Coley has a new Book list

So, Jen sent me this list yesterday, and Easy from gloryroad gave me this idea. The American Library Association just published the 100 Most Challenged Books from 1990-2000. After scanning the list, I realized I hadn't read as many as I thought. So now I have a new reading list.

Here's the problem with "challenging" books: no sane person has ever been harmed by reading literature. The more information you give children, the better equipped they will be to make decisions. The answer is not to ban certain books for your children. The answer is to TALK to your children about the books they are reading. So, now for the fun part. Below is the list with the one's I've read in bold.

Check out the list here.

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
   
5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
   
6. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
   
7. Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
   
8. Forever by Judy Blume
   
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


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


19. Sex by Madonna


20. Earth’s Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel


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


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


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
    
42. Beloved by Toni Morrison
    
43. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
    
44. The Pigman by Paul Zindel
    
45. Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
    
46. Deenie by Judy Blume
    
47. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
    
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
    
53. Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
    
54. Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole
    
55. Cujo by Stephen King
    
56. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
    
57. The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
    
58. Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
    
59. Ordinary People by Judith Guest
    
60. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
    
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
    
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
    
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
    
78. Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
    
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
    
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
     
     
     “[I]t’s not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.” — Judy Blume

It's time to utilize the Public Library and get on it. I hope ya'll do the same.