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1

Where the Wild Things Are

by Maurice Sendak

30,822 members

1,513 reviews

½ 4.3

7 Members: dara85, Tafadhali, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, jeffza

2

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

47,869 members

1,395 reviews

3.9

6 Members: Tafadhali, sturlington, thecoroner, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

3

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

38,304 members

369 reviews

3.9

6 Members: hipdeep, Tafadhali, aulsmith, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963

4

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

49,306 members

585 reviews

3.9

5 Members: hipdeep, Tafadhali, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963

5

The Phantom Tollbooth

by Norton Juster

20,272 members

472 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: Tafadhali, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

6

by Ezra Jack Keats

19,640 members

798 reviews

4.2

5 Members: hipdeep, dara85, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027

7

The Black Cauldron

by Lloyd Alexander

7,772 members

103 reviews

4.1

5 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

8

7,086 members

101 reviews

4.1

5 Members: dara85, inge87, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963

9

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

57,227 members

816 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: sturlington, thecoroner, Dilara86, ahef1963

10

The Little Prince

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

52,959 members

873 reviews

4.2

4 Members: merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, cej1027

11

46,564 members

1,682 reviews

4.1

4 Members: dara85, sturlington, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

12

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

40,772 members

489 reviews

3.8

4 Members: sturlington, thecoroner, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

13

by Louis Sachar

30,585 members

1,052 reviews

4.1

4 Members: sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

14

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

29,919 members

297 reviews

4

4 Members: merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963

15

by S. E. Hinton

25,846 members

739 reviews

4

4 Members: Tafadhali, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963

16

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

by Judith Viorst

17,966 members

671 reviews

4.2

4 Members: dara85, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027

17

The Book of Three

by Lloyd Alexander

8,951 members

171 reviews

4

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027

18

The Castle of Llyr

by Lloyd Alexander

5,925 members

65 reviews

4

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027

19

by Lloyd Alexander

5,644 members

66 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027

20

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective

by Donald J. Sobol

5,037 members

43 reviews

3.9

4 Members: dara85, merrystar, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

21

The Sword in the Stone

3,819 members

53 reviews

3.9

4 Members: Tafadhali, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027

22

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

53,956 members

854 reviews

4.1

3 Members: merrystar, sturlington, cej1027
Explanations: sturlington: There are girls too.

23

47,445 members

1,050 reviews

3.9

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

24

Bridge to Terabithia

by Katherine Paterson

26,287 members

651 reviews

4

3 Members: sturlington, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

25

David Copperfield

by Charles Dickens

24,101 members

325 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Tafadhali, thecoroner, ahef1963

26

by Gary Paulsen

21,898 members

633 reviews

3.8

3 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

27

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

12,681 members

125 reviews

4

3 Members: inge87, merrystar, cej1027

28

by Andrew Clements

12,495 members

225 reviews

4

3 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

29

The Indian in the Cupboard

by Lynne Reid Banks

10,476 members

101 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: inge87, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

30

The House at Pooh Corner

9,863 members

91 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: merrystar, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

31

9,630 members

95 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: merrystar, sturlington, cej1027

32

The Dark Is Rising

by Susan Cooper

9,563 members

243 reviews

4.1

3 Members: merrystar, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

33

My Father's Dragon

by Ruth Stiles Gannett

7,566 members

81 reviews

4

3 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027

34

by Beverly Cleary

6,788 members

52 reviews

4

3 Members: dara85, sturlington, cej1027

35

by Robert McCloskey

4,861 members

28 reviews

4.1

3 Members: dara85, merrystar, cej1027

36

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

by J. K. Rowling

125,513 members

1,090 reviews

4.2

3 Members: merrystar, sturlington, cej1027,ManWithAnAgenda

37

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

by J. K. Rowling

122,050 members

1,080 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: merrystar, sturlington, cej1027,ManWithAnAgenda

38

The Catcher in the Rye

by J. D. Salinger

77,050 members

1,197 reviews

3.8

4 Members: sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,merrystar ,cej1027

39

The Kite Runner

by Khaled Hosseini

57,986 members

1,372 reviews

4.2

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

40

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

43,953 members

478 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Tafadhali, ManWithAnAgenda

41

The Horse and His Boy

30,428 members

272 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, cej1027

42

by Charles Dickens

28,384 members

273 reviews

3.8

2 Members: thecoroner, ahef1963

43

Where the Red Fern Grows

by Wilson Rawls

17,597 members

372 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, cej1027

44

My Side of the Mountain

by Jean Craighead George

14,484 members

162 reviews

4

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

45

A Separate Peace

by John Knowles

14,235 members

205 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

46

Something Wicked This Way Comes

by Ray Bradbury

13,189 members

335 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

47

by Robert Louis Stevenson

12,619 members

130 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

48

The Mysterious Benedict Society

by Trenton Lee Stewart

10,864 members

300 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

49

The Whipping Boy

by Sid Fleischman

9,578 members

134 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: dara85, cej1027

50

We Need to Talk About Kevin

by Lionel Shriver

8,549 members

412 reviews

4.1

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

51

The Wasp Factory

7,833 members

219 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

52

Among the Hidden

by Margaret Peterson Haddix

6,974 members

238 reviews

4

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

53

Al Capone Does My Shirts

by Gennifer Choldenko

6,366 members

341 reviews

4

2 Members: dara85, cej1027

54

by Elizabeth George Speare

5,833 members

55 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

55

And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street

5,682 members

90 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

56

The Chocolate War

by Robert Cormier

5,404 members

206 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: cej1027, ahef1963

57

The Warrior's Apprentice

by Lois McMaster Bujold

3,479 members

110 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Tafadhali, sturlington

58

The Castle in the Attic

by Elizabeth Winthrop

3,372 members

51 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

59

The Chalk Box Kid

by Clyde Robert Bulla

3,360 members

27 reviews

3.8

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

60

In the Night Kitchen

by Maurice Sendak

3,167 members

121 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, cej1027

61

by Laurence Yep

2,995 members

36 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

62

by Robert R. McCammon

2,913 members

112 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: sturlington, katie4098

63

Tom's Midnight Garden

by Philippa Pearce

2,795 members

46 reviews

4.1

2 Members: inge87, merrystar

64

by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

2,045 members

14 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: inge87, cej1027

65

by Avi

1,936 members

16 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

66

The Children of Green Knowe

by L. M. Boston

1,822 members

44 reviews

4.1

2 Members: inge87, merrystar

67

Black Horses for the King

by Anne McCaffrey

1,555 members

26 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

68

Stuck in Neutral

by Terry Trueman

1,245 members

88 reviews

3.9

2 Members: dara85, cej1027

69

The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn

by Dorothy Hoobler

917 members

14 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

70

The Man in the Ceiling

by Jules Feiffer

415 members

9 reviews

4

2 Members: Tafadhali, cej1027

71

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1)

by J. K. Rowling

153,666 members

2,213 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: merrystar, sturlington,ManWithAnAgenda

72

by Orson Scott Card

45,508 members

1,124 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: merrystar, sturlington,ManWithAnAgenda

73

The Lightning Thief

by Rick Riordan

40,563 members

1,332 reviews

4.1

Member: ahef1963

74

by Christopher Paolini

37,242 members

666 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: cej1027

75

Looking for Alaska

22,841 members

801 reviews

4

Member: ahef1963

76

The Velveteen Rabbit

by Margery Williams

16,937 members

238 reviews

4.2

Member: cej1027

77

Love You Forever

by Robert Munsch

14,375 members

472 reviews

4.2

Member: cej1027

78

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

by Sherman Alexie

13,247 members

823 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: ahef1963

79

The City of Ember

by Jeanne DuPrau

12,608 members

424 reviews

3.9

Member: cej1027

80

A Painted House

by John Grisham

10,324 members

122 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: dara85

81

by Rudyard Kipling

10,187 members

216 reviews

3.8

Member: thecoroner

82

by Cornelia Funke

10,174 members

197 reviews

3.8

Member: cej1027

83

10,008 members

122 reviews

3.9

Member: cej1027

84

by Stephen King

8,038 members

91 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: sturlington

85

by Sharon Creech

7,111 members

347 reviews

4.2

Member: ahef1963

86

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir

7,012 members

246 reviews

3.9

Member: dara85

87

The Door in the Wall

by Marguerite De Angeli

6,991 members

61 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: cej1027

88

The Tiger Rising

by Kate DiCamillo

6,926 members

103 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: cej1027

89

King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian

by Marguerite Henry

6,886 members

51 reviews

4.2

Member: cej1027

90

Crispin: The Cross of Lead

by Avi

6,501 members

134 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: cej1027

91

Freak the Mighty

by Rodman Philbrick

5,909 members

154 reviews

4

Member: cej1027

92

by Louisa May Alcott

5,849 members

38 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: merrystar

93

The Nickel Boys

by Colson Whitehead

5,733 members

257 reviews

4.2

Member: sturlington

94

by Graham Greene

5,643 members

127 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

95

by Theodore Taylor

5,133 members

88 reviews

3.8

Member: cej1027

96

My Name Is Asher Lev

4,805 members

82 reviews

4.2

Member: merrystar

97

The Round House

by Louise Erdrich

4,619 members

228 reviews

4

Member: inge87

98

Swallows and Amazons

by Arthur Ransome

4,479 members

95 reviews

4.1

Member: cej1027

99

Cold Sassy Tree

by Olive Ann Burns

4,431 members

85 reviews

3.9

Member: dara85

100

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

by Chris Grabenstein

4,363 members

132 reviews

4

Member: merrystar

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