Comments on my Banned Books Week 2013 post yesterday via Facebook made me wonder which of the books recently challenged according the American Library Association’s data I have actually read or plan on reading. So I compiled the 2008-2102 top 10 challenged books for 2008 through 2012 (five years) and sorted and de-duplicated the list. That is a list of 34 books or series.

Those I have already read are in bold. That appears to be five.

Those already on my to-read list are in underlined. That appears to be three.

Those I just have no interest or failed to finish are in strike-through. That appears to be three.

This gives me a starting point to look for additional books to read.

Click through to see the list.

1. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie.
2. Alice (series), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
3. And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson.
4. Beloved, by Toni Morrison
5. Bless Me, Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya
6. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
7. Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey.
8. The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
9. The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
10. The Color of Earth (series), by Kim Dong Hwa
11. The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
12. Crank, by Ellen Hopkins
13. The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things, by Carolyn Mackler
14. Fifty Shades of Grey, by E. L. James.
15. Flashcards of My Life, by Charise Mericle Harper
16. The Glass Castle, by Jeanette Walls
17. Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily Von Ziegesar
18. His Dark Materials trilogy, by Philip Pullman
19. The Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins
20. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini.
21. Looking for Alaska, by John Green.
22. Lush, by Natasha Friend
23. My Mom’s Having A Baby! A Kid’s Month-by-Month Guide to Pregnancy, by Dori Hillestad Butler
24. My Sister’s Keeper, by Jodi Picoult
25. Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich
26. The Perks of Being A Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
27. Revolutionary Voices, edited by Amy Sonnie
28. Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz
29. Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher.
30. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
31. ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle
32. Twilight (series) by Stephenie Meyer
33. Uncle Bobby’s Wedding, by Sarah S. Brannen
34. What My Mother Doesn’t Know, by Sonya Sones