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?

Books298

Answers740

Readers188

Details	Rating	Readers Count
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J. K. Rowling	4.28	6,455 reads
The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien	4.29	4,301 reads
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis	3.96	2,164 reads
A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle	3.76	1,251 reads
The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster	4.25	433 reads
The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupéry	4.23	1,999 reads
Redwall Brian Jacques	3.98	320 reads
Matilda Roald Dahl	4.28	862 reads
Ender's Game Orson Scott Card	4.26	2,432 reads
The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett	4.03	792 reads
The Giver Lois Lowry	3.98	1,925 reads
Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer	3.73	804 reads
The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien	4.54	1,402 reads
Bridge To Terabithia Katherine Paterson	3.99	450 reads
The Witches Roald Dahl	3.99	439 reads
Meet the Boxcar Children Gertrude Chandler Warner	3	3 reads
Eragon Christopher Paolini	3.63	1,573 reads
Hatchet Gary Paulsen	3.64	469 reads
Little Women Louisa May Alcott	3.96	1,051 reads
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban J. K. Rowling	4.43	5,005 reads
The Westing Game Ellen Raskin	3.91	306 reads
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Dr. Seuss	4.03	163 reads
Frog and Toad Are Friends Arnold Lobel	0	5 reads
The Neverending Story Michael Ende Ralph Mannheim (Translator)	4.2	300 reads
The Dragonriders of Pern: Dragonflight Dragonquest The White Dragon Anne McCaffrey	3.99	70 reads
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Collected from American Folklore Alvin Schwartz	3.75	120 reads
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams	4.24	3,323 reads
The Complete Chronicles of Narnia C. S. Lewis	4.07	724 reads
Stuart Little E.B. White	3.17	17 reads
Howl's Moving Castle Diana Wynne Jones	4.17	829 reads
Watership Down Richard Adams	4.07	579 reads
The Golden Compass Philip Pullman	4.03	1,753 reads
Magyk Angie Sage	3.74	203 reads
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler E.L. Konigsburg	4.2	188 reads
The BFG Roald Dahl	4.13	473 reads
The Outsiders S. E. Hinton	3.95	1,030 reads
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales Jon Scieszka	4.15	118 reads
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Robert C. O'Brien	4.64	14 reads
The Call of the Wild Jack London	3.66	517 reads
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. Rowling	4.37	4,751 reads
Babysitters Club #9 Ann M. Martin	0	2 reads
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak	4.19	601 reads
The Lightning Thief Rick Riordan	4.05	2,416 reads
Asterix the Gaul René Goscinny Anthea Bell (Translator) Derek Hockridge (Translator)	4.09	71 reads
The Eternity Code Eoin Colfer	3.96	313 reads
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky	4.06	1,456 reads
The Dark is Rising Susan Cooper	4.03	131 reads
Frankenstein Mary Shelley	3.85	2,098 reads
These Happy Golden Years Laura Ingalls Wilder	3.78	70 reads
All Creatures Great and Small James Herriot	4.37	112 reads
A Spell for Chameleon Piers Anthony	3.34	123 reads
Inkheart Anthea Bell (Translator) Cornelia Funke	3.8	466 reads
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowling	4.42	4,334 reads
Dealing with Dragons Patricia C. Wrede	4.18	150 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
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl	4.05	846 reads
The Boxcar Children Gertrude Chandler Warner	3.9	135 reads
Twilight Stephenie Meyer	2.9	2,232 reads
Abarat Clive Barker Tanti Lesmana (Translator)	3.98	62 reads
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J. K. Rowling	4.29	4,471 reads
The complete adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. May Gibbs	0	2 reads
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets J. K. Rowling	4.18	5,066 reads
The Magician's Nephew C. S. Lewis	3.85	856 reads
Anne of Green Gables L.M. Montgomery	4.29	684 reads
Little House on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder	3.9	221 reads
The Thief Lord Cornelia Funke	3.98	142 reads
White Fang Jack London	3.82	256 reads
Heidi Johanna Spyri	4.17	12 reads
Charlotte's Web E.B. White	3.96	976 reads
Game Player BJ Harvey	4	45 reads
The End Lemony Snicket	3.75	286 reads
Serendipity Stephen Cosgrove	4.31	11 reads
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince J. K. Rowling	4.38	4,363 reads
The Invasion K.A. Applegate	3.92	70 reads
Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile, Egypt, 57 B.C. Kristiana Gregory	4.12	28 reads
Holes Louis Sachar	3.96	886 reads
Flatland Edwin A. Abbott	3.66	243 reads
Kristy's Great Idea Ann M. Martin	3.7	50 reads
A Series of Unfortunate Events Box: The Complete Wreck Lemony Snicket	4.17	21 reads
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum	3.8	500 reads
1,2,3. .. Invisibile! Robert L. Stine	5	1 read
The Two Princesses of Bamarre Gail Carson Levine	4.3	61 reads
Oliver Twist Charles Dickens	3.69	372 reads
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader C. S. Lewis	3.91	719 reads
Support Your Local Wizard Diane Duane	4	5 reads
Journey to the Center of the Earth Jules Verne	3.7	281 reads
Rilla of Ingleside L.M. Montgomery	4.43	8 reads
The Secret of the Old Clock Carolyn Keene	3.88	114 reads
The Wishing Spell Chris Colfer	4.02	116 reads
The Adventures of Captain Underpants	3.36	72 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
Into the Wild Erin Hunter	3.87	183 reads
Das Experiment Katherine Applegate	3	11 reads
Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Complete Boxed Set Michelle Paver	3.83	44 reads
Dragonflight Anne McCaffrey	3.78	263 reads
The Tale of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo	3.93	198 reads
The Witch of Blackbird Pond Elizabeth George Speare	3.76	26 reads
Beezus and Ramona Beverly Cleary	3.84	92 reads
The Horse and His Boy C. S. Lewis	3.77	680 reads
The Indian in the Cupboard Lynne Reid Banks	3.65	110 reads