How Many Banned Books Have You Read?
In honor of banned books week, I looked at the list of the most challenged books from 1990-1999. I’ve read a lot of them, but there are quite a few I haven’t.
I’ve read:
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
- Forever, by Judy Blume
- Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson
- The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
- Sex, by Madonna
- Earth’s Children (Series), by Jean M. Auel
- A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
- Anastasia Krupnik (Series), by Lois Lowry
- Blubber, by Judy Blume
- The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood
- The Pigman, by Paul Zindel
- To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
- Beloved, by Toni Morrison
- Cujo, by Stephen King
- A Light in the Attic, by Shel Silverstein
- Sleeping Beauty Trilogy, by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
- Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret, by Judy Blume
- Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
- Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women’s Fantasies, by Nancy Friday
- Carrie, by Stephen King
- The Dead Zone, by Stephen King
- Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison
- Private Parts, by Howard Stern
- Where’s Waldo?, by Martin Hanford
- Christine, by Stephen King
25 out of 100 is not so good. I understand why some of them were challenged–sex, violence, magic, religion, feminism, and realistic explorations of racism in America are not the most populartopics with close-minded people. But Where’s Waldo? Really?
Read the full list and let me know which you’ve read. And which you have always wanted to–or thought you should–read.
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