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Banned books. Bold the books you've read for banned books week.
With the exception of American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis, Cujo by Stephen King and Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice) all of these books were inflicted on me when I was a teenager. They weren't banned books; they were required reading. Oh and my father gave me Harry Potter 1-4 in October 2000 to save me from tonsillitis.
I can't help noticing I was given all the depressing ones - where were all the books about being perfectly normal!
1. Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
2. Daddy's Roommate by Michael Willhoite
3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
4. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier Depressing in a the_bad_guys_always_win kind of way
5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Charming
6. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck V. depressing
7. Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling I have a copy of Harry Potter and the Bible for anyone who needs a laugh
8. Forever by Judy Blume It's been so long I can't remember details but it was teen angst all the way
9. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
10. Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
11. Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
12. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
13. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Also Depressing
14. The Giver by Lois Lowry
15. It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
16. Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
17. A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
18. The Color Purple by Alice Walker Moving and depressing
19. Sex by Madonna
20. Earth's Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel Hopefully this was banned for it's tediously repetitive sex scenes
21. The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
22. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
23. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
24. Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
25. In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
26. The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard
27. The Witches by Roald Dahl Inspired creepy hilarity
28. The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein
29. Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry
30. The Goats by Brock Cole
31. Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
32. Blubber by Judy Blume Teen angst
33. Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
34. Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam
35. We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
36. Final Exit by Derek Humphry
37. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
38. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
39. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
40. What's Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda Madaras
41. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Heartbreaking
42. Beloved by Toni Morrison
43. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Tough teen angst
44. The Pigman by Paul Zindel Teen angst
45. Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
46. Deenie by Judy Blume Hehe, teen angst, but cute teen angst
47. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes Sweet and sad
48. Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden
49. The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
50. Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz
51. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
52. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Post war anticommunist propaganda
53. Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice) Porny
54. Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole
55. Cujo by Stephen King Horribly painful
56. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl Fabulous fantasy
57. The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell Have read snippets
58. Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
59. Ordinary People by Judith Guest
60. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis Tried to read, was repulsed
61. What's Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons by Lynda Madaras
62. Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume Angst
63. Crazy Lady by Jane Conly
64. Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
65. Fade by Robert Cormier
66. Guess What? by Mem Fox
67. The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
68. The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
69. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
70. Lord of the Flies by William Golding Boy fantasy gone wrong
71. Native Son by Richard Wright
72. Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women's Fantasies by Nancy Friday
73. Curses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel Cohen
74. Jack by A.M. Homes
75. Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya
76. Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle
77. Carrie by Stephen King Dark and sad
78. Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume I think I must have read them all in the school library
79. On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
80. Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
81. Family Secrets by Norma Klein
82. Mommy Laid An Egg by Babette Cole
83. The Dead Zone by Stephen King
84. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain Fun!
85. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
86. Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
87. Private Parts by Howard Stern
88. Where's Waldo? by Martin Hanford
89. Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
90. Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
91. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
92. Running Loose by Chris Crutcher
93. Sex Education by Jenny Davis
94. The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette Greene
95. Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
96. How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
97. View from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts
98. The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
99. The Terrorist by Caroline Cooney
100. Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
1. 1984 . George Orwell.
2. A Doll's House. Henrik Ibsen.
3. A Light in the Attic. Shel Silverstein.
4. A Wrinkle In Time. Madeleine L'Engle
5. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Lewis Carroll.
6. Analects. Confucius.
7. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.
8. Arabian Nights or The Thousand and One Nights
9. Beloved. Toni Morrison
10. Brave New World. Aldous Huxley.
11. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. Dee Brown.
12. Canterbury Tales. Geoffrey Chaucer.
13. Catcher in the Rye. J.D. Salinger.
14. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
15. Clan of the Cave Bear. Jean Auel.
16. Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems. Galilei Galileo.
17. Different Seasons. Stephen King.
18. Don Quixote. Saavedra Miguel de Cervantes
19. Earth Science. American Book.
20. Fahrenheit 451. Ray Bradbury.
21. Gone with the Wind. Margaret Mitchell
22. Grapes of Wrath. John Steinbeck.
23. Grendel. John C. Gardner.
24. Gulliver's Travels. Jonathan Swift.
25. Hamlet. William Shakespeare.
26. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Maya Angelou.
27. It. Stephen King.
28. James and the Giant Peach. Roald Dahl.
29. King Lear. William Shakespeare.
30. Le Morte D'Arthur. Sir Thomas Malory.
31. Little House in the Big Woods. Laura Ingalls Wilder
32. Little House on the Prairie. Laura Ingalls Wilder.
33. My Friend Flicka. Mary O'Hara
34. On the Origin of Species. Charles B. Darwin
35. Paradise Lost. John Milton.
36. Raisin in the Sun. Lorraine Hansberry.
37. Slaughterhouse-Five. Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
38. Song of Solomon. Toni Morrison.
39. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
40. The Bible. William Tyndale.
41. The Call of the Wild. Jack London.
42. The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies. Vito Russo.
43. The Color Purple. Alice Walker.
44. The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Jacob and Wilhelm K. Grimm.
45. The Egypt Game. Zilpha Keatley Snyder.
46. The Figure in the Shadows. John Bellairs.
47. The Graphic Work of M.C. Escher.
48. The Happy Prince and Other Stories. Oscar Wilde.
49. The Koran. Penguin; Tahrike Tarsil; Quran
50. The Life and Times of Renoir. Janice Anderson.
51. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. C.S. Lewis.
52. The Lorax. Dr. Seuss.
53. The Lords of Discipline. Pat Conroy.
54. The Martian Chronicles. Ray Bradbury.
55. The Odyssey. Homer.
56. The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll. Jim Miller, ed.
57. The Satanic Verses. Salman Rushdie.
58. The Stand. Stephen King.
59. The Talmud. Soncino Pr.
60. The Witches of Worm. Zilpha Keatley Snyder.
61. To Kill a Mockingbird. Harper Lee.
62. Tom Jones. Henry Fielding.
63. Twelfth Night. William Shakespeare.
64. Uncle Tom's Cabin. Harriet Beecher Stowe.
65. Vasilissa the Beautiful: Russian Fairy Tales. Progress Pubns.
66. Welcome to the Monkey House. Kurt Vonnegut Jr
67. Where the Sidewalk Ends. Shel Silverstein.
68. Where's Waldo? Martin Handford.
69. Zen Buddhism: Selected Writings. D.T. Suzuki.
With the exception of American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis, Cujo by Stephen King and Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice) all of these books were inflicted on me when I was a teenager. They weren't banned books; they were required reading. Oh and my father gave me Harry Potter 1-4 in October 2000 to save me from tonsillitis.
I can't help noticing I was given all the depressing ones - where were all the books about being perfectly normal!
1. Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
2. Daddy's Roommate by Michael Willhoite
3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
4. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier Depressing in a the_bad_guys_always_win kind of way
5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Charming
6. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck V. depressing
7. Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling I have a copy of Harry Potter and the Bible for anyone who needs a laugh
8. Forever by Judy Blume It's been so long I can't remember details but it was teen angst all the way
9. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
10. Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
11. Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
12. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
13. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Also Depressing
14. The Giver by Lois Lowry
15. It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
16. Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
17. A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
18. The Color Purple by Alice Walker Moving and depressing
19. Sex by Madonna
20. Earth's Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel Hopefully this was banned for it's tediously repetitive sex scenes
21. The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
22. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
23. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
24. Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
25. In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
26. The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard
27. The Witches by Roald Dahl Inspired creepy hilarity
28. The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein
29. Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry
30. The Goats by Brock Cole
31. Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
32. Blubber by Judy Blume Teen angst
33. Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
34. Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam
35. We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
36. Final Exit by Derek Humphry
37. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
38. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
39. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
40. What's Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda Madaras
41. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Heartbreaking
42. Beloved by Toni Morrison
43. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Tough teen angst
44. The Pigman by Paul Zindel Teen angst
45. Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
46. Deenie by Judy Blume Hehe, teen angst, but cute teen angst
47. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes Sweet and sad
48. Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden
49. The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
50. Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz
51. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
52. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Post war anticommunist propaganda
53. Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice) Porny
54. Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole
55. Cujo by Stephen King Horribly painful
56. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl Fabulous fantasy
57. The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell Have read snippets
58. Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
59. Ordinary People by Judith Guest
60. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis Tried to read, was repulsed
61. What's Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons by Lynda Madaras
62. Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume Angst
63. Crazy Lady by Jane Conly
64. Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
65. Fade by Robert Cormier
66. Guess What? by Mem Fox
67. The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
68. The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
69. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
70. Lord of the Flies by William Golding Boy fantasy gone wrong
71. Native Son by Richard Wright
72. Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women's Fantasies by Nancy Friday
73. Curses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel Cohen
74. Jack by A.M. Homes
75. Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya
76. Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle
77. Carrie by Stephen King Dark and sad
78. Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume I think I must have read them all in the school library
79. On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
80. Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
81. Family Secrets by Norma Klein
82. Mommy Laid An Egg by Babette Cole
83. The Dead Zone by Stephen King
84. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain Fun!
85. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
86. Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
87. Private Parts by Howard Stern
88. Where's Waldo? by Martin Hanford
89. Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
90. Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
91. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
92. Running Loose by Chris Crutcher
93. Sex Education by Jenny Davis
94. The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette Greene
95. Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
96. How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
97. View from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts
98. The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
99. The Terrorist by Caroline Cooney
100. Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
1. 1984 . George Orwell.
2. A Doll's House. Henrik Ibsen.
3. A Light in the Attic. Shel Silverstein.
4. A Wrinkle In Time. Madeleine L'Engle
5. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Lewis Carroll.
6. Analects. Confucius.
7. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.
8. Arabian Nights or The Thousand and One Nights
9. Beloved. Toni Morrison
10. Brave New World. Aldous Huxley.
11. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. Dee Brown.
12. Canterbury Tales. Geoffrey Chaucer.
13. Catcher in the Rye. J.D. Salinger.
14. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
15. Clan of the Cave Bear. Jean Auel.
16. Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems. Galilei Galileo.
17. Different Seasons. Stephen King.
18. Don Quixote. Saavedra Miguel de Cervantes
19. Earth Science. American Book.
20. Fahrenheit 451. Ray Bradbury.
21. Gone with the Wind. Margaret Mitchell
22. Grapes of Wrath. John Steinbeck.
23. Grendel. John C. Gardner.
24. Gulliver's Travels. Jonathan Swift.
25. Hamlet. William Shakespeare.
26. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Maya Angelou.
27. It. Stephen King.
28. James and the Giant Peach. Roald Dahl.
29. King Lear. William Shakespeare.
30. Le Morte D'Arthur. Sir Thomas Malory.
31. Little House in the Big Woods. Laura Ingalls Wilder
32. Little House on the Prairie. Laura Ingalls Wilder.
33. My Friend Flicka. Mary O'Hara
34. On the Origin of Species. Charles B. Darwin
35. Paradise Lost. John Milton.
36. Raisin in the Sun. Lorraine Hansberry.
37. Slaughterhouse-Five. Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
38. Song of Solomon. Toni Morrison.
39. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
40. The Bible. William Tyndale.
41. The Call of the Wild. Jack London.
42. The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies. Vito Russo.
43. The Color Purple. Alice Walker.
44. The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Jacob and Wilhelm K. Grimm.
45. The Egypt Game. Zilpha Keatley Snyder.
46. The Figure in the Shadows. John Bellairs.
47. The Graphic Work of M.C. Escher.
48. The Happy Prince and Other Stories. Oscar Wilde.
49. The Koran. Penguin; Tahrike Tarsil; Quran
50. The Life and Times of Renoir. Janice Anderson.
51. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. C.S. Lewis.
52. The Lorax. Dr. Seuss.
53. The Lords of Discipline. Pat Conroy.
54. The Martian Chronicles. Ray Bradbury.
55. The Odyssey. Homer.
56. The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll. Jim Miller, ed.
57. The Satanic Verses. Salman Rushdie.
58. The Stand. Stephen King.
59. The Talmud. Soncino Pr.
60. The Witches of Worm. Zilpha Keatley Snyder.
61. To Kill a Mockingbird. Harper Lee.
62. Tom Jones. Henry Fielding.
63. Twelfth Night. William Shakespeare.
64. Uncle Tom's Cabin. Harriet Beecher Stowe.
65. Vasilissa the Beautiful: Russian Fairy Tales. Progress Pubns.
66. Welcome to the Monkey House. Kurt Vonnegut Jr
67. Where the Sidewalk Ends. Shel Silverstein.
68. Where's Waldo? Martin Handford.
69. Zen Buddhism: Selected Writings. D.T. Suzuki.
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