Top 100 Banned Books 1990 - 2000

by closer2fine 28 Replies latest jw friends

  • closer2fine
    closer2fine

    How many have you read? - you deviants you.

  • closer2fine
    closer2fine

    28

    Who knew Judy Blume would be so controversial after all these years?

    closer

  • Swan
    Swan

    • Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite
    • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
    • Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
    • The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
    • The Color Purple by Alice Walker
    • A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
    • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
    • Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
    • A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
    • Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
    • James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
    • Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
    • Lord of the Flies by William Golding
    • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
    • Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford
    • Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman

    Yes, I have been very bad. Some of these books I read growing up as a JW. Never understood all of the fuss about some of them. Lord of the Flies was recommended by a teacher.

    What about

    • Stranger in a Strange Land
    • Time Enough for Love
    • The Puppet Masters
    • Something Wicked This Way Comes
    • Stella Luna
    • The Scarlet Letter
    • The Lord of the Rings
    • The Portrait of Dorian Gray
    • Roots

    Didn't make the list in the 90's?

    But now I have a good list to take with me to the book store.

    I remember now that my Mom told me she ran out to buy "I, the Jury" when she found out that Mickey Spillane became a JW in the 50's. She was absolutely shocked that it was such a horrid book. I better add that to the list too.

    "To the making of many books there is no end, and much devotion to them is wearisome to the flesh." -- Ecclesiastes something. (Wearisome to the flesh, but oh, what a great way to expand your mind! )

    Tammy

  • blondie
    blondie

    • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by
    Maya Angelou
  • The Chocolate War by
    • Robert Cormier
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by
    •  Mark Twain
  • Of Mice and Men by
    •  John Steinbeck
  • The Catcher in the Rye by
    •  J.D. Salinger
  • Goosebumps (Series) by
    •  R.L. Stine
  • The Color Purple by
    •  Alice Walker
  • Earth’s Children (Series) by
    •  Jean M. Auel
  • A Wrinkle in Time by
    •  Madeleine L’Engle
  • In the Night Kitchen by
    •  Maurice Sendak
  • Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by
    •  Lois Lowry
  • Kaffir Boy by
    •  Mark Mathabane
  • Killing Mr. Griffin by
    •  Lois Duncan
  • We All Fall Down by
    •  Robert Cormier
  • The Handmaid’s Tale by
    •  Margaret Atwood
  • To Kill a Mockingbird by
    •  Harper Lee
  • The Outsiders by
    •  S.E. Hinton
  • The Pigman by
    •  Paul Zindel
  • Flowers for Algernon by
    •  Daniel Keyes
  • A Light in the Attic by
    •  Shel Silverstein
  • Brave New World by
    •  Aldous Huxley
  • Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by
    •  A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
  • Ordinary People by
    •  Judith Guest
  • Fade by
    •  Robert Cormier
  • The House of Spirits by
    •  Isabel Allende
  • Slaughterhouse-Five by
    •  Kurt Vonnegut
  • Lord of the Flies by
    •  William Golding
  • Native Son by
    •  Richard Wright
  • Family Secrets by
    •  Norma Klein
  • The Dead Zone by
    •  Stephen King
  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by
    •  Mark Twain
  • Where’s Waldo? by
    •  Martin Hanford
  • Summer of My German Soldier by
    •  Bette Greene

    I have always been a prodigious reader, mostly mysteries, sci-fi and non-fiction books. I'm surprised there weren't more books on the list.

    Blondie

  • StinkyPantz
    StinkyPantz

    I've read 21:

    1. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
    2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
    3. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
    4. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
    5. Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
    6. Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
    7. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
    8. Sex by Madonna
    9. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
    10. Blubber by Judy Blume
    11. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
    12. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
    13. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
    14. Cujo by Stephen King
    15. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
    16. The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
    17. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
    18. Carrie by Stephen King
    19. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
    20. Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford
    21. How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell

    Okay, I don't understand why some of these are on the list. "A Wrinkle in Time" was my all time favorite children's book.

  • Big Tex
    Big Tex

    This really ticks me off! Why would these books be banned?

    Well okay, here's my list, it's not much:

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
    The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
    The Color Purple by Alice Walker
    To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
    Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
    Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
    Ordinary People by Judith Guest
    Lord of the Flies by William Golding
    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

  • asortafairytale
    asortafairytale

    1. Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
    2. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
    3. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
    4. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
    5. Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
    6. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
    7. Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
    8. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
    9. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
    10.The Giver by Lois Lowry
    11.Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
    12.The Color Purple by Alice Walker
    13.The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
    14.Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry
    15.Blubber by Judy Blume
    16.Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
    17.Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
    18.The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
    19.To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
    20.The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
    21.Deenie by Judy Blume
    22.Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
    23.Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden
    24.A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
    25.James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
    26.Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
    27.The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
    28.Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women’s Fantasies by Nancy Friday
    29.Family Secrets by Norma Klein
    30.Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford
    31.How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
    32.Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

    I admit it, I was a such a geek when I was a kid; all I did was read!
    I defintely think Annie on My Mind-Nancy Garden, and The Giver-Lois Lowry are two books everyone should read at least once.

  • saturday_morning_slavery
    saturday_morning_slavery

    Ugh, I've only read 8 ... and I thought I read a lot!

  • RunningMan
    RunningMan

    Well, I've only read 11 of the books on this list, but it appears that the censors may have done us a great favor. This looks like a pretty good reading list.

  • JeffT
    JeffT

    I've read about twenty of them. I've seen movies based on about a dozen more of them. I can see why a few of them might need to put on a shelf where kids can't get to them (Madonna's Sex for example), but some of them are just plain crazy. I know that Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer get on the list for use of the "N" word, but I'm sorry that's how people talked 150 years ago.

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