Children’s & young adult

Most widely known first.

1. 1865 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
2. 1997 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling
3. 1998 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
4. 2003 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
5. 1999 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
6. 2000 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
7. 2005 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
9. 1954 Lord of the Flies by William Golding
10. 2008 The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J. K. Rowling
11. 1995 His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
12. 1912 The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett · read free
13. 1837 Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Robert Southey
14. 1877 Black Beauty by Anna Sewell · read free
15. 1972 Watership Down by Richard Adams
16. 2002 Coraline by Neil Gaiman
17. 1902 The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter · read free
18. 1926 Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
19. 1942 The Famous Five by Enid Blyton
20. 1995 Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
21. 1885 Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett · read free
22. 1905 A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
23. 2003 Warriors by Victoria Holmes
24. 2000 The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
25. 2000 Alex Rider by Anthony Horowitz
26. The Saga of Darren Shan by Darren O'Shaughnessy
27. 1920 The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
28. 1863 The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby by Charles Kingsley · read free
29. 2003 The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
30. 1902 Five Children and It by Edith Nesbit · read free