Banned books..how many have you read?

[Mirren]

These books have been frequently challenged.Taken from the American Library Association:
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
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 (Anne 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 & 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
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 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
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

No wonder everyone was reading those Judy Blume books in elementary, who knew?

[Vitorro]

Ive read numbers 3,5,6,7, 13,18,19,41,43,53(most of this series),55,67,70,77,83,84,87, and see several others that have a title that interest Me to find for reading. Mark Twain books were not on the list when I was in school(Im from Hannibal Mo), and the school library had several copies of most of these titles , hence how I have read them.

[vinylkitty]

I have read 33 on the list. Numbers 13, 43, and 70 happen to be some of my personal favorites. One of the first things the Nazi regime did when they took over Germany was ban books. Kind of a scary thought that it happens here in this day and age isn't it!

[hewhoisagod]

I remember hearing about a schoolboard meeting where they were going to ban books. A woman went to the podium and asked "what if I told there was a book where two men said they were going to **** another man?" Of course they said they'd ban it. Then she told them that they'd be banning the Bible. She then proceeded to read the verse from the Song of Solomon. They never brought up banning books again.

Oh and I've either read or have:3 5 6 7 9 13 16 17 19 22 23 25 26 27 41 43 47 51 52 55 56 57 60 70 71 84 87 88 and 96

I'm surprised people haven't tried to ban Dune for the religious side.

[poison]

i've read; 13, 16, 18, 27, 37, 39, 52, 53 and 70.

being a literature student i've actually studied four of the books; we studied the Handmaid's tale and Brave new world whilst doing the theme of dystopian literature at college, i studied Lord of the Flies at high school and just next week at university i shall be studying The Bluest Eye.

and yet another mention on this forum of the books i miss so much; no.53 the sleeping beauty trilogy, my favourite erotic books unfortunately lent to a careless friend who hasn't returned them...i found the first part in a bookshop last week but unfortunately don't have the pennies to buy it

[Morning Glory]

I read most of those books in school. I think it's funny that they actually do have a list of "banned books", this isn't just bullshit, yet you can still buy those books anywhere, and find them in most schools and libraries.

[Nudemuse]

I read most of those books in school. I think it's funny that they actually do have a list of "banned books", this isn't just bullshit, yet you can still buy those books anywhere, and find them in most schools and libraries.

It's a shame isn't it? This is a good page about challenged and banned books: http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedboo...ngedbanned.htm

My Mom works in a library so I read a lot of ALA news etc.

Back on topic there's only a few of those I haven't gotten around to reading.

[Mr Karl]

I 've read maybe a couple dozen of them and seen a bunch of the movie's too I think a few in public school, ha ha, how to eat fried worms is banned

[BloodredProject2402]

14. The Giver by Lois Lowry
1. Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
7. Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling 9when no one knew about them)
88. Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford

[Pull~My~Hair]

1, 5 , 8, 10, 14, 16 , 23(great book), 32, 41, 45, 46, 51, 62, 77, 84, 88( what the hells wrong with wheres waldo),
And for the record, I totally loved Judy Blume books, they made me feel like I wasnt the only weird one...plus shes from Oregon , ive driven by her house...anyhow, there are really important books in here it makes me sad that they are banning them in schools, Ive learned alot from these books.

[hewhoisagod]

I think Huckleberry Finn is the most banned book in schools because of the use of the N word. I also know some people were trying to ban "The Diary of Ann Frank".

[poison]

i hate books that are banned because of their content (for example, Huckleberry Finn's use of the N word as hewhoisagod said), when in fact the book is simply a product (and the author a victim) of the time period it was written in.

recently my course studied a controversional book called 'Heart of Darkness' which has been labelled racist by a recent black author, even though 'Heart of Darkness' was written before the 1900s when most european people were inherently racist through ignorance.

[morbid_lady]

20. Earth’s Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel

this is my all time favorite series....At least it would be if Auel hadnt developed Alzheimers making her unable to remember the first 5 books and not be able to write the final book...argh...i want to know how it ends

[morbid_lady]

6, 13, 14, 44, 47 and 70 they had us read in highschool for english class....guess thats the difference in Canadian schools??