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Where the Wild Things Are

by Maurice Sendak

24,121 members

1,417 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: dara85, Tafadhali, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, jeffza

2

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

42,777 members

1,298 reviews

3.9

5 Members: Tafadhali, thecoroner, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

3

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

30,674 members

316 reviews

3.9

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

4

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

40,684 members

507 reviews

3.9

4 Members: hipdeep, Tafadhali, cej1027, ahef1963

5

The Phantom Tollbooth

by Norton Juster

16,308 members

416 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: Tafadhali, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

6

by Ezra Jack Keats

13,236 members

740 reviews

4.2

4 Members: hipdeep, dara85, merrystar, cej1027

7

6,436 members

93 reviews

4.1

4 Members: dara85, inge87, thecoroner, ahef1963

8

The Black Cauldron

by Lloyd Alexander

6,402 members

92 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

9

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

46,951 members

718 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: thecoroner, Dilara86, ahef1963

10

The Little Prince

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

41,582 members

726 reviews

4.2

3 Members: merrystar, thecoroner, cej1027

11

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

31,437 members

416 reviews

3.8

3 Members: thecoroner, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

12

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

23,469 members

237 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

13

by Louis Sachar

21,945 members

933 reviews

4.1

3 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

14

David Copperfield

by Charles Dickens

19,489 members

251 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Tafadhali, thecoroner, ahef1963

15

by S. E. Hinton

19,364 members

665 reviews

4

3 Members: Tafadhali, cej1027, ahef1963

16

by Gary Paulsen

16,400 members

563 reviews

3.8

3 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

17

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

by Judith Viorst

13,219 members

642 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: dara85, merrystar, cej1027

18

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

9,660 members

116 reviews

4

3 Members: inge87, merrystar, cej1027

19

by Andrew Clements

8,681 members

204 reviews

4

3 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

20

The Indian in the Cupboard

by Lynne Reid Banks

8,234 members

88 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: inge87, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

21

The Book of Three

by Lloyd Alexander

7,423 members

154 reviews

4

3 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027

22

My Father's Dragon

by Ruth Stiles Gannett

5,369 members

66 reviews

4.1

3 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027

23

The Castle of Llyr

by Lloyd Alexander

4,946 members

57 reviews

4

3 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027

24

by Lloyd Alexander

4,714 members

59 reviews

4.1

3 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027

25

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective

by Donald J. Sobol

3,669 members

29 reviews

3.9

3 Members: dara85, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

26

The Sword in the Stone

3,124 members

47 reviews

3.9

3 Members: Tafadhali, merrystar, cej1027

27

The Kite Runner

by Khaled Hosseini

50,203 members

1,274 reviews

4.2

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

28

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

42,608 members

729 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

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42,012 members

990 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

30

37,520 members

1,543 reviews

4.2

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

31

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

36,140 members

413 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Tafadhali, ManWithAnAgenda

32

by Charles Dickens

22,588 members

223 reviews

3.8

2 Members: thecoroner, ahef1963

33

Bridge to Terabithia

by Katherine Paterson

20,023 members

593 reviews

4

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

34

A Separate Peace

by John Knowles

12,225 members

184 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

35

My Side of the Mountain

by Jean Craighead George

10,739 members

138 reviews

4

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

36

by Robert Louis Stevenson

10,048 members

116 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

37

The Mysterious Benedict Society

by Trenton Lee Stewart

8,095 members

274 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

38

The Dark Is Rising

by Susan Cooper

8,023 members

219 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

39

The House at Pooh Corner (Winnie-the-Pooh)

7,830 members

72 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

40

We Need to Talk About Kevin

by Lionel Shriver

7,572 members

388 reviews

4.1

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

41

The Whipping Boy

by Sid Fleischman

7,194 members

119 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: dara85, cej1027

42

6,510 members

88 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

43

Among the Hidden

by Margaret Peterson Haddix

5,612 members

221 reviews

4

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

44

Al Capone Does My Shirts

by Gennifer Choldenko

5,182 members

326 reviews

4

2 Members: dara85, cej1027

45

by Beverly Cleary

4,934 members

37 reviews

3.9

2 Members: dara85, cej1027

46

The Chocolate War

by Robert Cormier

4,761 members

195 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: cej1027, ahef1963

47

And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street

4,301 members

83 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

48

by Elizabeth George Speare

4,278 members

47 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

49

by Robert McCloskey

3,619 members

23 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

50

The Castle in the Attic

by Elizabeth Winthrop

2,641 members

45 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

51

Tom's Midnight Garden

by Philippa Pearce

2,331 members

42 reviews

4.1

2 Members: inge87, merrystar

52

The Chalk Box Kid

by Clyde Robert Bulla

2,291 members

24 reviews

3.9

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

53

by Laurence Yep

2,276 members

31 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

54

by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

1,641 members

11 reviews

3.8

2 Members: inge87, cej1027

55

by Avi

1,611 members

16 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

56

The Children of Green Knowe

by L. M. Boston

1,564 members

39 reviews

4.1

2 Members: inge87, merrystar

57

Black Horses for the King

by Anne McCaffrey

1,285 members

24 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

58

Stuck in Neutral

by Terry Trueman

1,154 members

86 reviews

3.9

2 Members: dara85, cej1027

59

The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn

by Dorothy Hoobler

747 members

15 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

60

The Man in the Ceiling

by Jules Feiffer

360 members

9 reviews

4

2 Members: Tafadhali, cej1027

61

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

by J. K. Rowling

103,250 members

969 reviews

4.2

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027,ManWithAnAgenda

62

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

by J. K. Rowling

100,594 members

951 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027,ManWithAnAgenda

63

The Catcher in the Rye

by J. D. Salinger

66,497 members

1,047 reviews

3.8

3 Members: thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,merrystar ,cej1027

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by Christopher Paolini

30,081 members

632 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: cej1027

65

The Lightning Thief

by Rick Riordan

28,149 members

1,202 reviews

4.1

Member: ahef1963

66

The Horse and His Boy

23,574 members

220 reviews

3.9

Member: cej1027

67

Where the Red Fern Grows

by Wilson Rawls

13,416 members

342 reviews

4

Member: cej1027

68

The Velveteen Rabbit

by Margery Williams

12,894 members

222 reviews

4.2

Member: cej1027

69

Looking for Alaska

11,048 members

438 reviews

4.1

Member: ahef1963

70

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

by Sherman Alexie

10,910 members

784 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: ahef1963

71

Something Wicked This Way Comes

by Ray Bradbury

10,725 members

286 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

72

Love You Forever

by Robert Munsch

10,458 members

441 reviews

4.2

Member: cej1027

73

The City of Ember

by Jeanne DuPrau

10,036 members

402 reviews

3.9

Member: cej1027

74

A Painted House

by John Grisham

8,953 members

111 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: dara85

75

by Cornelia Funke

8,594 members

183 reviews

3.8

Member: cej1027

76

by Rudyard Kipling

8,500 members

191 reviews

3.8

Member: thecoroner

77

7,511 members

110 reviews

3.9

Member: cej1027

78

The Wasp Factory

6,769 members

197 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

79

by Sharon Creech

5,560 members

332 reviews

4.2

Member: ahef1963

80

King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian

by Marguerite Henry

5,350 members

42 reviews

4.2

Member: cej1027

81

The Door in the Wall

by Marguerite De Angeli

5,321 members

48 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: cej1027

82

Crispin: The Cross of Lead

by Avi

5,138 members

123 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: cej1027

83

by Graham Greene

4,967 members

111 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

84

The Tiger Rising

by Kate DiCamillo

4,892 members

98 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: cej1027

85

by Louisa May Alcott

4,611 members

30 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: merrystar

86

My Name Is Asher Lev

4,218 members

76 reviews

4.2

Member: merrystar

87

Freak the Mighty

by Rodman Philbrick

4,175 members

148 reviews

4

Member: cej1027

88

by Theodore Taylor

4,063 members

79 reviews

3.8

Member: cej1027

89

Cold Sassy Tree

by Olive Ann Burns

4,007 members

86 reviews

3.9

Member: dara85

90

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

3,902 members

73 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: cej1027

91

The Round House

by Louise Erdrich

3,697 members

219 reviews

4

Member: inge87

92

Swallows and Amazons

by Arthur Ransome

3,580 members

81 reviews

4.1

Member: cej1027

93

Le Grand Meaulnes

by Alain-Fournier

3,248 members

74 reviews

3.8

Member: thecoroner

94

Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday

by Judith Viorst

3,068 members

81 reviews

3.9

Member: cej1027

95

The Warrior's Apprentice

by Lois McMaster Bujold

3,020 members

93 reviews

4.1

Member: Tafadhali

96

Little Lord Fauntleroy

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

2,949 members

43 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: inge87

97

A Death in the Family

2,924 members

63 reviews

3.9

Member: ahef1963

98

The Golden Goblet

by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

2,855 members

18 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: cej1027

99

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

by Chris Grabenstein

2,781 members

119 reviews

4

Member: merrystar

100

In the Night Kitchen

by Maurice Sendak

2,667 members

116 reviews

3.9

Member: cej1027

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September 2013
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