Below is the Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009 that I will be reading. If you'd like to read along, I would love the company. =) Oh, and the various series listed throughout this list ... I will be reading all of the books within that series. For the Goosebumps series, I'm only reading the original series and not the Goosebumps spin-offs.
#100: America by E. R. Frank
#99: Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
#98: I Saw Esau by Iona Opte
#97: The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
#96: Grendel by John Gardner
#95: Shade's Children by Garth Nix
#94: Goosebumps (series) by R. L. Stine
#93: Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
#92: The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
#91: Julie of the Wolves by Jean Graighead George
#90: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
#89: Friday Night Lights by H. G. Bissenger
#88: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
#87: Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
#86: Cut by Patricia McCormick
#85: Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher
#84: So Far from the Bamboo Grove by Yoko Watkins
#83: Detour for Emmy by Marilyn Reynolds
#82: Deal With It! by Esther Drill
#81: Black Boy by Richard Wright
#80: A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
#79: The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss
#78: The Joy of Gay Sex by Dr. Charles Silverstein
#77: Crazy by Benjamin Lebert
#76: A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
#75: Anastasia (series) by Lois Lowry
#74: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
#73: What's Happening to My Body by Lynda Madaras
#72: Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
#71: Junie B. Jones (series) by Barbara Park
#70: Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen
#69: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
#68: Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
#67: A Time To Kill by John Grisham
#66: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
#65: The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
#64: Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park
#63: The Terrorist by Caroline B. Cooney
#62: The Stupids (series) by Harry Allard
#61: Draw Me A Star by Eric Carle
#60: Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
#59: Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes
#58: Fat Kid Rules the World by K. L. Going
#57: Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
#56: When Dad Killed Mom by Julius Lester
#55: Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Green
#54: The Facts Speak for Themselves by Brock Cole
#53: You Hear Me? by Betsy Frances
#52: The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
#51: Daughters of Eve by Lois Duncan
#50: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
#49: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
#48: Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez
#47: The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby by George Beard
#46: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
#45: Crazy Lady by Jane Leslie Conly
#44: Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
#43: Blubber by Judy Blume
#42: The Fighting Ground by Avi
#41: Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
#40: Life is Funny by E. R. Frank
#39: Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
#38: Arming America by Michael Bellasiles
#37: It's So Amazing by Robie Harris
#36: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
#35: Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
#34: The Earth, My Butt and Other Big, Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
#33: Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
#32: Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
#31: What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones
#30: We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
#29: The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney
#28: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
#27: My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier
#26: Beloved by Toni Morrison
#25: Killing Mr. Griffen by Lois Duncan
#24: In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
#23: The Giver by Lois Lowry
#22: Gossip Girl (series) by Cecily von Ziegesar
#21: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
#20: King and King by Linda de Haan
#19: Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
#18: Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
#17: The Color Purple by Alice Walker
#16: Forever by Judy Blume
#15: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
#14: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
#13: Captain Underpants (series) by Dav Pilkey
#12: It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
#11: Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Meyers
#10: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
#9: TTYL; TTFN; L8R, G8R (series) by Lauren Myracle
#8: His Dark Materials (series) by Philip Pullman
#7: Scary Stories (series) by Alvin Schwartz
#6: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
#5: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
#4: And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson
#3: The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
#2: Alice (series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
#1: Harry Potter (series) by J. K. Rowling
Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009 list was acquired from the American Library Association website. If you would like to view their website, please click on the link provided.
Happy Reading! =)
