The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books
of 1990-1999

Among my happiest memories are of rainy summer days tuck-ed up under the eaves of our family's rustic lake cottage, a gentle patter overhead, reading a book. The Hardy Boys. Black Beauty. Treasure Island. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Anything: Rudyard Kipling. The Encyclopedia Britannica Junior's illustrated volume on anatomy and The Catcher in the Rye. I was allowed to read what I liked. It helped me to learn who I was and where I fit into the world. --Suzanne Fisher Staples

1. Scary Stories (Series): Alvin Schwartz
2. Daddy's Roommate: Michael Willhoite
3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Maya Angelou
4. The Chocolate War: Robert Cormier
5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Mark Twain
6. Of Mice and Men: John Steinbeck
7. Forever: Judy Blume
8. Bridge to Terabithia: Katherine Paterson
9. Heather Has Two Mommies: Leslea Newman
10. The Catcher in the Rye: J.D. Salinger
11. The Giver: Lois Lowry
12. My Brother Sam is Dead: James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
13. It's Perfectly Normal: Robie Harris
14. Alice (Series): Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
15. Goosebumps (Series): R.L. Stine
16. A Day No Pigs Would Die: Robert Newton Peck
17. The Color Purple: Alice Walker
18. Sex: Madonna
19. Earth's Children (Series): Jean M. Auel
20. The Great Gilly Hopkins: Katherine Paterson
21. In the Night Kitchen: Maurice Sendak
22. The Witches: Roald Dahl
23. A Wrinkle in Time: Madeleine L'Engle
24. The New Joy of Gay Sex: Charles Silverstein
25. Go Ask Alice: Anonymous
26. The Goats: Brock Cole
27. The Stupids (Series): Harry Allard
28. Anastasia Krupnik (Series): Lois Lowry
29. Final Exit: Derek Humphry
30. Blubber: Judy Blume
31. Halloween ABC: Eve Merriam
32. Julie of the Wolves: Jean Craighead George
33. Kaffir Boy: Mark Mathabane
34. The Bluest Eye: Toni Morrison
35. What's Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters: Lynda Madaras
36. Fallen Angels: Walter Dean Myers
37. The Handmaid's Tale: Margaret Atwood
38. The Outsiders: S.E. Hinton
39. The Pigman: Paul Zindel
40. To Kill a Mockingbird: Harper Lee
41. We All Fall Down: Robert Cormier
42. Deenie: Judy Blume
43. Flowers for Algernon: Daniel Keyes
44. Annie on my Mind: Nancy Garden
45. Beloved: Toni Morrison
46. The Boy Who Lost His Face: Louis Sachar
47. Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat: Alvin Schwartz
48. Harry Potter (Series): J.K. Rowling
49. Cujo: Stephen King
50. James and the Giant Peach: Roald Dahl
51. A Light in the Attic: Shel Silverstein
52. Ordinary People: Judith Guest
53. American Psycho: Bret Easton Ellis
54. Brave New World: Aldous Huxley
55. Sleeping Beauty Trilogy: A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
56. Bumps in the Night: Harry Allard
57. Asking About Sex and Growing Up: Joanna Cole
58. What's Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons: Lynda Madaras
59. The Anarchist Cookbook: William Powell
60. Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret: Judy Blume
61. Boys and Sex: Wardell Pomeroy
62. Crazy Lady: Jane Conly
63. Athletic Shorts: Chris Crutcher
64. Killing Mr. Griffin: Lois Duncan
65. Fade: Robert Cormier
66. Guess What?: Mem Fox
67. Slaughterhouse-Five: Kurt Vonnegut
68. Lord of the Flies: William Golding
69. Native Son: Richard Wright
70. Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women's Fantasies: Nancy Friday
71. Curses, Hexes and Spells: Daniel Cohen
72. On My Honor: Marion Dane Bauer
73. The House of Spirits: Isabel Allende
74. Jack: A.M. Homes
75. Arizona Kid: Ron Koertge
76. Family Secrets: Norma Klein
77. Mommy Laid An Egg: Babette Cole
78. Bless Me, Ultima: Rudolfo A. Anaya
79. Where Did I Come From?: Peter Mayle
80. The Face on the Milk Carton: Caroline Cooney
81. Carrie: Stephen King
82. The Dead Zone: Stephen King
83. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Mark Twain
84. Song of Solomon: Toni Morrison
85. Always Running: Luis Rodriguez
86. Private Parts: Howard Stern
87. Where's Waldo?: Martin Hanford
88. Summer of My German Soldier: Bette Greene
89. Tiger Eyes: Judy Blume
90. Little Black Sambo: Helen Bannerman
91. Pillars of the Earth: Ken Follett
92. Running Loose: Chris Crutcher
93. Sex Education: Jenny Davis
94. Jumper: Steven Gould
95. Christine: Stephen King
96. The Drowning of Stephen Jones: Bette Greene
97. That Was Then, This is Now: S.E. Hinton
98. Girls and Sex: Wardell Pomeroy
99. The Wish Giver: Bill Brittain
100. Jump Ship to Freedom: James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier