Here are the Top 100 Children's Novels, as determined by an online poll run by Elizabeth Bird, a librarian at the New York Public Library. I put the ones I've read in bold. I've read 84/100 and it's pretty obvious that I'm lacking in the classics (and Inkheart). How many have you read? Do you agree with the top 10 picks?
100. The Egypt Game - Snyder (1967) 99. The Indian in the Cupboard - Banks (1980) 98. Children of Green Knowe - Boston (1954) 97. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane - DiCamillo (2006) 96. The Witches - Dahl (1983) 95. Pippi Longstocking - Lindgren (1950) 94. Swallows and Amazons - Ransome (1930) 93. Caddie Woodlawn - Brink (1935) 92. Ella Enchanted - Levine (1997) 91. Sideways Stories from Wayside School - Sachar (1978) 90. Sarah, Plain and Tall - MacLachlan (1985) 89. Ramona and Her Father - Cleary (1977) 88. The High King - Alexander (1968) 87. The View from Saturday - Konigsburg (1996) 86. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Rowling (1999) 85. On the Banks of Plum Creek - Wilder (1937) 84. The Little White Horse - Goudge (1946) 83. The Thief - Turner (1997) 82. The Book of Three - Alexander (1964) 81. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon - Lin (2009) 80. The Graveyard Book - Gaiman (2008) 79. All-of-a-Kind-Family - Taylor (1951) 78. Johnny Tremain - Forbes (1943) 77. The City of Ember - DuPrau (2003) 76. Out of the Dust - Hesse (1997) 75. Love That Dog - Creech (2001) 74. The Borrowers - Norton (1953) 73. My Side of the Mountain - George (1959) 72. My Father's Dragon - Gannett (1948) 71. The Bad Beginning - Snicket (1999) 70. Betsy-Tacy - Lovelae (1940) 69. The Mysterious Benedict Society - Stewart ( 2007) 68. Walk Two Moons - Creech (1994) 67. Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher - Coville (1991) 66. Henry Huggins - Cleary (1950) 65. Ballet Shoes - Stratfeild (1936) 64. A Long Way from Chicago - Peck (1998) 63. Gone-Away Lake - Enright (1957) 62. The Secret of the Old Clock - Keene (1959) 61. Stargirl - Spinelli (2000) 60. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle - Avi (1990) 59. Inkheart - Funke (2003) 58. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase - Aiken (1962) 57. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 - Cleary (1981) 56. Number the Stars - Lowry (1989) 55. The Great Gilly Hopkins - Paterson (1978) 54. The BFG - Dahl (1982) 53. Wind in the Willows - Grahame (1908) 52. The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007) 51. The Saturdays - Enright (1941) 50. Island of the Blue Dolphins - O'Dell (1960) 49. Frindle - Clements (1996) 48. The Penderwicks - Birdsall (2005) 47. Bud, Not Buddy - Curtis (1999) 46. Where the Red Fern Grows - Rawls (1961) 45. The Golden Compass - Pullman (1995) 44. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing - Blume (1972) 43. Ramona the Pest - Cleary (1968) 42. Little House on the Prairie - Wilder (1935) 41. The Witch of Blackbird Pond - Speare (1958) 40. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Baum (1900) 39. When You Reach Me - Stead (2009) 38. HP and the Order of the Phoenix - Rowling (2003) 37. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - Taylor (1976) 36. Are You there, God? It's Me, Margaret - Blume (1970) 35. HP and the Goblet of Fire - Rowling (2000) 34. The Watson's Go to Birmingham - Curtis (1995) 33. James and the Giant Peach - Dahl (1961) 32. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH - O'Brian (1971) 31. Half Magic - Eager (1954) 30. Winnie-the-Pooh - Milne (1926) 29. The Dark Is Rising - Cooper (1973) 28. A Little Princess - Burnett (1905) 27. Alice I and II - Carroll (1865/72) 26. Hatchet - Paulsen (1989) 25. Little Women - Alcott (1868/9) 24. HP and the Deathly Hallows - Rowling (2007) 23. Little House in the Big Woods - Wilder (1932) 22. The Tale of Despereaux - DiCamillo (2003) 21. The Lightening Thief - Riordan (2005) 20. Tuck Everlasting - Babbitt (1975) 19. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Dahl (1964) 18. Matilda - Dahl (1988) 17. Maniac Magee - Spinelli (1990) 16. Harriet the Spy - Fitzhugh (1964) 15. Because of Winn-Dixie - DiCamillo (2000) 14. HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Rowling (1999) 13. Bridge to Terabithia - Paterson (1977) 12. The Hobbit - Tolkien (1938) 11. The Westing Game - Raskin (1978) 10. The Phantom Tollbooth - Juster (1961) 9. Anne of Green Gables - Montgomery (1908) 8. The Secret Garden - Burnett (1911) 7. The Giver -Lowry (1993) 6. Holes - Sachar (1998) 5. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - Koningsburg (1967) 4. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - Lewis (1950) 3. Harry Potter #1 - Rowling (1997) 2. A Wrinkle in Time - L'Engle (1962) 1. Charlotte's Web - White (1952)