Top 100 Banned Books 1990 - 2000

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  RunningMan

  It's about time someone spoke out about "Where's Waldo".

  At first, I thought this was referring to some violent, pornographic book that is about someone named Waldo. So, I looked it up on Amazon. No, "Where's Waldo" is the original children's book where 3 year olds find Waldo hidden in various scenes. I can't say that I have actually "read" the book. In fact, it's mostly pictures. Perhaps they should have left out the bath house picture.

  Have people lost their minds? The next thing you know, someone will claim that Bert and Ernie are gay, or the Teletubbies are Satanic.
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  undercover

  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. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
  5. Sex by Madonna
  6. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  7. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
  8. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
  9. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

  Only nine. Wow. I'm behind on my reading.

  Has no one else read "American Psycho"? That's a must read.
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  asortafairytale

  Twolips~

  Wasn't S.E. Hinton a teenager when she wrote The Outsiders? I don't remember if that is the author I am thinking of. That book is required reading at my old high school.
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  stillajwexelder

  I have read

  1)Crisis Of Conscience by Raymond Franz

  2) The Gentile Times Reconsidered by Carl O. Jonnson

  3) The Sign of the Last Days When by Carl O. Jonnson

  4) In Search of Christian Freedom by Raymond Franz

  5) The Epic of Gilgamesh

  6) The Awakening of a Jehovahs Witness -- do any these count as banned books?
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  SheilaM

  43 I need to get to reading ...
  Dang need to make the list be back LOL
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  ignored_one

  Hmm, I think I have some catching up to do.

  I've read from that list:

  To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

  and

  James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl.

  Why were so quite a few Stephen King novels in there?

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  Ignored One.
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  joannadandy

  Last year I took my first English Pedagogy class and we studied all the banned books and why they were banned and had to do a paper trail and document one book, and then write a proposal as to if it were challenged in our future school districts we would fight to keep the book.

  I actually know why the Where's Waldo book made the list. Apparently in one picture Waldo is on the beach and there is a topless woman--CRISIS! Like kids have never seen tatas before.I mean come on--we're supposed to be finding Waldo--not the nekkid cartoon boobies.

  As for my list--

  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 Awesome book!! And it will find it's way into my classroom.
  4. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
  5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain It's an American classic--c'mon!
  6. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Ditto!
  7. Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
  8. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
  9. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
  10. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
  11. The Giver by Lois Lowry
  12. Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
  13. A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
  14. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
  15. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
  16. The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard I used to fricken LOVE these books when I was little~
  17. Blubber by Judy Blume
  18. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
  19. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison I actually composed a teaching unit around this book and would use it in my classroom if the opportunity came up--it's an amazing book.
  20. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee One of my all time favorites actually.
  21. Beloved by Toni Morrison
  22. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
  23. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
  24. Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
  25. The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
  26. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis A crazy book--not sure it has any place in a classroom.
  27. Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
  28. Crazy Lady by Jane Conly
  29. The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
  30. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
  31. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
  32. Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women’s Fantasies by Nancy Friday This was a great book--but no business in a school, maybe a college library.
  33. Jack by A.M. Homes This was the book I read and tried to defend. Frankly on a literary scale--the book is not that good, it's about a kid who finds out his Dad is gay an all hell breaks loose. I wouldn't use it to teach, but I would put it out on the shelf for kids to read if they chose to. It deals with a lot of the issues of calling other kids "faggots" etc. Which is good, and it needs to be talked about.
  34. Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya This is another great book that for the life of me I can't figure out what the objection was--cuz the kid is catholic?
  35. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
  36. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
  37. How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
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  jwbot

  1. Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
  2. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
  3. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
  4. Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
  5. It’s Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
  6. Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
  7. The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
  8. Blubber by Judy Blume
  9. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
  10. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  11. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
  12. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
  13. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
  14. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
  15. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
  16. Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women’s Fantasies by Nancy Friday
  17. Carrie by Stephen King
  18. Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford
  19. Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
  20. How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell

  I am proud, 20 books from the list, not bad.

  And for future reference guys, these are challenged books, not banned. I have it from really good authority (a librarian friend) that libraries will try VERY VERY hard and fight tooth and nail to never band books. I do not see any of these books on this list getting banned any time soon, so don't worry.
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  jwbot

  Oh, I also want to add to my comment about libraries...I am talking about college and public libraries mostly...not sure about elementary, middle or high school libraries though...
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  refiners fire

  I have read a grand total of 4 of those books, and they were all years ago. I gather most of them are novels, I havent made a habit of reading novels for years now.