I am a bibliophile, and while I certainly choose not to read some genre’s and even some particular books, I have never believed that I should be able to force you to not be able to read a particular book / genre.  In fact, I personally never thought that I would read some JD Robb, or Laura K Hamilton books…  But my wife had them lying around, and I was out of good reading material….  Do I have to elaborate further?

Never the less, Banned Books & Challenged books have always been one of my peeves…  So please take a look at this list, and see what books you might not be able to read, if these challenges ever succeed….

Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books in 2000-2007 

1. Harry Potter  J.K. Rowling 
2. Alice series Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 
3. The Chocolate War Robert Cormier 
4. Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck 
5. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou 
6. Scary Stories Alvin Schwartz 
7. Fallen Angels Walter Dean Myers 
8. It’s Perfectly Normal Robie Harris 
9. And Tango Makes Three Justin Richardson/Peter Parnell 
10. Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey 
11. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain 
12. The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison 
13. Forever  Judy Blume 
14. The Color Purple Alice Walker 
15. The Perks of Being A Wallflower Stephen Chbosky 
16. Killing Mr. Griffin Lois Duncan 
17. Go Ask Alice Anonymous 
18. King and King Linda de Haan 
19. Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger 
20. Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson 
21. The Giver Lois Lowry 
22. We All Fall Down Robert Cormier 
23. To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee` 
24. Beloved Toni Morrison 
25. The Face on the Milk Carton Caroline Cooney 
26. Snow Falling on Cedars David Guterson 
27. My Brother Sam Is Dead James Lincoln Collier 
28. In the Night Kitchen Maurice Sendak 
29. His Dark Materials series Philip Pullman 
30. Gossip Girl series Cecily von Ziegesar 
31. What My Mother Doesn’t Know Sonya Sones 
32. Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging Louise Rennison 
33. It’s So Amazing Robie Harris 
34. Arming America Michael Bellasiles 
35. Kaffir Boy Mark Mathabane 
36. Blubber Judy Blume 
37. Brave New World Aldous Huxley 
38. Athletic Shorts Chris Crutcher 
39. Bless Me, Ultima Rudolfo Anaya 
40. Life is Funny E.R. Frank 
41. Daughters of Eve Lois Duncan 
42. Crazy Lady Jane Leslie Conly 
43. The Great Gilly Hopkins Katherine Paterson 
44. You Hear Me Betsy Franco 
45. Slaughterhouse Five Kurt Vonnegut 
46. Whale Talk Chris Crutcher 
47. The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby Dav Pilkey 
48. The Facts Speak for Themselves Brock Cole 
49. The Terrorist Caroline Cooney 
50. Mick Harte Was Here Barbara Park 
51. Summer of My German Soldier Bette Green 
52. The Upstairs Room Johanna Reiss 
53. When Dad Killed Mom Julius Lester 
54. Blood and Chocolate Annette Curtis Klause 
55. The Fighting Ground Avi 
56. The Things They Carried Tim O’Brien 
57. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred Taylor 
58. Fat Kid Rules the World K.L. Going 
59. The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things Carolyn Mackler 
60. A Time To Kill John Grisham 
61. Rainbow Boys Alex Sanchez 
62. Olive’s Ocean Kevin Henkes 
63. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Ken Kesey 
64. A Day No Pigs Would Die Robert Newton Peck 
65. Speak Laurie Halse Anderson 
66. Always Running Luis Rodriguez 
67. Black Boy Richard Wright 
68. Julie of the Wolves Jean Craighead George 
69. Deal With It! Esther Drill 
70. Detour for Emmy Marilyn Reynolds 
71. Draw Me A Star Eric Carle 
72. Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury 
73. Harris and Me Gary Paulsen 
74. Junie B. Jones series Barbara Park 
75. No Far From the Bamboo Grove Yoko Watkins 
76. Song of Solomon Toni Morrison 
77. Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes Chris Crutcher 
78. What’s Happening to My Body Book Lynda Madaras 
79. The Boy Who Lost His Face Louis Sachar 
80. The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold 
81. Anastasia Again! Lois Lowry 
82. Are You There God?  It’s Me, Margaret Judy Blume 
83. Bumps In the Night Harry Allard 
84. Goosebumps series R.L. Stine 
85. Shade’s Children Garth Nix 
86. Cut Patricia McCormick 
87. Grendel John Gardner 
88. The House of Spirits Isabel Allende 
89. I Saw Esau Iona Opte 
90. Ironman Chris Crutcher 
91. The Stupids series Harry Allard 
92. Taming the Star Runner S.E. Hinton 
93. Then Again, Maybe I Won’t Judy Blume 
94. Tiger Eyes Judy Blume 
95. Like Water for Chocolate Laura Esquivel 
96. Nathan’s Run John Gilstrap 
97. Pinkerton, Behave! Steven Kellog 
98. Freaky Friday Mary Rodgers 
99. Halloween ABC Eve Merriam 
100. Heather Has Two Mommies Leslea Newman 

Out of 3,869 challenges reported to or recorded by the Office for Intellectual Freedom, as compiled by the Office for Intellectual Freedom, American Library Association.  The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom does not claim comprehensiveness in recording challenges. Research suggests that for each challenge reported there are as many as four or five which go unreported.