Jen's Writing Journey

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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