3.82 avg rating — 46,809 ratings

"I have read this book three times. It never stops being breathtaking."

4.28 avg rating — 711,290 ratings

"Because the Narnia books are not only the stuff of childhood, but the stuff of adulthood--remember how Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy grew up and became great kings and queens? "Once a king or queen in Narnia, always a king or queen in Narnia." Don't pull a Susan and leave these books behind because you've grown older."

4.62 avg rating — 145,014 ratings

"Because, heck, just to UNDERSTAND these books, you need to digest them like a cow with five stomachs--over and over and over and over...It's well worth it. I'm still not done doing it."

4.33 avg rating — 1,121,627 ratings

"Anne is the companion of my childhood, grown up to be the best friend of my teenaged years. Someday she and I will be old women together."

3.92 avg rating — 1,024,549 ratings

"Because it's Tom Sawyer. And every time I see it, I just have to dip in and read it again. I'm like the little boy in The Princess Bride, and so is my sister Clair."

3.83 avg rating — 1,341,289 ratings

"Same as with Tom Sawyer, I can't pick up this book without being overcome by the urge to reread it. Besides, it's such a strange and beautiful story, seizing it is easier when you've reread it. "

4.03 avg rating — 41,622 ratings

"Originally read to me by my mother as a little kid. Rereading it is an instant return to innocence."

4.13 avg rating — 1,444 ratings

"I've done this to all the Charlotte books, but this one's a standout in an already great series. "