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A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketThe Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper
The Must-Have Series for Children Ages 6 to 12
907 books — 1,323 voters
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler WarnerThe BFG by Roald DahlFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,967 books — 10,857 voters

The Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraI, Claudius by Robert GravesThe Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels by Patrick O'Brian
Best Historical Fiction
7,906 books — 26,307 voters
The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
534 books — 778 voters

1984 by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,825 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card1984 by George OrwellNeuromancer by William GibsonDune by Frank Patrick Herbert
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,729 books — 25,784 voters

The Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. FarrellKim by Rudyard KiplingHussein by Patrick O'BrianA Passage to India by E.M. ForsterBurmese Days by George Orwell
Excellent Books about India and England
282 books — 270 voters