100 of the Most frequently Challenged Books of the last decade

 

 

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 LincolnCollier 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 Die: by 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 (Ann 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 and Sons: by Lynda Madras

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 Rodriquez

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