Top 20 Challenged Books of the 90s

Posted by Lisa Rufle Aug 24, 2008

Each year, since 1982, the ALA has kept an ongoing list of the most frequently challenged books of the previous year. Here is a brief look at the top 20 most challenged books of the 90s:

• 20. The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
• 19. Earth's Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel
• 18. Sex by Madonna
• 17. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
• 16. A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
• 15. Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
• 14. Alice (series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
• 13. It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
• 12. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
• 11. The Giver by Lois Lowry
• 10. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
• 9. Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
• 8. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
• 7. Forever by Judy Blume
• 6. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
• 5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
• 4. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
• 3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• 2. Daddy's Roomate by Michael Willhoite
• 1. Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz

More lists and information about the ALA and challenged books, visit their website. Here is a helpful resource to learn how you can help fight literary censorship.