100 most frequently challenged books: 1990–1999
- Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz
- Daddy’s Roommate, by Michael Willhoite
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou
- The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
- Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
- Forever, by Judy Blume
- Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson
- Heather Has Two Mommies, by Leslea Newman
- The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
- The Giver, by Lois Lowry
- My Brother Sam is Dead, by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
- It’s Perfectly Normal, by Robie Harris
- Alice (series), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- Goosebumps (series), by R.L. Stine
- A Day No Pigs Would Die, by Robert Newton Peck
- The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
- Sex, by Madonna
- Earth’s Children (series), by Jean M. Auel
- The Great Gilly Hopkins, by Katherine Paterson
- In the Night Kitchen, by Maurice Sendak
- The Witches, by Roald Dahl
- A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
- The New Joy of Gay Sex, by Charles Silverstein
- Go Ask Alice, by Anonymous
- The Goats, by Brock Cole
- The Stupids (series), by Harry Allard
- Anastasia Krupnik (series), by Lois Lowry
- Final Exit, by Derek Humphry
- Blubber, by Judy Blume
- Halloween ABC, by Eve Merriam
- Julie of the Wolves, by Jean Craighead George
- Kaffir Boy, by Mark Mathabane
- The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
- What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters, by Lynda Madaras
- Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers
- The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood
- The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton
- The Pigman, by Paul Zindel
- To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
- We All Fall Down, by Robert Cormier
- Deenie, by Judy Blume
- Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes
- Annie on My Mind, by Nancy Garden
- Beloved, by Toni Morrison
- The Boy Who Lost His Face, by Louis Sachar
- Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat, by Alvin Schwartz
- Harry Potter (series), by J.K. Rowling
- Cujo, by Stephen King
- James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl
- A Light in the Attic, by Shel Silverstein
- Ordinary People, by Judith Guest
- American Psycho, by Bret Easton Ellis
- Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
- Sleeping Beauty Trilogy, by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
- Bumps in the Night, by Harry Allard
- Asking About Sex and Growing Up, by Joanna Cole
- What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons, by Lynda Madaras
- The Anarchist Cookbook, by William Powell
- Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret, by Judy Blume
- Boys and Sex, by Wardell Pomeroy
- Crazy Lady, by Jane Conly
- Athletic Shorts, by Chris Crutcher
- Killing Mr. Griffin, by Lois Duncan
- Fade, by Robert Cormier
- Guess What?, by Mem Fox
- Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
- Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
- Native Son, by Richard Wright
- Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women’s Fantasies, by Nancy Friday
- Curses, Hexes and Spells, by Daniel Cohen
- On My Honor, by Marion Dane Bauer
- The House of Spirits, by Isabel Allende
- Jack, by A.M. Homes
- Arizona Kid, by Ron Koertge
- Family Secrets, by Norma Klein
- Mommy Laid an Egg, by Babette Cole
- Bless Me, Ultima, by Rudolfo A. Anaya
- Where Did I Come From?, by Peter Mayle
- The Face on the Milk Carton, by Caroline Cooney
- Carrie, by Stephen King
- The Dead Zone, by Stephen King
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain
- Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison
- Always Running, by Luis Rodriguez
- Private Parts, by Howard Stern
- Where’s Waldo?, by Martin Hanford
- Summer of My German Soldier, by Bette Greene
- Tiger Eyes, by Judy Blume
- Little Black Sambo, by Helen Bannerman
- Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett
- Running Loose, by Chris Crutcher
- Sex Education, by Jenny Davis
- Jumper, by Steven Gould
- Christine, by Stephen King
- The Drowning of Stephen Jones, by Bette Greene
- That Was Then, This is Now, by S.E. Hinton
- Girls and Sex, by Wardell Pomeroy
- The Wish Giver, by Bill Brittain
- Jump Ship to Freedom, by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
