School Library Journal Top 100 Children’s Novels, 2010 Poll

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The Top 100 Children's Novels Poll

"Perhaps it is only in childhood that books have any influence on our lives . . . In childhood, all books are books of divination, telling us the future." - Graham show more Greene show less
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Charlotte's Web (1952) by E. B. White
1
A Wrinkle in Time (1962) by Madeleine L'Engle
2
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997) by J. K. Rowling
3
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) by C. S. Lewis
4
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1967) by E. L. Konigsburg
5
Holes (1998) by Louis Sachar
6
The Giver (1993) by Lois Lowry
7
The Secret Garden (1910) by Frances Hodgson Burnett
8
Anne of Green Gables (1908) by L. M. Montgomery
9
The Phantom Tollbooth (1961) by Norton Juster
10
The Westing Game (1978) by Ellen Raskin
11
The Hobbit (1937) by J. R. R. Tolkien
12
Bridge to Terabithia (1977) by Katherine Paterson
13
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999) by J. K. Rowling
14
Because of Winn-Dixie (2000) by Kate DiCamillo
15
Harriet the Spy (1964) by Louise Fitzhugh
16
Maniac Magee (1990) by Jerry Spinelli
17
Matilda (1988) by Roald Dahl
18
Tuck Everlasting (1975) by Natalie Babbitt
20
The Lightning Thief (2005) by Rick Riordan
21
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread (2003) by Kate DiCamillo
22
Little House in the Big Woods (1932) by Laura Ingalls Wilder
23
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007) by J. K. Rowling
24
Little Women (1868) by Louisa May Alcott
25
Hatchet (1987) by Gary Paulsen
26
A Little Princess (1905) by Frances Hodgson Burnett
27
Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) by A. A. Milne
28
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) by Lewis Carroll
29
The Dark Is Rising (1973) by Susan Cooper
30
Half Magic (1954) by Edward Eager
31
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (1971) by Robert C. O'Brien
32
James and the Giant Peach (1961) by Roald Dahl
33
The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 (1995) by Christopher Paul Curtis
34
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000) by J. K. Rowling
35
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (1970) by Judy Blume
36
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1976) by Mildred D. Taylor
37
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003) by J. K. Rowling
38
When You Reach Me (2009) by Rebecca Stead
39
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) by L. Frank Baum
40
The Witch of Blackbird Pond (1958) by Elizabeth George Speare
41
Little House on the Prairie (1935) by Laura Ingalls Wilder
42
Ramona the Pest (1968) by Beverly Cleary
43
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (1972) by Judy Blume
44
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1) (1995) by Philip Pullman
45
Where the Red Fern Grows (1961) by Wilson Rawls
46
Bud, Not Buddy (1999) by Christopher Paul Curtis
47
The Penderwicks (2005) by Jeanne Birdsall
48
Frindle (1996) by Andrew Clements
49
Island of the Blue Dolphins (1960) by Scott O'Dell
50
The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007) by Brian Selznick
52
The Wind in the Willows (1908) by Kenneth Grahame
53
The Great Gilly Hopkins (1978) by Katherine Paterson
55
Number the Stars (1989) by Lois Lowry
56
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (1981) by Beverly Cleary
57
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (1962) by Joan Aiken
58
Inkheart (2003) by Cornelia Funke
59
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (1990) by Avi
60
Stargirl (2000) by Jerry Spinelli
61
The Secret of the Old Clock (1930) by Carolyn Keene
62
Gone-Away Lake (1957) by Elizabeth Enright
63
A Long Way from Chicago (1998) by Richard Peck
64
Ballet Shoes (1936) by Noel Streatfeild
65
Henry Huggins (1950) by Beverly Cleary
66
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher (1992) by Bruce Coville
67
Walk Two Moons (1994) by Sharon Creech
68
The Mysterious Benedict Society (2007) by Trenton Lee Stewart
69
Betsy-Tacy (1940) by Maud Hart Lovelace
70
The Bad Beginning (1999) by Lemony Snicket
71
My Father's Dragon (1948) by Ruth Stiles Gannett
72
My Side of the Mountain (1959) by Jean Craighead George
73
The Borrowers (1952) by Mary Norton
74
Love That Dog (2001) by Sharon Creech
75
Out of the Dust (1997) by Karen Hesse
76
The City of Ember (2003) by Jeanne DuPrau
77
Johnny Tremain: A Story of Boston in Revolt (1943) by Esther Forbes
78
All-of-a-Kind Family (1951) by Sydney Taylor
79
The Graveyard Book (2008) by Neil Gaiman
80
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (2019) by Grace Lin
81
The Book of Three (1964) by Lloyd Alexander
82
The Thief (1996) by Megan Whalen Turner
83
The Little White Horse (1946) by Elizabeth Goudge
84
On the Banks of Plum Creek (1937) by Laura Ingalls Wilder
85
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998) by J. K. Rowling
86
The View from Saturday (1996) by E. L. Konigsburg
87
The High King (1968) by Lloyd Alexander
88
Ramona and Her Father (1977) by Beverly Cleary
89
Sarah, Plain and Tall (1985) by Patricia MacLachlan
90
Sideways Stories from Wayside School (1978) by Louis Sachar
91
Ella Enchanted (1997) by Gail Carson Levine
92
Caddie Woodlawn (1935) by Carol Ryrie Brink
93
Swallows and Amazons (1930) by Arthur Ransome
94
Pippi Longstocking (1945) by Astrid Lindgren
95
The Witches (1983) by Roald Dahl
96
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (2006) by Kate DiCamillo
97
The Children of Green Knowe (1954) by L. M. Boston
98
The Indian in the Cupboard (1980) by Lynne Reid Banks
99
The Egypt Game (1967) by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
100

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