The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999
Submitted by hub83 on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 12:50
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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. Forever by Judy Blume
- 8. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
- 9. Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
- 10. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
- 11. The Giver by Lois Lowry
- 12. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
- 13. It’s Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
- 14. Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- 15. Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
- 16. A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
- 17. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- 18. Sex by Madonna
- 19. Earth’s Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel
- 20. The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
- 21. In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
- 22. The Witches by Roald Dahl
- 23. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
- 24. The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein
- 25. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
- 26. The Goats by Brock Cole
- 27. The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard
- 28. Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry
- 29. Final Exit by Derek Humphry
- 30. Blubber by Judy Blume
- 31. Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam
- 32. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
- 33. Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
- 34. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- 35. What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda Madaras
- 36. Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
- 37. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- 38. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
- 39. The Pigman by Paul Zindel
- 40. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- 41. We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
- 42. Deenie by Judy Blume
- 43. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
- 44. Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden
- 45. Beloved by Toni Morrison
- 46. The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
- 47. Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz
- 48. Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
- 49. Cujo by Stephen King
- 50. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
- 51. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
- 52. Ordinary People by Judith Guest
- 53. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
- 54. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- 55. Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
- 56. Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
- 57. Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole
- 58. What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons by Lynda Madaras
- 59. The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
- 60. Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
- 61. Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
- 62. Crazy Lady by Jane Conly
- 63. Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
- 64. Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
- 65. Fade by Robert Cormier
- 66. Guess What? by Mem Fox
- 67. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- 68. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- 69. Native Son by Richard Wright
- 70. Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women’s Fantasies by Nancy Friday
- 71. Curses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel Cohen
- 72. On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
- 73. The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
- 74. Jack by A.M. Homes
- 75. Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
- 76. Family Secrets by Norma Klein
- 77. Mommy Laid An Egg by Babette Cole
- 78. Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya
- 79. Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle
- 80. The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
- 81. Carrie by Stephen King
- 82. The Dead Zone by Stephen King
- 83. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
- 84. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
- 85. Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
- 86. Private Parts by Howard Stern
- 87. Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford
- 88. Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
- 89. Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
- 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. Jumper by Steven Gould
- 95. Christine by Stephen King
- 96. The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette Greene
- 97. That Was Then, This is Now by S.E. Hinton
- 98. Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
- 99. The Wish Giver by Bill Brittain
- 100. Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
I got my information from the Amercican Library Association. I have read about a third of them. I'd be interested to know your thoughts on the list as a whole or on a specific books inclusion in this list.