From September 25 to October 2 is Banned Books Week. Read a banned or challenged book! See the extended entry for the list.
The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–2000
(** denotes what I’ve read)
1. Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
2. DaddyÂ’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. ItÂ’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
20. EarthÂ’s Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel **
21. The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
22. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine LÂ’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 HandmaidÂ’s Tale by Margaret Atwood **
38. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George **
39. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison **
40. WhatÂ’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. WhatÂ’s Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents &Sons by Lynda Madaras
62. Are You There, God? ItÂ’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 WomenÂ’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. WhereÂ’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
(via ALA)