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Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009

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 coverHarry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
 2 Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
 3 The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
 4 And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson/Peter Parnell
 5 Of Mice and MenOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
 6 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
 7 Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
 8 His Dark Materials (series) by Philip Pullman
 9 TTYL; TTFN; L8R, G8R (series) by Myracle, Lauren
10 The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
11 Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
12 It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
13 Captain Underpants (series) by Dav Pilkey
14 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
15 The Bluest EyeThe Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
16 Forever by Judy Blume
17 The Color Purple by Alice Walker
18 Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
19 The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
20 King & King by Linda de Haan
21 coverTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
22 Gossip Girl (series) by Cecily von Ziegesar
23 The Giver by Lois Lowry
24 In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
25 Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
26 Beloved by Toni Morrison
27 My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
28 Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
29 The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
30 We All Fall DownWe All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
31 What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones
32 Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya
33 Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
34 The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
35 Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
36 coverBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
37 It’s So Amazing by Robie Harris
38 Arming America by Michael Bellasiles
39 Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
40 Life is Funny by E.R. Frank
41 Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
42 The Fighting Ground by Avi
43 Blubber by Judy Blume
44 Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
cover45 Crazy Lady by Jane Conly
46 Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
47 The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby by George Beard
48 Rainboy Boys by Alex Sanchez
49 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
50 coverThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
51 Daughters of Eve by Lois Duncan
52 The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
53 You Hear Me? by Betsy Franco
54 The Facts Speak for Themselves by Brock Cole
55 coverSummer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
56 When Dad Killed Mom by Julius Lester
57 Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
58 Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. Going
59 Olive’s Ocean by Kevin Henkes
60 Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
61 coverDraw Me A Star by Eric Carle
62 The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard
63 The Terrorist by Caroline Cooney
64 Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park
65 The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
66 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
67 A Time to Kill by John Grisham
68 coverAlways Running by Luis Rodriguez
69 Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
70 Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen
71 Junie B. Jones (series) by Barbara Park
72 Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
73 What’s Happening to My Body Book by Lynda Madaras
74 The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
75 coverAnastasia (series) by Lois Lowry
76 A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
77 Crazy:  A Novel by Benjamin Lebert
78 The Joy of Gay Sex by Dr. Charles Silverstein
79 The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss
80 A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
81 Black Boy by Richard Wright
82 Deal With It! by Esther Drill
83 Detour for Emmy by Marilyn Reynolds
84 So Far From the Bamboo Grove by Yoko Watkins
85 coverStaying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher
86 Cut by Patricia McCormick
87 Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
88 The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
89 Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissenger
90 A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
91 coverJulie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
92 The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
93 Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
94 Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
95 Shade’s Children by Garth Nix
96 Grendel by John Gardner
97 The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
98 I Saw Esau by Iona Opte
99 Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
100 America: A Novel by E.R. Frank


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