ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

Given by American Library Association (ALA)

121 Works 892,227 Books 17,945 Reviews ½ 4.0
The ALA's list of the 100 most frequently challenged books between 1990-2000. Note, more than 100 actual books are listed, as the ALA lumps a series as one work (i.e. all four of the books that fell show more under The Stupids were subject to challenges, but only have a single listing as the series on the list).

See prior list for 1990-1999 challenged books here. show less
WorkOrder Label
Scary Stories Treasury: Three Books to Chill Your Bones (1656) by Alvin Schwartz
1
Daddy's Roommate (1990) by Michael Willhoite
2
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969) by Maya Angelou
3
The Chocolate War (1974) by Robert Cormier
4
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) by Mark Twain
5
Of Mice and Men (1937) by John Steinbeck
6
Harry Potter (Books 1-7) (2007) by J. K. Rowling
7
Forever . . . (1975) by Judy Blume
8
Bridge to Terabithia (1977) by Katherine Paterson
9
Achingly Alice (1998) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
10
The Agony of Alice (1985) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
10
Alice in April (1993) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
10
Alice in Lace (1996) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
10
Alice in Rapture, Sort Of (1989) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
10
Alice In the Know (2006) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
10
Alice In-Between (1994) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
10
Alice On The Outside (1999) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
10
Alice the Brave (1995) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
10
All But Alice (1992) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
10
Outrageously Alice (1997) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
10
Reluctantly Alice (1991) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
10
Heather Has Two Mommies (1989) by Lesléa Newman
11
The Catcher in the Rye (1951) by J. D. Salinger
13
The Giver (1993) by Lois Lowry
14
It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health (The Family Library) (1994) by Robie H. Harris
15
Goosebumps Boxed Set, Books 1 - 4: Welcome to Dead House, Stay Out of the Basement, Monster Blood, and Say Cheese and Die! (1993) by R. L. Stine
16
Goosebumps Boxed Set, Books 5 - 8: The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, Let's Get Invisible!, Night of the Living Dummy, and The Girl Who Cried Monster (1994) by R. L. Stine
16
A Day No Pigs Would Die (1972) by Robert Newton Peck
17
The Color Purple (1982) by Alice Walker
18
Sex (1992) by Madonna
19
Earth's Children 1-5 (The Clan of the Cave Bear; The valley of horses; The mammoth hunters; The plains of passage; The shelters of stone) (1990) by Jean M. Auel
20
The Great Gilly Hopkins (1978) by Katherine Paterson
21
A Wrinkle in Time (1962) by Madeleine L'Engle
22
Go Ask Alice (1971) by Anonymous
23
Fallen Angels (1988) by Walter Dean Myers
24
In the Night Kitchen (1970) by Maurice Sendak
25
The Stupids Die (1981) by Harry G. Allard
26
The Stupids Step Out (1974) by Harry G. Allard
26
The Stupids Take Off (1989) by Harry G. Allard
26
The Stupids Have a Ball (1978) by Harry G. Allard Jr.
26
The Witches (1983) by Roald Dahl
27
The New Joy of Gay Sex (1992) by Charles Silverstein
28
Anastasia Absolutely (1995) by Lois Lowry
29
Anastasia Again! (1981) by Lois Lowry
29
Anastasia at this Address (1991) by Lois Lowry
29
Anastasia at your Service (1982) by Lois Lowry
29
Anastasia has the Answers (1986) by Lois Lowry
29
Anastasia Krupnik (1979) by Lois Lowry
29
Anastasia on Her Own (1985) by Lois Lowry
29
Anastasia's Chosen Career (1987) by Lois Lowry
29
Anastasia, Ask your Analyst (1984) by Lois Lowry
29
The Goats (1987) by Brock Cole
30
Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa (1986) by Mark Mathabane
31
Blubber (1974) by Judy Blume
32
Killing Mr. Griffin (1978) by Lois Duncan
33
Halloween ABC (1898) by Eve Merriam
34
We All Fall Down (1991) by Robert Cormier
35
Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying (1991) by Derek Humphry
36
The Handmaid's Tale (1985) by Margaret Atwood
37
Julie of the Wolves (1972) by Jean Craighead George
38
The Bluest Eye (1970) by Toni Morrison
39
The What's Happening to My Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents and Daughters (1983) by Lynda Madaras
40
To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) by Harper Lee
41
Beloved (1987) by Toni Morrison
42
The Outsiders (1967) by S. E. Hinton
43
The Pigman (1968) by Paul Zindel
44
Bumps in the Night (1979) by Harry Allard
45
Deenie (1973) by Judy Blume
46
Flowers for Algernon (1966) by Daniel Keyes
47
Annie on My Mind (1982) by Nancy Garden
48
The Boy Who Lost His Face (1989) by Louis Sachar
49
Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat: Superstitions and Other Beliefs (1974) by Alvin Schwartz
50
A Light in the Attic: Poems and Drawings (1981) by Shel Silverstein
51
Brave New World (1932) by Aldous Huxley
52
The Sleeping Beauty novels (1983) by A. N. Roquelaure
53
Asking About Sex and Growing Up: A Question-and-Answer Book for Boys and Girls (1988) by Joanna Cole
54
Cujo (1981) by Stephen King
55
The Anarchist Cookbook (1971) by William Powell
57
Boys and Sex (1968) by Wardell B. Pomeroy
58
Ordinary People (1976) by Judith Guest
59
American Psycho (1991) by Bret Easton Ellis
60
What's Happening to My Body? Book for Boys: Revised Edition (1984) by Lynda Madaras
61
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (1970) by Judy Blume
62
Crazy Lady! (1993) by Jane Leslie Conly
63
Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories (1991) by Chris Crutcher
64
Fade (1988) by Robert Cormier
65
Guess What? (1988) by Mem Fox
66
The House of the Spirits (1982) by Isabel Allende
67
The Face on the Milk Carton (1990) by Caroline B. Cooney
68
Slaughterhouse-Five (1969) by Kurt Vonnegut
69
Lord of the Flies (1954) by William Golding
70
Native Son (1940) by Richard Wright
71
Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women's Sexual Fantasies (1991) by Nancy Friday
72
Curses, Hexes and Spells (The Weird & Horrible Library) (1974) by Daniel Cohen
73
Jack (1989) by A. M. Homes
74
Bless Me, Ultima (1972) by Rudolfo Anaya
75
"Where Did I Come From?": The Facts of Life Without Any Nonsense and With Illustrations (1973) by Peter Mayle
76
Carrie (1974) by Stephen King
77
Tiger Eyes (1981) by Judy Blume
78
On My Honor (1987) by Marion Dane Bauer
79
The Arizona Kid (1988) by Ron Koertge
80
Family Secrets (1985) by Norma Klein
81
Mommy Laid An Egg: Or, Where Do Babies Come From? (1993) by Babette Cole
82
The Dead Zone (1979) by Stephen King
83
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) by Mark Twain
84
Song of Solomon (1977) by Toni Morrison
85
Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. (1993) by Luis J. Rodriguez
86
Private Parts (1993) by Howard Stern
87
Where's Waldo? (1987) by Martin Handford
88
Summer of My German Soldier (1973) by Bette Greene
89
Little Black Sambo (1899) by Helen Bannerman
90
Pillars of the Earth (1989) by Ken Follett
91
Running Loose (1983) by Chris Crutcher
92
Sex Education (1988) by Jenny Davis
93
The Drowning of Stephan Jones (1991) by Bette Greene
94
Girls and Sex (1971) by Wardell Pomeroy
95
How to Eat Fried Worms (1973) by Thomas Rockwell
96
The View From the Cherry Tree (1975) by Willo Davis Roberts
97
The Headless Cupid (1971) by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
98
The Terrorist (1997) by Caroline B. Cooney
99
Jump Ship to Freedom (Arabus Family Saga) (1981) by James Lincoln Collier
100

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