The votes are in, and Goodreads’ readers have selected the following list as the best 100 children’s books.

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Goodreads 100 Best Children Books To Read In A Lifetime

1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
2. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
3. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
4. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
5. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
6. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
7. The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
8. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle
9. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
10. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
11. Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
12. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
13. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
14. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
15. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
16. The Giver by Lois Lowry
17. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
18. Matilda by Roald Dahl
19. Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
20. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
21. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
22. The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne
23. Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
24. How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
25. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
26. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
27. Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
28. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Book 1) by Rick Riordan
29. The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
30. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
31. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Patterson
32. Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
33. Holes by Louis Sachar
34. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
35. The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
36. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
37. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
38. Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
39. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
40. Black Beauty by  Anna Sewell
41. Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm
42. Curious George by H.A. Rey
43. Heidi by Johanna Spyri
44. The Little House Collection by Laura Ingalls Wilder
45. A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
46. Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
47. From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
48. Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
49. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
50. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
51. Wonder by R.J. Palacio
52. The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
53. Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss
54. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
55. The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
56. The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew, Book 1) by Carolyn Keene
57. Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parrish
58. The BFG by Roald Dahl
59. The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
60. Going Over by Beth Kephart
61. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O’Brien
62. Are You My Mother by P.D. Eastman
63. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
64. Press Here by Herve Tullet
65. The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
66. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
67. Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
68. The Bad Beginning or Orphans! A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
69. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
70. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
71. The Call of the Wild by Jack London
72. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
73. Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban
74. A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond
75. Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
76. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
77. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judy Barrett
78. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
79. Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Liobel
80. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
81. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
82. The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
83. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
84. The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
85. Corduroy by Don Freeman
86. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
87. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
88. Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site by Sherry Dusky Rinker
89. Are you there, God? It’s Me, Margaret. by Judy Blume
90. The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
91. Tuesday Tucks Me In by Luis Carlos Montalvan
92. Beatrix Potter the Complete Tales by Beatrix Potter
93. Flora and Flamingo by Molly Idle
94. A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stephenson
95. One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
96. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
97. The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
98. Miss Nelson is Missing! by Harry G. Allard Jr.
99. Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
100. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

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How many have you read? Do you agree with the Goodreads 100 Best Children Books to Read in a Lifetime? Which books would you add?