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The Top 100 Children's Books on Goodreads

These books all have an average rating above 4.0 on Goodreads. The books are middle-grade and chapter books.
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Aesop's Fables (Aesop)
Aesop's Fables
1
Aesop
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2
Lewis Carroll
Amulet Series (Kazu Kibuishi)
Amulet Series
3
Kazu Kibuishi
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
4
L.M. Montgomery
The Arabian Nights (Sir Richard Burton)
The Arabian Nights
5
Sir Richard Burton
Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Promise (Gene Luen Yang)
Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Promise
6
Gene Luen Yang
Awkward (Svetlana Chmakova)
Awkward
7
Svetlana Chmakova
A Bear Called Paddington
A Bear Called Paddington
8
The Black Stallion (Walter Farley)
The Black Stallion
9
Walter Farley
Bone: Volume 1 (Jeff Smith)
Bone: Volume 1
10
Jeff Smith
The Book of Three (Lloyd Alexander)
The Book of Three
11
Lloyd Alexander
The Borrowers (Mary Norton)
The Borrowers
12
Mary Norton
The Boxcar Children (Idk)
The Boxcar Children
13
Idk
Brown Girl Dreaming (Jacqueline Woodson)
Brown Girl Dreaming
14
Jacqueline Woodson
Calvin and Hobbes (Bill Watterson)
Calvin and Hobbes
15
Bill Watterson
Chains (Laurie Halse Anderson)
Chains
16
Laurie Halse Anderson
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
17
Roald Dahl
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
18
E.B. White
Coraline (Neil Gaiman)
Coraline
19
Neil Gaiman
The Crossover (Kwame Alexander)
The Crossover
20
Kwame Alexander
Dealing With Dragons (Patricia C. Wrede)
Dealing With Dragons
21
Patricia C. Wrede
The Devil's Arithmetic (Jane Yolen)
The Devil's Arithmetic
22
Jane Yolen
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
23
Anne Frank
Drama
Drama
24
Echo (Pam Munoz Ryan)
Echo
25
Pam Munoz Ryan
El Deafo (Cece Bell)
El Deafo
26
Cece Bell
Fablehaven (Brandon Mull)
Fablehaven
27
Brandon Mull
The False Prince (Jennifer A. Nielsen)
The False Prince
28
Jennifer A. Nielsen
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (E. L. Konigsburg)
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
29
E. L. Konigsburg
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
30
Lois Lowry
Gracefully Grayson (Ami Polonsky)
Gracefully Grayson
31
Ami Polonsky
The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman)
The Graveyard Book
32
Neil Gaiman
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm)
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
33
Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm
A Handful of Stars (Cynthia Lord)
A Handful of Stars
34
Cynthia Lord
The Complete Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Andersen)
The Complete Fairy Tales
35
Hans Christian Andersen
Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Haroun and the Sea of Stories
36
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
37
J.K. Rowling
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
38
J.R.R. Tolkien
Howl's Moving Castle (Diana Wynne Jones)
Howl's Moving Castle
39
Diana Wynne Jones
The Incredible Journey
The Incredible Journey
40
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