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1

Where the Wild Things Are

by Maurice Sendak

30,875 members

1,517 reviews

½ 4.3

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

2

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

47,906 members

1,395 reviews

3.9

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

3

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

38,390 members

369 reviews

3.9

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

4

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

49,407 members

585 reviews

3.9

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

5

The Phantom Tollbooth

by Norton Juster

20,308 members

472 reviews

½ 4.3

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

6

by Ezra Jack Keats

19,686 members

798 reviews

4.2

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

7

The Black Cauldron

by Lloyd Alexander

7,753 members

103 reviews

4.1

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

8

7,093 members

101 reviews

4.1

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

9

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

57,341 members

817 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: sturlington, thecoroner, Dilara86, ahef1963

10

The Little Prince

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

53,109 members

874 reviews

4.2

4 Members: merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, cej1027

11

46,664 members

1,683 reviews

4.1

4 Members: dara85, sturlington, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

12

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

40,860 members

489 reviews

3.8

4 Members: sturlington, thecoroner, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

13

by Louis Sachar

30,652 members

1,053 reviews

4.1

4 Members: sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

14

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

29,982 members

299 reviews

4

4 Members: merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963

15

by S. E. Hinton

25,916 members

739 reviews

4

4 Members: Tafadhali, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963

16

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

by Judith Viorst

18,000 members

671 reviews

4.2

4 Members: dara85, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027

17

The Book of Three

by Lloyd Alexander

8,970 members

171 reviews

4

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027

18

The Castle of Llyr

by Lloyd Alexander

5,933 members

65 reviews

4

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027

19

by Lloyd Alexander

5,652 members

66 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027

20

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective

by Donald J. Sobol

5,054 members

43 reviews

3.9

4 Members: dara85, merrystar, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

21

The Sword in the Stone

3,831 members

53 reviews

3.9

4 Members: Tafadhali, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027

22

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

54,033 members

854 reviews

4.1

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

23

47,503 members

1,051 reviews

3.9

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

24

Bridge to Terabithia

by Katherine Paterson

26,345 members

652 reviews

4

3 Members: sturlington, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

25

David Copperfield

by Charles Dickens

24,157 members

325 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Tafadhali, thecoroner, ahef1963

26

by Gary Paulsen

21,957 members

633 reviews

3.8

3 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

27

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

12,705 members

125 reviews

4

3 Members: inge87, merrystar, cej1027

28

by Andrew Clements

12,514 members

226 reviews

4

3 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

29

The Indian in the Cupboard

by Lynne Reid Banks

10,498 members

101 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: inge87, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

30

The House at Pooh Corner

9,862 members

91 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: merrystar, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

31

9,624 members

95 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: merrystar, sturlington, cej1027

32

The Dark Is Rising

by Susan Cooper

9,575 members

243 reviews

4.1

3 Members: merrystar, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

33

My Father's Dragon

by Ruth Stiles Gannett

7,553 members

81 reviews

4

3 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027

34

by Beverly Cleary

6,792 members

52 reviews

4

3 Members: dara85, sturlington, cej1027

35

by Robert McCloskey

4,876 members

28 reviews

4.1

3 Members: dara85, merrystar, cej1027

36

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

by J. K. Rowling

125,730 members

1,092 reviews

4.2

3 Members: merrystar, sturlington, cej1027,ManWithAnAgenda

37

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

by J. K. Rowling

122,311 members

1,082 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: merrystar, sturlington, cej1027,ManWithAnAgenda

38

The Catcher in the Rye

by J. D. Salinger

77,143 members

1,197 reviews

3.8

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

39

The Kite Runner

by Khaled Hosseini

58,060 members

1,375 reviews

4.2

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

40

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

43,867 members

478 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Tafadhali, ManWithAnAgenda

41

The Horse and His Boy

30,495 members

272 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, cej1027

42

by Charles Dickens

28,426 members

273 reviews

3.8

2 Members: thecoroner, ahef1963

43

Where the Red Fern Grows

by Wilson Rawls

17,633 members

372 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, cej1027

44

My Side of the Mountain

by Jean Craighead George

14,517 members

162 reviews

4

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

45

A Separate Peace

by John Knowles

14,257 members

205 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

46

Something Wicked This Way Comes

by Ray Bradbury

13,223 members

337 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

47

by Robert Louis Stevenson

12,637 members

130 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

48

The Mysterious Benedict Society

by Trenton Lee Stewart

10,893 members

301 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

49

The Whipping Boy

by Sid Fleischman

9,574 members

134 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: dara85, cej1027

50

We Need to Talk About Kevin

by Lionel Shriver

8,536 members

412 reviews

4.1

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

51

The Wasp Factory

7,824 members

219 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

52

Among the Hidden

by Margaret Peterson Haddix

6,970 members

238 reviews

4

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

53

Al Capone Does My Shirts

by Gennifer Choldenko

6,365 members

341 reviews

4

2 Members: dara85, cej1027

54

by Elizabeth George Speare

5,849 members

55 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

55

And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street

5,698 members

90 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

56

The Chocolate War

by Robert Cormier

5,405 members

206 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: cej1027, ahef1963

57

The Warrior's Apprentice

by Lois McMaster Bujold

3,485 members

111 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Tafadhali, sturlington

58

The Castle in the Attic

by Elizabeth Winthrop

3,375 members

51 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

59

The Chalk Box Kid

by Clyde Robert Bulla

3,361 members

27 reviews

3.8

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

60

In the Night Kitchen

by Maurice Sendak

3,176 members

123 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, cej1027

61

by Laurence Yep

2,999 members

36 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

62

by Robert R. McCammon

2,919 members

112 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: sturlington, katie4098

63

Tom's Midnight Garden

by Philippa Pearce

2,804 members

46 reviews

4.1

2 Members: inge87, merrystar

64

by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

2,050 members

14 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: inge87, cej1027

65

by Avi

1,937 members

16 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

66

The Children of Green Knowe

by L. M. Boston

1,825 members

44 reviews

4.1

2 Members: inge87, merrystar

67

Black Horses for the King

by Anne McCaffrey

1,559 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

918 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

153,931 members

2,218 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: merrystar, sturlington,ManWithAnAgenda

72

by Orson Scott Card

45,581 members

1,125 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: merrystar, sturlington,ManWithAnAgenda

73

The Lightning Thief

by Rick Riordan

40,687 members

1,334 reviews

4.1

Member: ahef1963

74

by Christopher Paolini

37,312 members

666 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: cej1027

75

Looking for Alaska

22,884 members

801 reviews

4

Member: ahef1963

76

The Velveteen Rabbit

by Margery Williams

16,984 members

238 reviews

4.2

Member: cej1027

77

Love You Forever

by Robert Munsch

14,419 members

472 reviews

4.2

Member: cej1027

78

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

by Sherman Alexie

13,222 members

825 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: ahef1963

79

The City of Ember

by Jeanne DuPrau

12,569 members

424 reviews

3.9

Member: cej1027

80

A Painted House

by John Grisham

10,345 members

123 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: dara85

81

by Rudyard Kipling

10,209 members

216 reviews

3.8

Member: thecoroner

82

by Cornelia Funke

10,184 members

197 reviews

3.8

Member: cej1027

83

10,032 members

122 reviews

3.9

Member: cej1027

84

by Stephen King

8,037 members

91 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: sturlington

85

by Sharon Creech

7,122 members

347 reviews

4.2

Member: ahef1963

86

The Door in the Wall

by Marguerite De Angeli

7,016 members

61 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: cej1027

87

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir

7,015 members

248 reviews

3.9

Member: dara85

88

The Tiger Rising

by Kate DiCamillo

6,943 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

6,500 members

134 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: cej1027

91

Freak the Mighty

by Rodman Philbrick

5,913 members

154 reviews

4

Member: cej1027

92

by Louisa May Alcott

5,854 members

38 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: merrystar

93

The Nickel Boys

by Colson Whitehead

5,771 members

257 reviews

4.2

Member: sturlington

94

by Graham Greene

5,646 members

127 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

95

by Theodore Taylor

5,139 members

88 reviews

3.8

Member: cej1027

96

My Name Is Asher Lev

4,810 members

82 reviews

4.2

Member: merrystar

97

The Round House

by Louise Erdrich

4,624 members

228 reviews

4

Member: inge87

98

Swallows and Amazons

by Arthur Ransome

4,468 members

96 reviews

4.1

Member: cej1027

99

Cold Sassy Tree

by Olive Ann Burns

4,434 members

85 reviews

3.9

Member: dara85

100

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

by Chris Grabenstein

4,374 members

132 reviews

4

Member: merrystar

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