What were your favorite childhood books?

Books read in your formative years can shape the person you become just as much as parents, teachers and friends. What were some of the books that you remember most from your childhood years?

Books271

Answers684

Readers177

Details	Rating	Readers Count
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J. K. Rowling	4.29	6,019 reads
The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien	4.29	3,964 reads
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis	3.97	2,037 reads
The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett	4.04	762 reads
Ender's Game Orson Scott Card	4.26	2,255 reads
The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupéry	4.23	1,793 reads
A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle	3.77	1,171 reads
Matilda Roald Dahl	4.28	821 reads
Redwall Brian Jacques	3.97	305 reads
The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster	4.26	415 reads
Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer	3.75	658 reads
The Giver Lois Lowry	3.99	1,799 reads
The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien	4.54	1,283 reads
The Witches Roald Dahl	4	414 reads
Eragon Christopher Paolini	3.63	1,452 reads
Meet the Boxcar Children Gertrude Chandler Warner	3	3 reads
Frog and Toad Are Friends Arnold Lobel	0	4 reads
Hatchet Gary Paulsen	3.62	438 reads
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Dr. Seuss	4.03	152 reads
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban J. K. Rowling	4.44	4,659 reads
Bridge To Terabithia Katherine Paterson	3.99	433 reads
The Dragonriders of Pern: Dragonflight Dragonquest The White Dragon Anne McCaffrey	4	63 reads
The Westing Game Ellen Raskin	3.93	293 reads
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Collected from American Folklore Alvin Schwartz	3.75	115 reads
The Complete Chronicles of Narnia C. S. Lewis	4.11	671 reads
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams	4.25	3,072 reads
The Neverending Story Michael Ende Ralph Manheim (Translator)	4.17	269 reads
Magyk Angie Sage	3.76	187 reads
The Golden Compass Philip Pullman	4.03	1,642 reads
Little Women Louisa May Alcott	3.96	998 reads
Watership Down Richard Adams	4.08	541 reads
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler E.L. Konigsburg	4.21	180 reads
Stuart Little E.B. White	3.17	15 reads
Howl's Moving Castle Diana Wynne Jones	4.17	782 reads
The BFG Roald Dahl	4.14	453 reads
The Dark is Rising Susan Cooper	4.08	96 reads
Frankenstein Mary Shelley	3.85	1,925 reads
Babysitters Club #9 Ann M. Martin	0	2 reads
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales Jon Scieszka	4.15	109 reads
Asterix the Gaul René Goscinny Anthea Bell (Translator) Derek Hockridge (Translator)	4.11	69 reads
The Call of the Wild Jack London	3.65	485 reads
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. Rowling	4.38	4,423 reads
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Robert C. O'Brien	4.64	14 reads
The Eternity Code Eoin Colfer	3.96	284 reads
The Lightning Thief Rick Riordan	4.04	2,252 reads
The End Lemony Snicket	3.75	274 reads
Game Player BJ Harvey	4	42 reads
Charlotte's Web E.B. White	3.97	931 reads
These Happy Golden Years Laura Ingalls Wilder	3.77	68 reads
Inkheart Anthea Bell (Translator) Cornelia Funke	3.83	432 reads
A Spell for Chameleon Piers Anthony	3.36	112 reads
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowling	4.43	4,021 reads
Dealing with Dragons Patricia C. Wrede	4.17	144 reads
Abarat Clive Barker Tanti Lesmana (Translator)	3.95	57 reads
The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Official Illustrated Movie Companion C. S. Lewis Perry Moore	4.42	24 reads
Twilight Stephenie Meyer	2.89	2,105 reads
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky	4.06	1,360 reads
The complete adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. May Gibbs	0	1 read
All Creatures Great and Small James Herriot	4.34	75 reads
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl	4.06	798 reads
The Magician's Nephew C. S. Lewis	3.85	809 reads
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets J. K. Rowling	4.18	4,711 reads
The Thief Lord Cornelia Funke	4.01	137 reads
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J. K. Rowling	4.3	4,164 reads
The Outsiders S. E. Hinton	3.94	970 reads
Anne of Green Gables L.M. Montgomery	4.31	650 reads
The Invasion K.A. Applegate	3.91	66 reads
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince J. K. Rowling	4.39	4,047 reads
Heidi Johanna Spyri	4.17	12 reads
Serendipity Stephen Cosgrove	4.31	11 reads
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak	4.18	568 reads
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Judy Blume	3.66	220 reads
The Mouse and the Motorcycle Beverly Cleary	3.97	91 reads
Flatland Edwin A. Abbott	3.66	228 reads
Holes Louis Sachar	3.97	847 reads
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum	3.81	470 reads
1,2,3. .. Invisibile! Robert L. Stine	5	1 read
Kristy's Great Idea Ann M. Martin	3.69	48 reads
The Indian in the Cupboard Lynne Reid Banks	3.62	103 reads
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader C. S. Lewis	3.93	673 reads
The Two Princesses of Bamarre Gail Carson Levine	4.3	60 reads
Oliver Twist Charles Dickens	3.72	350 reads
The Adventures of Captain Underpants	3.36	70 reads
The Wishing Spell Chris Colfer	4.01	109 reads
Cleopatra: An Egyptian Princess's Diary, AD 57 Kristiana Gregory	4.35	24 reads
Rilla of Ingleside L.M. Montgomery	4.36	8 reads
Little House on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder	3.93	211 reads
Into the Wild Erin Hunter	3.82	157 reads
Das Experiment Katherine Applegate	3	10 reads
The wizard of Oz the first five novels Ella Okstad W. w. Denslow Michael Patrick Hearn Dynos Design Anne Hathaway Tom Sinnickson Germán Vives Olimpia Zagnoli WIlliam Wallace Denslow Robert Ingpen Rosa María Borràs Montané Cristina Rodríguez Fischer Rebecca Burns W W Denslow Fabien Clavel Jean-Philippe Taboulot Yvette Métral Dyno Designs Monique Luiken Jeroen van Luiken-Bakker Baum L Frank Baum jaime arbe Séamus Ó Coileáin Jose perez monica alonso Yenis Adelaira Ochoa Marc Cornelis Wirton Arvott L. Frank Baum	3.25	5 reads
The Horse and His Boy C. S. Lewis	3.77	641 reads
Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Complete Boxed Set Michelle Paver	3.81	39 reads
White Fang Jack London	3.81	241 reads
The Tale of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo	3.95	196 reads
The Witch of Blackbird Pond Elizabeth George Speare	3.67	20 reads
Marcel La Mauviette = Willy the Wimp Anthony Browne	0	0 reads
D'un monde à l'autre Pierre Bottero	4.2	14 reads
The Angel Experiment James Patterson	3.62	201 reads
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Raymond F. Jones	3	1 read
Fire and Ice Erin Hunter	3.72	93 reads