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Book awards: ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

Book awards by cover

Works (121)

TitlesOrder
Scary Stories Treasury: Three Books to Chill Your Bones by Alvin Schwartz1
Daddy's Roommate by Michael Willhoite2
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou3
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier4
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain5
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck6
Harry Potter: The Complete Collection (Books 1-7) by J. K. Rowling7
Forever by Judy Blume8
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson9
Achingly Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor10
The Agony of Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor10
Alice in April by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor10
Alice in Lace by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor10
Alice in Rapture, Sort Of by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor10
Alice In the Know by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor10
Alice In-Between by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor10
Alice On The Outside by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor10
Alice the Brave by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor10
All But Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor10
Outrageously Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor10
Reluctantly Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor10
Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman11
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger13
The Giver by Lois Lowry14
It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health (The Family Library) by Robie H. Harris15
Goosebumps Boxed Set, Books 1 - 4: Welcome to Dead House, Stay Out of the Basement, Monster Blood, and Say Cheese and Die! by R. L. Stine16
Goosebumps Boxed Set, Books 5 - 8: The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, Let's Get Invisible!, Night of the Living Dummy, and The Girl Who Cried Monster by R. L. Stine16
A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck17
The Color Purple by Alice Walker18
Sex by Madonna19
Earth's Children 1-5 (The Clan of the Cave Bear; The valley of horses; The mammoth hunters; The plains of passage; The shelters of stone) by Jean M. Auel20
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson21
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle22
Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks23
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers24
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak25
The Stupids Die by Harry G. Allard26
The Stupids Have a Ball by Harry G. Allard Jr.26
The Stupids Step Out by Harry G. Allard26
The Stupids Take Off by Harry G. Allard26
The Witches by Roald Dahl27
The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein28
Anastasia Absolutely by Lois Lowry29
Anastasia Again! by Lois Lowry29
Anastasia at this Address by Lois Lowry29
Anastasia at your Service by Lois Lowry29
Anastasia has the Answers by Lois Lowry29
Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry29
Anastasia on Her Own by Lois Lowry29
Anastasia's Chosen Career by Lois Lowry29
Anastasia, Ask your Analyst by Lois Lowry29
The Goats by Brock Cole30
Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography--The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa by Mark Mathabane31
Blubber by Judy Blume32
Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan33
Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam34
We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier35
Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying by Derek Humphry36
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood37
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George38
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison39
The What's Happening to My Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents and Daughters by Lynda Madaras40
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee41
Beloved by Toni Morrison42
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton43
The Pigman by Paul Zindel44
Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard45
Deenie by Judy Blume46
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes47
Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden48
The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar49
Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat: Superstitions and Other Beliefs by Alvin Schwartz50
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein51
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley52
The Sleeping Beauty Novels by A. N. Roquelaure53
Asking About Sex and Growing Up: A Question-and-Answer Book for Boys and Girls by Joanna Cole54
Cujo by Stephen King55
The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell57
Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy58
Ordinary People by Judith Guest59
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis60
The What's Happening to My Body? Book for Boys: A Growing Up Guide for Parents and Sons by Lynda Madaras61
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume62
Crazy Lady! by Jane Leslie Conly63
Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories by Chris Crutcher64
Fade by Robert Cormier65
Guess What? by Mem Fox66
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende67
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney68
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut69
Lord of the Flies by William Golding70
Native Son by Richard Wright71
Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women's Sexual Fantasies by Nancy Friday72
Curses, Hexes and Spells (The Weird & Horrible Library) by Daniel Cohen73
Jack by A. M. Homes74
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya75
"Where Did I Come From?": The Facts of Life Without Any Nonsense and With Illustrations by Peter Mayle76
Carrie by Stephen King77
Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume78
On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer79
The Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge80
Family Secrets by Norma Klein81
Mommy Laid An Egg: Or, Where Do Babies Come From? by Babette Cole82
The Dead Zone by Stephen King83
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain84
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison85
Always Running by Luis J. Rodriguez86
Private Parts by Howard Stern87
Where's Waldo? by Martin Handford88
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene89
Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman90
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett91
Running Loose by Chris Crutcher92
Sex Education by Jenny Davis93
The Drowning of Stephan Jones by Bette Greene94
Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy95
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell96
The View From the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts97
The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder98
The Terrorist by Caroline B. Cooney99
Jump Ship to Freedom (Arabus Family Saga) by James Collier100

Award description

The ALA's list of the 100 most frequently challenged books between 1990-2000. Note, more than 100 actual books are listed, as the ALA lumps a series as one work (i.e. all four of the books that fell under The Stupids were subject to challenges, but only have a single listing as the series on the list).

See prior list for 1990-1999 challenged books here.

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