Here is the list of the 100 most frequently challenged books 1990-2000 as compiled by the American Library Association. I was surprised to find that I have read 19 of them, although read may be a bit over the top when it comes to 19 and 88.
How about you?
Three.
I’ve read 14. Again, that’s if you include 88 as a book you can actually read. And why on earth would it be challenged?
I wondered about that myself.
If you count reading ‘some’ of a series as reading the series, I’ve read 25 or 26 of them.
There is a drawing of a topless woman in the beach scene.
Sixteen, but I used to work at a Library.
Sixteen.
I’ve read 19 of them, but why in the world would “Flowers for Algernon” be challenged?
The Forbidden Library
Doesn’t list “Flowers for Algernon”, though.
There are some swears and such. Schools aren’t really big on the swearing.
I’ve read 41 of them for sure, and possibly 3-5 others.
What I wonder, though, is what sort of libraries challenge them. They don’t just mean school libraries, do they? If so, the judgement of some people - who apparently wanted some of these books in the libraries - is pretty suspect. You’d have to be half-crazy to think the average school is going to welcome books like the joy of gay sex…the school needs to take parental reactions into account, after all. Wait, this page says 71% of the challenges were in fact school libraries. Hmm.
Got a lot of nice oldies on there.
Missed this. You don’t think him nearly having sex with a pregnant hooker has anything to do with it?
Fifteen for me.
Best I could ever do is 99, as I’ll never even share a room with number 19.
Why is “Where’s Waldo” on the list?
Every time I read that list, I always giggle about the fact that “The Witches” is more challenged than “The new joy of gay sex”.
I believe there was a scene on the beach with women in bikinis.
Nine. And my life was forever corrupted by **The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ** and To Kill a Mockingbird.
Some people really have nothing to do with themselves, do they.