    vee have ways of making joo smoka za pot!
     
  8. Oh So strangE indeeD

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    a few of those books were school reading books....

    the giver, killing mr griffin..and a few others (too lazy to read back through the list)
     
  9. Ole_Goat

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    To petition a Government body, be it Congress, the President, or the local library board is a citizen's right. Our rights of petitioning is silent, or does not stipulate, whether the petition itself makes sense or be reasonable.

    Unfortunatly some parents, rather their kids exposed to books that are contrary to their beliefs (political or religous) attempt the books removal rather accomodate their existance. Blindness towards anything outside their credence is easier than explaining, teaching their sons and daughters other faiths or opinions exist.
    Hopefully the school or library board can understand an attempt to stifle an idea and react accordingly.
     
  10. Antinomy

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    My guess is that the majority of human beings don't value freedom. They say they do, but once someone does something of which they disapprove, they want laws, bans, and cops.

    I can see why parents might want to restrict their children's access to certain materials. Some of the books on that list could be upsetting to sensitive children, and at least a couple of them are dangerous for people who have not yet developed mature judgment. But I take a dim view of people who try to prevent everyone's access.
     
  11. Alomiakoda

    Alomiakoda Boniface McSporran

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    I haven't read all of them but I've read a few of them. I really can't see what's wrong with them. Especially the Anistacia series...I can understand a few of the others because they mention sex/periods/etc but I don't think that ever mentioned anything like that... weird :confused:
     
  12. Sage-Phoenix

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    Haven't heard of all of them, but have read a few. Some I can understand being dodgy (Forever, Sex, the obviously gay themed books)
    but others are baffling, never seen the problem with Catcher in the rye, and Huckleberry Finn?
    Haven't read that, but it seems innocent enough.

    LOL I'm going to try and read all those to figure out what the fuss is. :)

    I've never noticed censorship like that in the UK, but then when you see the sex, violence etc in soap opreas (shown at prime time) it's understandable they aren't going to fuss over books.
     
  13. Antinomy

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    Huckleberry Finn gets in trouble because of the n-word.
     
  14. LadyRhea

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    Wow, reading through that list I saw almost every single book that had a huge impact on my life. I'm really horrified. I've heard about the issues with Huckleberry Finn. I can't believe that people can't look past the word and see the context in which it is being used.

    I'd also really like to know why Where's Waldo? is on that list. What?! :confused:
     
  15. alyssaYEM

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    the reason why huckleberry finn is on there is not solely because of the "n" word. all of these books are on there because they challenge and go against what the government wants us to do. they do not want anarchist ideas in our minds. they do not want us to feel strong or empowered enough to do something drastic...to make a difference. they parade this 'reality' to us through media, through television shows, through laws, through everything. they limit us so we do not rebel. they do not let us know of another realm, so we do not rebel. if we are surrounded by what they want us to be like (working class citizens who pay taxes...have you ever seen prime time sitcoms?) and nothing more, we will know of nothing more and they will win.

    READ THESE GOD DAMN BOOKS. EXPAND YOUR MIND. DO NOT LET THE GOVERNMENT, THE MEDIA, YOUR PARENTS, YOUR TEACHERS, YOUR BOSS CONTROL YOUR MIND, CONTROL YOUR DECISIONS.

    PS. Why isnt 1984 on this list? or did i miss it?
     
  16. xaosflux

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    Exactly, this list should be a requied reading list! If everyone read at least 10 of the books on that list in school it would be very educational!
     
  17. wandering_star

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    I had to read The Giver back in the fith grade. That, more than any other book i've read since then or before, has changed the way i look at the world.

    Well, that and Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.
     
  18. loveflower

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    cloudy with a chance of meatballs!! YES! i need to go read that as soon as i get off this site



    i can't believe they would want to ban these books, the one's i've recognized from reading were


    scary stories
    harry potter
    the giver
    go ask alice
    are you there god, its me margaret
    of mice and men (going to read)
    huckleberry finn (going to read, actually i will start tonight!)
    chocoalte war
    catcher in the rye
    goosebumps
    a day no pig would die
    a wrinkle in time
    blubber
    to kill a mockingbird
    where's waldo (why anyone would want to ban where's waldo is beyond me)
    tom sawyer




    the fact that i can name this many that i've read that are on this list..... what's their reasoning behind this? does where's waldo really pose that much of a threat? what happened to free speech?
     
  19. wiccan_witch

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    ahahahaha Goosebumps thats SO crazy. I guess someone is seeing something in these books that Im not!
     
  20. nimh

    nimh ~foodie~

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    that's a brutal list.

    i had to look up bridge to terabithia on amazon to try to figure out why anyone would have any problelms with it. some jesus freak gave a bad review saying that "the lord's name was taken in vain". bleh.

    and l'engle's a wrinkle in time!? I LOVED that book.

    is there a website somewhere that tells why people want all of these books banned?
     

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