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Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books in 2000-2009 |
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The 100 books that were most-often challenged between 2000 and 2009 by self-appointed Moral Guardians in the USA. |
- Harry Potter (series) by J.K. Rowling
- Alice (series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
- And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
- Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- Scary Stories (series) by Alvin Schwartz
- His Dark Materials (series) by Philip Pullman
- ttyl; ttfn; l8r g8r (series) by Lauren Myracle
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
- Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
- It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
- Captain Underpants (series) by Dav Pilkey
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- Forever by Judy Blume
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
- Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
- King and King by Linda de Haan
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Gossip Girl (series) by Cecily von Ziegesar
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
- Killing Mr. Griffen by Lois Duncan
- Beloved by Toni Morrison
- My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier
- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
- The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney
- We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
- What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones
- Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
- Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
- The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
- Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- It's So Amazing by Robie Harris
- Arming America by Michael Bellasiles
- Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
- Life is Funny by E.R. Frank
- Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
- The Fighting Ground by Avi
- Blubber by Judy Blume
- Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
- Crazy Lady by Jane Leslie Conly
- Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby by Dav Pilkey
- Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- Daughters of Eve by Lois Duncan
- The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
- You Hear Me? by Betsy Franco
- The Facts Speak for Themselves by Brock Cole
- Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Green
- When Dad Killed Mom by Julius Lester
- Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
- Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. Going
- Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes
- Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Draw Me A Star by Eric Carle
- The Stupids (series) by Harry Allard
- The Terrorist by Caroline B. Cooney
- Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park
- The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
- A Time to Kill by John Grisham
- Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen
- Junie B. Jones (series) by Barbara Park
- Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
- What's Happening to My Body Book by Lynda Madaras
- The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
- Anastasia (series) by Lois Lowry
- A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
- Crazy by Benjamin Lebert
- The Joy of Gay Sex by Dr. Charles Silverstein
- The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss
- A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
- Black Boy by Richard Wright
- Deal With It! by Esther Drill
- Detour for Emmy by Marilyn Reynolds
- So Far From the Bamboo Grove by Yoko Watkins
- Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher
- Cut by Patricia McCormick
- Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissenger
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
- Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
- The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
- Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
- Goosebumps (series) by R.L. Stine
- Shade's Children by Garth Nix
- Grendel by John Gardner
- The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
- I Saw Esau by Iona Opte
- Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret. by Judy Blume
- America by E.R. Frank
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Data sourced from https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/decade2009/