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9/28/2004 10:09:43 AM

100 best novels according to modern library
in reading about banned books week, i found that a third of the books listed in modern library's list of the 100 best novels of all time had been removed or threatened with removal from public libraries and schools.

curious, i went to see which of the books listed were in my list of read books.

i have read the following from the board's list of choices:
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Grapes Of Wrath by John Steinbeck
I, Claudius by Robert Graves
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Tender Is The Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Lord Of The Flies by William Golding
The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles

and these from the reader's choice list:
The Lord Of The Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Stranger In A Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger
Animal Farm by George Orwell
The Grapes Of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Lord Of The Flies by William Golding
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The World According To Garp by John Irving
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
The Haunting Of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
I, Claudius by Robert Graves
Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
It by Stephen King
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway
The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles

hmmm... i'm not quite as well read as i thought. i better work on that.

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9/28/2004 9:31:12 AM

banned books week
it's banned books week. the following is a listing of ala's (american library association's) top 100 most frequently challenged books of 1990-2000. the ones i have read are in bold.
  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
fight censorship. read a banned book today and spread the word! visit the ala for more information.



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