It's a rather teacherly list. But these are great books that kids love and adults can appreciate. Note that some are equally placed, e.g. 12=. You've got to admire precision like that in list making.
1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl (see my review)
2. Goodnight Mister Tom - Michelle Magorian
3. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
4. Matilda - Roald Dahl
5. The Gruffalo - Julia Donaldson
6. The Chronicles of Narnia- C.S. Lewis (well 2 1/2 of the 7, that's a decent crack)
7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle
8. We're Going on a Bear Hunt - Michael Rosen
9. Dogger - Shirley Hughes
10. Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak
11. Sting of the Dump - Clive King
12= Black Beauty - Anna Sewell
12= The Iron Man - Ted Hughes
14. Flat Stanley - Jeff Brown
15. Winnie the Pooh - A.A. Milne
16. Funnybones - Allan and Janet Ahlberg
17= Owl Babies - Martin Waddell and Patrick Benson
17= The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien (see my review)
19. Green Eggs and Ham - Dr Seuss
20. War Horse - Michael Morpuro (see my review)
21= Grimm's Fairy Tales - Brothers Grimm
21= The Tiger Who Came to Tea - Judith Kerr
23. Peace at Last - Jill Murphy
24. Artemis Fowl series - Eoin Colfer (see my review)
25. Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy - Lynley Dodd
26. Not Now Bernard - David McKee
27. Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Jeff Kinney
28. The Twits - Roald Dahl
29. I Am David - Ann Holm
30. The Highwayman - Alfred Noyes
31. The Paddington Series - Michael Bond (see my review)
32. Amazing Grace - Mary Hoffman and Caroline Binch
33. Esio Trot - Roald Dahl
34. Five Children and It - E. Nesbit
35. Clockwork - Philip Pullman
36. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett (see my review)
37. The Magic Far Away Tree - Enid Blyton
38. Farmer Duck - Martin Waddell and Helen Oxenbury
39. Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome (see my review)
40. The Silver Sword - Ian Serraillier
41. The Worst Witch Series - Jill Murphy
42. The Alfie and Annie Rose Series - Shirley Hughes
43. Shakespeare Stories - Leon Garfield
44. Journey to the River Sea - Eva Ibbotson
45. Six Dinner Sid - Inga Moore
46. Sad Book - Michael Rosen
47. The Borrowers - Mary Norton (see my review)
48= A Dark, Dark Tale - Ruth Brown
48= The Jolly Postman - Allan Ahlberg
50. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
51. Coraline - Neil Gaiman
52. Zoo - Anthony Browne
53. Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson
54. Voices in the Park - Anthony Browne
55. Cinderella - Charles Perrault, illustrated by Roberto Innocenti
56. Pig Heart Boy - Malorie Blackman
57. The Railway Children - E. Nesbit
58. Cloud Busting - Malorie Blackman
59= Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson (see my review)
59= The Sheep-Pig - Dick King-Smith
61= Beegu - Alexis Deacon
61= The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame (see my review)
63= Eragon - Christopher Paolini
63= The Mr Men and Little Miss Series - Roger Hargreaves
65= Gentle Giant - Michael Morpurgo
65= Just So Stories - Rudyard Kipling
67 The Velveteen Rabbit - Margery Williams
68. Pinocchio - Carlo Collodi, illustrated by Roberto Innocenti (see my review)
69. Eagle of the Ninth - Rosemary Sutcliff
70. Theseus and the Minotaur - David Orme and Wendy Body
71= The Just William Series - Richmal Crompton
71= On the Way Home - Jill Murphy
71= Pumpkin Soup - Helen Cooper
71= Street Child - Berlie Doherty
71= The Happy Prince and other stories - Oscar Wilde
76= Angelo - Quentin Blake
76= The Day the Crayons Quit - Drew Daywalt, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers
76= The Snowman - Raymond Briggs
79. My Mum - Anthony Browne
80= The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
80= The Tunnel - Anthony Browne
82= Face - Benjamin Zephaniah
82= The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tyler - Gene Kemp
84. The Giving Tree - Shel Silverstein
85= Click Clack Moo: Cows that Type - Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin
85= The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster
85= The Tale of Peter Rabbit - Beatrix Potter
88= I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato - Lauren Child
88= The Skullduggery Pleasant Series - Derek Landy
88= The Early Years at Malory Towers - Enid Blyton
88= Wolf Brother - Michelle Paver
92= Birds Beasts and Relatives - Gerard Durrell
92= The Weirdstone of Brisingamen - Alan Garner
94. The Mrs Pepperpot Series - Alf Proysen
95= The Asterix Series - Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
95= The Fib and Other Stories - George Layton
97. The Giant's Necklace - Michael Morpurgo
98. The Kipper Series - Mick Inkpen
99= The Milly-Molly-Mandy Series - Joyce Lankester Brisley
99= The Suitcase Kid - Jacqueline Wilson
52/100
Not a bad showing, although I've read the vast majority as an adult. Of course most of these titles weren't yet written when I finished primary school.
It's such an interesting list. No surprises in the top 10 for me- although I have a clear hole in my top 10 reading. As ever there are some expected books, some I've been meaning to read and some authors and books I've never heard of.
Not surprising that Roald Dahl is a major player, although I'd forgo Esio Trot and include my favourite Dahl -The BFG - instead, actually I'd put that number one I think, I like the movies of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory more than the book! Shhhh. I was surprised that Jacqueline Wilson only just snuck in at the tail end. The Telegraph points out that David Walliams and J.K. Rowling failed to make the grade.
Nov 2016 53/100
June 2018 54/100
It's odd to me how you've read lots of these that I've never heard of at the same time that I see you haven't read lots I think are books everyone has read.
ReplyDeleteYou really must look for The Day the Crayons Quit. It swept over our school as a rave read. It's a short picture book you can easily fit in.