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?

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Readers147

Details	Rating	Readers Count
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J. K. Rowling	4.29	4,264 reads
The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien	4.29	2,798 reads
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis	3.96	1,428 reads
The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett	4.02	534 reads
O Pequeno Príncipe Antoine de Saint-Exupéry	4.21	1,256 reads
Redwall Brian Jacques	3.96	229 reads
Ender's Game Orson Scott Card	4.26	1,640 reads
The Giver Lois Lowry	3.99	1,263 reads
The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster	4.24	296 reads
Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer	3.73	460 reads
Hatchet Gary Paulsen	3.6	304 reads
A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle	3.77	847 reads
Matilda Roald Dahl	4.29	585 reads
The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien	4.55	923 reads
The Witches Roald Dahl	3.98	302 reads
Eragon Christopher Paolini	3.61	1,000 reads
The Westing Game Ellen Raskin	3.9	201 reads
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Dr. Seuss	3.96	96 reads
Meet the Boxcar Children Gertrude Chandler Warner	3	2 reads
Bridge To Terabithia Katherine Paterson	4.01	312 reads
The Dragonriders of Pern: Dragonflight Dragonquest The White Dragon Anne McCaffrey	4.09	39 reads
Magyk Angie Sage	3.8	129 reads
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Collected from American Folklore Alvin Schwartz	3.68	81 reads
Frog and Toad Are Friends Arnold Lobel	0	3 reads
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban J. K. Rowling	4.44	3,297 reads
Stuart Little E.B. White	3.25	9 reads
Howl's Moving Castle Diana Wynne Jones	4.16	552 reads
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams	4.24	2,178 reads
The Neverending Story Michael Ende Ralph Manheim (Translator)	4.12	201 reads
Frankenstein Mary Shelley	3.86	1,372 reads
Little Women Louisa May Alcott	3.9	709 reads
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler E.L. Konigsburg	4.25	127 reads
The Call of the Wild Jack London	3.64	340 reads
The Golden Compass Philip Pullman	4.04	1,152 reads
Anne of Green Gables L.M. Montgomery	4.29	406 reads
Watership Down Richard Adams	4.09	365 reads
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. Rowling	4.38	3,130 reads
Babysitters Club #9 Ann M. Martin	0	2 reads
Dealing with Dragons Patricia C. Wrede	4.19	102 reads
The BFG Roald Dahl	4.16	336 reads
The End Lemony Snicket	3.82	195 reads
The Chronicles of Narnia C. S. Lewis	4.08	446 reads
Game Player B.J. Harvey	3.96	32 reads
The Dark is Rising Susan Cooper	3.96	62 reads
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Robert C. O'Brien	4.31	10 reads
A Spell for Chameleon Piers Anthony	3.19	78 reads
Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer	4	2 reads
The Invasion K.A. Applegate	3.85	52 reads
The Outsiders S.E. Hinton	3.96	692 reads
The Lightning Thief Rick Riordan	4.04	1,605 reads
These Happy Golden Years Laura Ingalls Wilder	3.63	45 reads
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl	4.05	576 reads
Twilight Stephenie Meyer	2.87	1,477 reads
Asterix the Gaul René Goscinny Anthea Bell (Translator) Derek Hockridge (Translator)	4.19	39 reads
Serendipity Stephen Cosgrove	4.25	8 reads
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales Jon Scieszka	3.95	65 reads
The Chronicles of Narnia C. S. Lewis	4.55	13 reads
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J. K. Rowling	4.3	2,956 reads
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak	4.14	389 reads
The complete adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. May Gibbs	0	1 read
The Magician's Nephew C. S. Lewis	3.84	552 reads
The Witch of Blackbird Pond Elizabeth George Speare	3.57	18 reads
Das Experiment Katherine Applegate	3	6 reads
Wolf Brother Michelle Paver	3.67	25 reads
Flatland Edwin A. Abbott	3.62	162 reads
Heidi Johanna Spyri	4.29	6 reads
The Thief Lord Cornelia Funke	4.03	95 reads
Charlotte's Web E.B. White	3.95	670 reads
1,2,3. .. Invisibile! Robert L. Stine	5	1 read
The Tale of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo	3.94	146 reads
Abarat Clive Barker Tanti Lesmana (Translator)	4.07	39 reads
Kristy's Great Idea Ann M. Martin	3.91	37 reads
The Horse and His Boy C. S. Lewis	3.74	445 reads
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowling	4.43	2,858 reads
Oliver Twist Charles Dickens	3.78	55 reads
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky	4.07	974 reads
Inkheart Anthea Bell (Translator) Cornelia Funke	3.84	303 reads
Rilla of Ingleside L.M. Montgomery	4.3	6 reads
All Creatures Great and Small James Herriot	4.35	49 reads
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince J. K. Rowling	4.39	2,807 reads
Cleopatra VII Kristiana Gregory	5	9 reads
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader C. S. Lewis	3.88	464 reads
The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell Chris Colfer	4	64 reads
Mail-Order Wings Beatrice Gormley	4	1 read
The Two Princesses of Bamarre Gail Carson Levine	4.2	41 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
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets J. K. Rowling	4.18	3,342 reads
The Hardy Boys mysteries, 1927-1979 Mark Connelly	0	0 reads
L'isola del tesoro Robert Louis Stevenson Alberto Tedeschi (Translator)	4.25	6 reads
The Case of the Dirty Bird Gary Paulsen	0	1 read
The Subtle Knife Philip Pullman	4.09	615 reads
Tintin and the Picaros Hergé	4.57	17 reads
Dracula Bram Stoker	3.85	1,041 reads
On a Pale Horse Piers Anthony	3.61	70 reads
Into the Wild Erin Hunter	3.73	112 reads
Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted #1) Gail Carson Levine	3.97	200 reads
Fablehaven Brandon Mull	3.88	121 reads
Ronia, the Robber's Daughter Astrid Lindgren	4.08	31 reads
The Contest Gordon Korman	4	6 reads
Dawn's Big Date (The Baby-Sitters Club #50) Ann M. Martin	4	3 reads