Children’s Favorite Novels: And the winner is….

I’ve compiled all the votes by children in the favorite read-aloud/novel round-up!  Thanks to all the kids who weighed in!

A note about scoring:  Some kids and parents had a hard time listing one book and listed more than one, sometimes many!  I didn’t want to leave out any great book suggestions, but many kids also narrowed things down to just one fabulous book and I wanted those ones to have special weight.  So I counted additional books with basically half a vote.  For instance, if someone said “Margaret says she votes for Harry Potter, but she also loves the Little House series” then I put down both books anyway, with the first entry getting double the weight.  I just couldn’t ignore books that were listed by enthusiastic readers (and even one girl who came back to rave about more!).

In some cases, children raved about certain writers even if they chose different books.  I grouped these together so people could seek out those authors.

The first 14 (in blue) all got multiple votes. Numbers 15 through 34 (in green) only got one vote but were listed as the child’s absolute favorites. From 35 (in orange) on are votes that were listed additionally with only one vote.

Many of these titles and authors are new to me, and many seem to be fantasy related.  Book series were also especially popular.

And now on with the list.  Keep in mind that we had all ages of children answering, so these range from toddlers to teens in readers!

1. The “Harry Potter” series (one vote specifically for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, otherwise all for the series in general)
2. The “Magic Treehouse” series (one vote specifically for Mummies in the Morning)
3. Books by author Enid Blyton (in order of favorites: The Uncle Wiggly books, The Magic Faraway Tree, The Secret Seven series)
4. The “Percy Jackson” series
5. The “Narnia” series (one vote specifically for The Magician’s Nephew)
   
6. The “His Dark Materials” trilogy (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass)
7. The “Little House on the Prairie” series
8. The “Baby Mouse” series
9. The “Ivy and Bean” series
10. Books by author Kate Di’Camillo (one vote specifically for the Mercy Watson books)
11. The Inheritance Cycle
12. The Wizard of Oz
13. The “Warriors” series
14. Chris D’Lacey books (The Dragons of Wayward Crescent was specified by one child)
15. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
16. The “Eleven” series
17. Specky McGee
18. The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
    
19. Geronimo Stilton
20. Black Beauty
21. The Princess Academy
22. The Doll People
23. Raold Dahl books
24. Daisy Dawson Is On Her Way
25. Clue Me In:  The Detective Work of Ethan Flask and Professor von Offel
    
26. The “American Girl Samantha” series
27. The Dark is Rising
28. My Side of the Mountain
29. The “Brainwaves” series
30. Lauren Child books
31. The “Junie B Jones” series
32. John Deere books (Barney Blackhoe as one specific)
33. The “Flatfoot Fox” series
34. Lord of the Rings
    
35. The “Nancy Drew” series
36. The End of the Beginning
37. The Wishing Tree
38. Guardians of Ga’hoole
39. Sabriel, Lireal and Abhorsen trilogy
40. Uglies
41. Little House on Rocky Ridge
42. The Castle in the Attic
43. Tut’s Mummy:  Lost… and Found
44. Redwall
45. The “Flower Fairy” books
46. The Caterpillar Fight
47. The “Charlie Bone” series
48. The “Keys to the Kingdom” series
49. Citizens of the Galaxy
50. Clan of the Cave Bear (the teen warns that this is for more mature readers)
51. Robert J. Sawyer books
52. Calvin and Hobbes
53. Miss Happiness and Miss Flower
54. The Gypsy Girl
55. Betsy-Tacy
56. The “Boxcar Children” series
57. The “Fairy Books”
58. The “Horrid Henry” series
59. Pippi Longstocking
60. Ramona
61. Anastasia (by Vladimir Megre, the teen reader notes that this is more of an adult book)
62. Piers Anthony books
63. The Diary of Anne Frank
64. The “Christomanci” series
65. Wayside School
66. The Underland Chronicles
67. Inkheart
68. The Name of the Wind
69. The “Paddington” books
70. The Tiffany Aching Adventures (from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series)
71. Ness the Nurse (chosen by two-year-old “S”!)

If you have more to add, feel free to plug them in the comments.  Thanks to all the kids who voted.

Happy reading!