Popular Reads
This page contains a list of books that other kids of your age are reading.
Updated:
5/03/2012 9:39 a.m.
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This list is compiled from a survey of Whangarei Libraries young members who were asked to list their five favourite books.
Popular reads for girls
- The Trixie Belden series by various authors
- The Famous Five series by Enid Blyton
- Deltora Quest series by Emily Rodda
- Roald Dahl - Books by Roald
- Harry Potter series by J K Rowling
- The World of Chrestomanci series by Diana Wynne Jones
- Judy Moody series by Megan McDonald
- Nancy Drew: Girl Detective (both Comic and text format) by Carolyn Keene
Can be read in any order
Popular reads for boys
- Charlie Bone series by Jenny Nimmo
- Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer
- The Chrestomanci series by Diana Wynne Jones
- Harry Potter series by J K Rowling
- Deltora Quest series by Emily Rodda
- Roald Dahl collection by Roald Dahl
- Hardy Boys series (in both Comic and text format) by Franklin W. Dixon
Can be read in any order
- Farticus Maximus by Felice Arena
- Space Pirate series by Emmanuel Guibert
Popular classics
- Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
- Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carol
- Alice through the looking glass by Lewis Carol
- Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransom
- Gulliver's Travels by Johnathan Swift
- Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling
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