What was your favorite book / series when you were 8-11 years old? I want to make sure I’ve read them all.
Golden Compass series Narnia series From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler The Westing Game Harriet the Spy series Animorphs lol
"A Series of Unfortunate Events" by Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler) "Hacker" by Malorie Blackman
a bit older than 11, but everything written by Rick Riordan
Percy Jackson, Harry Potter, the Divergent Series, Maze Runner Series
hardy boys famous five harry potter!! percy jackson
Asterix the Gaul and the entire series! And Tintin!
Sideways Stories from Wayside School - clever and witty The BFG - always made me smile, even when I was feeling down From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler - for the schemer in us all
The Xanth series by Piers Anthony is a lot of fun.
Lots of the ones listed in this thread. Also Swallows and Amazons and the Tom Swift books.
Redwall by Brian Jacques and every other book related. Felt like a Lord of the Rings for kids to me back in the day
Pendragon Eragon Dragonlance Artemis Fowl Boxcar Children The Merlin Saga
I wish I read at that age. Looking forward to my kids response to this.
harry potter Guardians of Ga'hoole hunger games rangers apprentice alex rider percy jackson
I'm surprised that I haven't seen Tove Janson's Moomintroll books in your replies yet, so I will offer them. For adults, I would especially recommend the short story collection and Moominpapa At Sea. At the time I was quite fond of Encyclopedia Brown and Trixie Belden but they were pulp and lack the timeless quality.
Chronicles of Narnia probably. There was a lesser know series by Lloyd Alexander based on Welsh mythology - started with Taran Wanderer, I think, that was pretty cool.
A couple of mine that haven't been shared yet: - the John Bellairs books (House with Clock in its Walls) - Little House on the Prairie series - Indian in the cupboard Also, recently discovered these classics: - Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen by Garth Nix
Goosebumps The Giving Tree Lord of the Rings Babysitters Club
Redwall, of course. Also, Goosebumps. You had to be in third grade to check them out of the school library, which really pissed off second grade me lol. The Hatchet series (there were like four of them?) I also remember reading a ton of The Boxcar Children but couldn’t tell you anything about them today.
Bud, Not Buddy (book) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud,_Not_Buddy The Boxcar Children (series) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boxcar_Children
I have one winner by far: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) by French writer Jules Verne.
So many. Harriet the Spy, Basil E. Frankweiler, all Judy Blume stand out
tell me how old you are without telling me how old you are
The Zach Files. Predictable format but still enjoyed a lot
Harry Potter Really loved the books written by Enid Blyton