100 Most Frequently Challenged Books (1990-2000)

[Broken Parachute]

How many have you read?

1990-2000: http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/100mostfrequently.cfm

This is the list of Top 10 Most Challenged Books in the 21st Century (so far)

1. Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
2. "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
3. Alice series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
4. "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck
5. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
6. "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
7. "It's Perfectly Normal" by Robie Harris
8. Scary Stories series by Alvin Schwartz
9. Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey
10. "Forever" by Judy Blume

[Adeniz19]

wheres waldo?

[Broken Parachute]

The book has been challenged in libraries and schools because of a topless woman near the upper right of the "On the Beach" scene. It ranks #88 on the American Library Association's "100 Most Frequently Banned Books (http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/100mostfrequently.htm)" list because of the exposed breast. The banned book list actually tracks "challenges" (attempts to have books banned) rather than actual bannings. [1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Waldo%3F_%28book%29#cite_ note-0) The woman was covered up for the 1997 special edition release.

[Prestonxsmith]

Lol @ Captain Underpants.

[Jessooker]

I've read 20 of them.

[doomcrs04]

12

[Broken Parachute]

14 for me.


I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
The Pigman by Paul Zindel
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

[jaimej]

I loved the Chocolate War. I need to read that again.

[Rawrr]

only 12 for me.

[lindZ629]

I've read about 15 of them.

I actually own Little Black Sambo. That book is so racist.
The Stupids Have a Ball is probably my favorite from the Stupids series...great books

[gloriousmuse]

Too lazy to count but a good majority of the list but Goosebumps. I never liked it.

[hailthewarrior]

Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Where's Waldo? by Martin HanfordOnly ones for me, haha. Which is surprising, 'cause as an English major you'd think I'd have read a lot more of them by now...

[Sweep_the_Leg]

I loved the Chocolate War. I need to read that again.

it's good? sweet. i'm currently reading it for school, and i was wondering how it hasn't been banned in schools just from the first couple of chapters, but i'm liking it so far

[Shatter590]

How many have you read?

1990-2000: http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/100mostfrequently.cfm

This is the list of Top 10 Most Challenged Books in the 21st Century (so far)

1. Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
4. "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck
5. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
8. Scary Stories series by Alvin Schwartz


these ive read.

but why is the scary stories series on this list?

[Ailite]

I've read a few

[Rawrr]

Sad that Go Ask Alice is on that list, that was such a good book.

[notoaststereo]

i read 19 of them.

[Broken Parachute]

these ive read.

but why is the scary stories series on this list?
Background Information: 1990–2000

1990–20001
Between 1990 and 2000, of the 6,364 challenges reported to or recorded by the Office for Intellectual Freedom (see The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books (http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/100mostfrequently.cfm)):

1,607 were challenges to “sexually explicit” material (up 161 since 1999);
1,427 to material considered to use “offensive language”; (up 165 since 1999)
1,256 to material considered “unsuited to age group”; (up 89 since 1999)
842 to material with an “occult theme or promoting the occult or Satanism,”; (up 69 since 1999)
737 to material considered to be “violent”; (up 107 since 1999)
515 to material with a homosexual theme or “promoting homosexuality,” (up 18 since 1999)and
419 to material “promoting a religious viewpoint.” (up 22 since 1999) Other reasons for challenges included “nudity” (317 challenges, up 20 since 1999), “racism” (267 challenges, up 22 since 1999), “sex education” (224 challenges, up 7 since 1999), and “anti-family” (202 challenges, up 9 since 1999).
Please note that the number of challenges and the number of reasons for those challenges do not match, because works are often challenged on more than one ground.
Seventy-one percent of the challenges were to material in schools or school libraries.2 Another twenty-four percent were to material in public libraries (down two percent since 1999). Sixty percent of the challenges were brought by parents, fifteen percent by patrons, and nine percent by administrators, both down one percent since 1999).
1The Office for Intellectual Freedom does not claim comprehensiveness in recording challenges.
2Sometimes works are challenged in a school and school library.

[Broken Parachute]

Top Ten Challenged Authors 1990 to 2004

1. Alvin Schwartz
2. Judy Blume
3. Robert Cormier
4. J.K. Rowling
5. Michael Willhoite
6. Katherine Paterson
7. Stephen King
8. Maya Angelou
9. R.L. Stine
10. John Steinbeck

[xfantabulousx]

i've read 18.

[vandalsandquinn]

1. Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
2.I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
3. Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
4.Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
5. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
6. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
7. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
8. The Giver by Lois Lowry
9. Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
10. The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
11. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
12. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
13. Blubber by Judy Blume
14. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
15. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
16. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
17. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
18. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
19. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
20. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
21. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
22. Where's Waldo? by Martin Hanford
23. Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene


hahahaha 23, that's ridiculous. and for the record, julie and the wolves getting raped was disturbing to read when you're in 6th grade

[anamericangod]

12, I think, as well as I can remember.

[imahoodlum]

most of the books on the list i've read during school. actually 15 of them.
plus another 4 more i read on my own time. so 19 in total for me.

[WakingTheMisery]

Sad that Go Ask Alice is on that list, that was such a good book.

If you can't understand why, I don't really know what to say.

[Adrian Villagomez]

12. I figured I would've heard of more of these.

[Broken Parachute]

If you can't understand why, I don't really know what to say.Hahahaha. Drugs aren't that bad!

[Nth Degree]

1. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
2. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
3. Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
4. Forever by Judy Blume
5. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
6. Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
7. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
8. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
9. Blubber by Judy Blume
10. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
11. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
12. Deenie by Judy Blume
13. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
14. Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
15. The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
16. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
17. Where's Waldo? by Martin Hanford
18. How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell

Just most of the little kid books and the girly ones.

[WakingTheMisery]

I read a lot. :shrug:

1. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
2. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
3. Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
4. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
5. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
6. The Giver by Lois Lowry
7. Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
8. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
9. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
10. The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard
11. Blubber by Judy Blume
12. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
13. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
14. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
15. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
16. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
17. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
18. Cujo by Stephen King
19. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
20. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
21. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
22. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
23. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
24. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
25. Where's Waldo? by Martin Hanford
26. Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
27. How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
28. View from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts

[odizzle_word]

1. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
3. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
4. Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
5. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
6. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
7. The Giver by Lois Lowry
8. Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
9. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
10. The Witches by Roald Dahl
11.Blubber by Judy Blume
12. Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
13. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
14. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
15. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
16. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
17. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
18. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
19. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
20. Native Son by Richard Wright
21. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
22. Where's Waldo? by Martin Hanford
23. How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell

23... not bad. Now I want to go down into my basement and find my copy of The Giver and all my Roald Dahl books.

[thursday727]

Where's Waldo?
Lord of the Flies
Slaughterhouse-Five
The Anarchist Cookbook
Brave New World
The Catcher in the Rye
Harry Potter (Series)
The Outsiders

[googirl8907]

Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwart
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
The Witches by Roald Dah
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell

That's 15.

[Kid B]

I've read 9.

[hero_dujour]

Suprised The DaVinci Code isn't included. Also, isn't The Giver supposed to be a book alot of people are against too?

[Jessooker]

Suprised The DaVinci Code isn't included. Also, isn't The Giver supposed to be a book alot of people are against too?


1. The list is from 1990-2000
2. The Giver is on the list.

[hero_dujour]

1. The list is from 1990-2000
2. The Giver is on the list.

:hitself:
lol

[Wolf I Am!]

What do they mean by challenged?

[chokeychicken]

the fact that so many people have tried to have the harry potter series banned absolutely infuriates me.

[Broken Parachute]

Anyone who thinks any book should be banned is an idiot.

[FadedFocus]

16..two of my all time favorites The Catcher In The Rye and To Kill A Mockingbird are on there

[bailmeout13]

1. Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
3. The Giver by Lois Lowry
4. Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
5. Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
6. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
7. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
8. The Pigman by Paul Zindel
9. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
10. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
11. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
12. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
13. Where's Waldo? by Martin Hanford

Only 13, I am a terrible English major.

[WakingTheMisery]

16..two of my all time favorites The Catcher In The Rye and To Kill A Mockingbird are on there

My dislike for those books is immense.

[Tyler Revolution]

Do kids not like Gary Paulsen these days?

[TakingBackDowd]

Only 6 for me.

[MorningWillCome]

11

[..HeyJanie]

I've read 12.

[Broken Parachute]

My dislike for those books is immense.Good thing I'm not the only one.

Do kids not like Gary Paulsen these days?I loved Hatchet and The River when I was a kid. Those are the only two I ever read by him though.

[CstSnow]

23 for me...and dislike for Catcher in the Rye and To kill a mockingbird? I can understand CitR, I personally love it but can understand some people not liking it, but To kill a mockingbird? Really?

[Tyler Revolution]

I loved Hatchet and The River when I was a kid. Those are the only two I ever read by him though.

The Hatchet
Brian's Return
Brian's Winter
The River
Mr. Tucket
Call Me Francis Tucket
The Voyage of the Frog
The Boy Who Owned the School
Harris and Me
Sarny

All classic books by Paulsen. I loved his shit in middle school.

[Tyler Revolution]

And what about Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary? Classic, son!

[tomakebelieve]

Good thing I'm not the only one.

I loved Hatchet and The River when I was a kid. Those are the only two I ever read by him though.

Hatchet was an amazing read back when I was in 6th grade. I sort of want to re-read it now that everyone is talking about it.

[stayillogical]

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
Forever by Judy Blume
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingTo my left on my bookcase, I can see Forever by Judy Blume, and on the top shelf, all the Harry Potter books.

[stayillogical]

The Giver is such a good read. Everyone should have to read that book. Actually, I'm closing my laptop right now and flipping through it. Damn that book is great.

[Broken Parachute]

Such a great story. Everything about it is great.