TOP 100 BANNED BOOKS

[Geggy]

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 Lincoln Collier 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 (Does PDF format count?)
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 (WHAT?!?!?!)
26. The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard
27. The Witches by Roald Dahl
28. The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein (I didn't bold it, because I didn't READ it, I looked at the pictures. Thank you Steffi!)
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 (Oh, man I couldn't stop crying at that one)
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 (I read the first book, and stopped after there)
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 &Sons by Lynda Madaras
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 (Had to read that in 7th grade. ew.)
71. Native Son by Richard Wright
72. Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women’s Fantasies by Nancy Friday (No, but I have BIG plans to read a Nancy Friday book having had a story read to me that nearly blew the top of my head off...)
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. Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford (!!!)
89. Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
90. Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman (This is in a book of collected stories by Better Homes and Gardens that my mother passed down to me. I love that book--not that story, the book.)
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

[executioneer]

some of those make sense to be honest, and some would make sense if they were banned for younger children, and some of them are downright silly :lol

[tenno]

why'd they ban Julie of the WOlves, its her OWN damn fault she got raped in that book. dont they want to teach responsibility?






that aside i own half the list

[liquidstatik]

No exageration at all.. More than half of those books are in our school library. :( And like, 10 of the, are required reading.

[ninja wolf]

We should find out and make a list of why these books got banned!

[ninja wolf]

By the way why did wheres waldo get banned

[ninja wolf]

Chojin said:No exageration at all.. More than half of those books are in our school library. And like, 10 of the, are required reading.
was sex by Madonna one?

[executioneer]

chojin did not say that

[Emu]

Did that REALLY need to be divided into three seperate posts?

[Emu]

I mean, I know someone with a name like ninja wolf should have a lot to say about things.

[Emu]

But it's a lot easier to tie those thoughts together if you make it in one, convenient reference post.

[ninja wolf]

your

[ninja wolf]

a dip

[ninja wolf]

stick

[Emu]

oh baby

[executioneer]

shama

[executioneer]

lama

[executioneer]

ding dong

[Guitar Woman]

By the way why did wheres waldo get banned
They banned Where's Waldo? Those bastards.

[Emu]

Supposedly there are topless women among the crowd in some of them.

[ninja wolf]

Find a man in an ugly sweater and see nake women at the same time!!!!!!!

[ScruU2wice]

wow it's like a ninja and a wolf. the best of both worlds.

[-->oscam]

What. The fuck.
I'm reading To kill a mockingbird in school for coursework and Goosebumps rule.
Crazy americans....
Yeah, that includes you....

[ninja wolf]

I always did wonder why it had been so long since a knew goose bumps had came out and now I know why. I always thought R.L Stine just retired but hey you learn something new every day its just people hated me for what I learned yesterday.

[Ninjavenom]

Caged Bird is the most boring book i have ever read, and consequently, i hate Maya Angelou for it.

[EisigerBiskuit]

How could anyone not like Lord of the Flies...

[executioneer]

cause its "not sensitive to the kids" or "ooh its too scaaary"

[FS]

or because it QUESTIONS GOD

[sadie]

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[dreaddi]

I don't get why "I know why the caged bird sings" got banned. I mean it is a horrible load of self important drivel but otherwise it didn't strike me as very controversial.

[executioneer]

because of rape

[sadie]

yah, see, dreaddi, there's a difference between half-way paying attention to class readings/discussions and actually immersing yourself in a work. :rolleyes

[executioneer]

and i never read the book, only a synopsis :/

[sadie]

sigh.

[executioneer]

SRY

[kellychaos]

Willy is my newest, favoritist uber-fag! ~ :wank

[sadie]

did anyone ever look at that link i posted?

[executioneer]

i did just now

[sadie]

erm. okay.

[PILLOWFIGHT]

judy blume!!

[dreaddi]

I wouldn't mind if she hadn't written her autobiography in five bloody volumes. That's too much no matter how interesting your life was, and hers wasn't particularly interesting.

[tonto]

we had a stage show of Go Ask Alice, I read parts of the actual book and I can understand why it is banned, it was realistic however
why ban what happens in our schools every day...can we not accept it?

[Emu]

Go Ask Alice is a load. It and a bunch of other books of a similar nature are all written by some frigid old broad.

[theone89]

Have you noticed in middleschool trought High School we have to read alot of books about The Holacoust? or is it just me? I'm Reading Night by Ted Weisel it's fucked up this is my 4 nazi book

[Anonymous]

I'm Reading Night by Ted Weisel it's fucked up this is my 4 nazi book

Yeah, I hear they kill people in that book.:o

[Emu]

I don't know where my copy of Night is, but I'm fairly certain his name's not Ted.

[McClain]

His name is Elie. And there's a good reason they give that book to students. Albeit a very important piece of literature, it's roughly the size of a pamphlet.

[HickMan]

Last year for school I had to read both The Giver and Of Mice and Men. I can't see why either of them were banned. Well, maybe MAYBE Of Mice and Men, but The Giver? Also, is/was James and the Giant Peach banned? :omg

[Marine]

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 Lincoln Collier 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 (Does PDF format count?)
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 (WHAT?!?!?!)
26. The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard
27. The Witches by Roald Dahl
28. The New Joy of suave Sex by Charles Silverstein (I didn't bold it, because I didn't READ it, I looked at the pictures. Thank you Steffi!)
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 (Oh, man I couldn't stop crying at that one)
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 (I read the first book, and stopped after there)
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 &Sons by Lynda Madaras
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 (Had to read that in 7th grade. ew.)
71. Native Son by Richard Wright
72. Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women’s Fantasies by Nancy Friday (No, but I have BIG plans to read a Nancy Friday book having had a story read to me that nearly blew the top of my head off...)
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. Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford (!!!)
89. Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
90. Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman (This is in a book of collected stories by Better Homes and Gardens that my mother passed down to me. I love that book--not that story, the book.)
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


do you have a frigging life???????????

[pjalne]

I don't think he wrote that list himself. How's that Castlevania fanfic going?

[Marine]

I don't think he wrote that list himself. How's that Castlevania fanfic going?

done since a couple of years

[Fahrenheit 1337]

22. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Why the hell did they ban that? It's educational. >:

[executioneer]

and therefore it goes against god

[Rongi]

why the hell was to kill a mocking bird banned? that was a book AGAINST racism

[executioneer]

a lot of these books were banned mostly in the south

[executioneer]

and plus, rape

[Rongi]

i thought rape solves everything

[executioneer]

only in loveline

[Schimid]

I had to read a few of those books. I quit Maya Angelou as soon as she got to the black ear of corn. Jesus. >:

[GADZOOKS]

What's so wrong with killing retarded people in the back of the head?