Banned books
To this day, people continue to try and ban books from libraries, schools and everywhere else. The American Library Association keeps track of all this, and so I thought I’d see which ones I’ve read.
- Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite (#2)
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (#3)
- The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier (#4)
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (#5)
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (#6)
- Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling (#7)
- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (#9)
- The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (#13)
- Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine (#16)
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker (#18)
- Sex by Madonna (#19)
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle (#22)
- Go Ask Alice by Anonymous (#23)
- The Witches by Roald Dahl (#27)
- The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein (#28)
- Blubber by Judy Blume (#32)
- We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier (#35)
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (#37)
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (#41)
- Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (#47)
- A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein (#51)
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (#52)
- Cujo by Stephen King (#55)
- James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl (#56)
- The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell (#57)
- Ordinary People by Judith Guest (#59)
- Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (#69)
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding (#70)
- Carrie by Stephen King (#77)
- The Dead Zone by Stephen King (#83)
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (#84)
- Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (#91))
32 of the 100 most banned books, not bad, but more to read! How many have you read?
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seriously, I have to wonder about:
88. Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford
who the hell is trying to ban this book? is it just to subversive for them?
I can’t believe there is only one Bret Easton Ellis book on the list. American Psycho isn’t even his most disturbing book! That honor probably belongs to Gamorama, but it is hard to tell because the book is so damn confusing.
To answer the original question I at least vaguely remember reading 21 of the books, but I think I may have read one or two o f the Tony Morrisson books in an english class.
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
13 The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
18 The Color Purple by Alice Walker
22 A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
37 The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
41 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
47 Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
51 A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
52 Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
55 Cujo by Stephen King
57 The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
60 American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
62 Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
69 Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
77 Carrie by Stephen King
83 The Dead Zone by Stephen King
84 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
88 Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford
96 How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas RockwellI’ve read 30 of them.
I always enjoyed Banned Books Week when I worked at Waldenbooks and Borders… but at the same time it pissed me off that there are people who agree with these bans, even today.
How to Eat Fried Worms? Give me a freaking break.
Btw, I was trying to leave a comment on your post where you linked to my post about the importance of sexual compatibility in relationships, but your capcha image thing is broken on that page.
Gee…
I guess I’m a slacker as well: only 24 here:
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 Color Purple by Alice Walker
5. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
6. The Witches by Roald Dahl
7. The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein
8. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
9. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
10. Beloved by Toni Morrison
11. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
12. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
13. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
14. Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
15. Cujo by Stephen King
16. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
17. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
18. Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
19. Carrie by Stephen King
20. The Dead Zone by Stephen King
21. Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
22. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
23. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Key
24. Ordinary People by Judith Guest(Now, I’m just trying to figure out why you read the Goosebump series ;-) )
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I’ve read 9 of them. Slack I know.
My question is, WHY are they banned? I don’t think we have any banned books in Australia..
Hell, To Kill a Mockingbird is in the standard High School reading list, same with Lord of the Flies.
Oh hang on, I see; They’ve been challenged to be banned. Well that’s just f***ing scary. Who are these people and who put them in charge?