Monday, September 27, 2010

Top 10 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2009

Continuing with Banned Books Week, below you will find the 10 most frequently challenged books of 2009 as tracked by the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom. The OIF reported 460 challenges in the 2009 calendar year.

The Top 10 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2009:

  1. ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series) by Lauren Myracle
  2. And Tango Makes Three by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson
  3. The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
  4. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  5. Twilight (series) by Stephenie Meyer
  6. Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
  7. My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
  8. The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
  9. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
  10. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

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