September 29, 2005

Banned Books

We've been tagged in the meme of the week. My limited results in the extended entry.

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

Posted by binky at September 29, 2005 12:51 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Books


Comments

Not many: 14 total (15 if you count Howard Stern's "Private Parts" - I didn't read the book, but saw the movie).

Details: 4,6,7,13,16,18,22,37,52,53,56,57,70,83.

It looked like 50% of the books were kids books, and basically never read those. Happily, I didn't see any serious non-fiction on the list.

Posted by: baltar at September 29, 2005 01:42 PM | PERMALINK

Continuing the challenge onto Dangerous Books (and I'm counting parts):

Of the Top 10
The Communist Manifesto

Quotations from Chairman Mao

Das Kapital

The Course of Positive Philosophy

Beyond Good and Evil

General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money

Of the Runners Up

What Is To Be Done

Authoritarian Personality

On Liberty

Beyond Freedom and Dignity

The Origin of Species

Madness and Civilization

Second Sex

Prison Notebooks

Silent Spring

The Limits to Growth

Descent of Man

Posted by: binky at September 29, 2005 03:05 PM | PERMALINK

Of the twenty, I've read all or parts of only eight. You're much more well rounded than I.

Posted by: baltar at September 29, 2005 03:59 PM | PERMALINK

Or, unlike you, I did a second field in political theory where they make you read a lot of it (Mao was not part of that, but is something that I picked up especally for laughs).

Posted by: binky at September 29, 2005 04:18 PM | PERMALINK

I've read somewhere between 11 and 17.

I know I've read these: The Harry Potter series (really 6 books, but counts as one); The Catcher in the Rye (Franny & Zooey is so much better); A Wrinkle in Time (have completely forgotten the story); To Kill a Mockingbird; A Light in the Attic, Brave New World; James and the Giant Peach (loved it!); American Psycho (not my favorite Ellis); Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret; Lord of the Flies; The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

And I might have read these, but I'm not 100% sure: Huckleberry Finn; Bridge to Terabithia; The Outsiders (I absolutely loved the movie, so I might have read the book after seeing that); The Pigman; Slaughterhouse-Five (I know I’ve read some of it); Carrie

There are loads of things on here that I find bizarre possibilities for banning. Really, some people have ... let's call 'em "quirky" sensibilities.

Posted by: Armand at September 29, 2005 09:13 PM | PERMALINK
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