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Banned Books 2007-2008
These titles have been banned or challenged in 2007-2008. How many have you read?
Tags: 2007, 2008, ban, and banned

1
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee 82 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 8107
vote
2
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
by J.K. Rowling 78 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 7677
vote
3
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
by J.K. Rowling 75 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 7261
vote
4
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J.K. Rowling 71 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 6821
vote
5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
by J.K. Rowling 70 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 6722
vote
6
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
by J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré (Illustrator) 66 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 6265
vote
7
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
by J.K. Rowling 66 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 6194
vote
8
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
by J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré (Illustrator) 49 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 4543
vote
9
The Giver
The Giver
by Lois Lowry 43 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 4110
vote
10
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain 42 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 3941
vote
11
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck 41 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 3870
vote
12
Go Ask Alice
Go Ask Alice
by Beatrice Sparks (Editor ), Anonymous 28 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2673
vote
13
The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold 28 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2604
vote
14
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini 21 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1886
vote
15
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut 19 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1737
vote
16
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou 18 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1697
vote
17
His Dark Materials Trilogy
His Dark Materials Trilogy
by Philip Pullman 17 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1594
vote
18
Running with Scissors: A Memoir
Running with Scissors: A Memoir
by Augusten Burroughs 16 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1439
vote
19
Beloved
Beloved
by Toni Morrison 13 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1145
vote
20
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 860
vote
21
What My Mother Doesn't Know
What My Mother Doesn't Know
by Sonya Sones 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 826
vote
22
The Tenth Circle
The Tenth Circle
by Jodi Picoult 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 791
vote
23
The Chocolate War
The Chocolate War
by Robert Cormier 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 761
vote
24
Just Listen
Just Listen
by Sarah Dessen (Goodreads author) 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 754
vote
25
Brave New World
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 728
vote
26
1984
1984
by George Orwell 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 715
vote
27
The Prince of Tides
The Prince of Tides
by Pat Conroy 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 673
vote
28
Looking for Alaska
Looking for Alaska
by John Green 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 666
vote
29
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
by Mildred D. Taylor 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 622
vote
30
Prep: A Novel
Prep: A Novel
by Curtis Sittenfeld 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 618
vote
31
ttyl
ttyl
by Lauren Myracle 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 600
vote
32
And Tango Makes Three
And Tango Makes Three
by Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 588
vote
33
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye
by Toni Morrison 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 498
vote
34
The Supernaturalist
The Supernaturalist
by Eoin Colfer 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 494
vote
35
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
by Alison Bechdel 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 465
vote
36
Blankets
Blankets
by Craig Thompson 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 454
vote
37
Whale Talk
Whale Talk
by Chris Crutcher (Goodreads author) 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 405
vote
38
The Amulet of Samarkand
The Amulet of Samarkand
by Jonathan Stroud 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 344
vote
39
Give a Boy a Gun
Give a Boy a Gun
by Todd Strasser 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 332
vote
40
Cradle and All
Cradle and All
by James Patterson 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 319
vote
41
Beach Music
Beach Music
by Pat Conroy 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 315
vote
42
Walden
Walden
by Michael T. Dolan (Goodreads author) 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 265
vote
43
The Shell Lady's Daughter
The Shell Lady's Daughter
by C.S. Adler 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 261
vote
44
Where Willy Went
Where Willy Went
by Nicholas Allan 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 260
vote
44
Totally Joe
Totally Joe
by James Howe 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 260
vote
44
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Cancer
by Henry Miller 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 260
vote
47
Snuff
Snuff
by Chuck Palahniuk 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 258
vote
48
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
by Julia Alvarez 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 257
vote
49
The Making of Dr. Truelove
The Making of Dr. Truelove
by Derrick Barnes 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 256
vote
50
Rainbow Boys
Rainbow Boys
by Alex Sanchez 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 250
vote
51
Vamos a Cuba / Cuba
Vamos a Cuba / Cuba
by Alta Schreier 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 249
vote
52
Wizardology: The Book of the Secrets of Merlin
Wizardology: The Book of the Secrets of Merlin
by Dugald A. Steer, Master Merlin 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 248
vote
53
Fair and Tender Ladies
Fair and Tender Ladies
by Lee Smith 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 247
vote
54
Alt Ed
Alt Ed
by Catherine Atkins 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 246
vote
55
The Golem's Eye
The Golem's Eye
by Jonathan Stroud 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 242
vote
56
Ptolemy's Gate
Ptolemy's Gate
by Jonathan Stroud 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 241
vote
56
Black Boy
Black Boy
by Richard Wright 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 241
vote
58
Fools Crow
Fools Crow
by James Welch 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 240
vote
59
Vegan Virgin Valentine
Vegan Virgin Valentine
by Carolyn Mackler 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 239
vote
59
Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography--The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography--The True Story of...
by Mark Mathabane 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 239
vote
59
Child of God
Child of God
by Cormac McCarthy 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 239
vote
59
The Land
The Land
by Mildred D. Taylor 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 239
vote
59
Finding Laura Buggs
Finding Laura Buggs
by Stanley Gordon West 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 239
vote
59
Until They Bring the Streetcars Back
Until They Bring the Streetcars Back
by Stanley Gordon West 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 239
vote
59
Sandpiper
Sandpiper
by Ellen Wittlinger 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 239
vote
66
Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels
by Walter Dean Myers 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 238
vote
67
Whispers from the Dead
Whispers from the Dead
by Joan Lowery Nixon 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 237
vote
68
Happy Endings: The Tales of a Meaty-Breasted Zilch
Happy Endings: The Tales of a Meaty-Breasted Zilch
by Jim Norton 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 236
vote
69
Alice on Her Way
Alice on Her Way
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 230
vote
69
Cuba
Cuba
by Sharon Gordon 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 230
vote
71
The Starplace
The Starplace
by Vicki Grove 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 228
vote
72
Dancing at the Rascal Fair
Dancing at the Rascal Fair
by Ivan Doig 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 227
vote
72
Red Sky at Morning: A Novel
Red Sky at Morning: A Novel
by Richard Bradford 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 227
vote
74
Sexy
Sexy
by Joyce Carol Oates 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 226
vote
75
Child of the Dark Prophecy
Child of the Dark Prophecy
by T.A. Barron 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 225
vote
75
Animal Dreams
Animal Dreams
by Barbara Kingsolver 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 225
vote
77
The Brimstone Journals
The Brimstone Journals
by Ron Koertge 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 224
vote
78
When I Was a Loser: True Stories of (Barely) Surviving High School
When I Was a Loser: True Stories of (Barely) Su...
by John McNally (Goodreads author) 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 222
vote
79
Tripping Over the Lunch Lady: And Other School Stories
Tripping Over the Lunch Lady: And Other School ...
by Nancy E. Mercado 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 221
vote
80
The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them
The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 15...
by Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 220
vote
81
King & King
King & King
by Linda de Haan 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 219
vote
82
Fat Kid Rules the World
Fat Kid Rules the World
by K.L. Going 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 214
vote
83
Jake, Reinvented
Jake, Reinvented
by Gordon Korman 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 202
vote
84
Dreams of the Ringed Vale
Dreams of the Ringed Vale
by Robert Fanney (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
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message 1: by jacky (new)
Oct 03, 2008 06:34AM

42679 I don't know who the orginal poster is, but I would LOVE to know your source. I didn't think ALA had a new list out yet. I would like to post it for my students.


message 2: by ♥Eva♥ (new)
Jan 22, 2009 08:03PM

1336770 Some of these books were banned/challenged way before 07 and 08. I'd like to know where this list came from also. Does anyone check these?


message 3: by Sarah (new)
Jul 26, 2009 08:43PM

2444195 this practically reads like a list of some of my favorite books XD


message 4: by Danielle (new)
Aug 14, 2009 01:39PM

1519070 I only read banned books lol j/k


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