I loved comic books and history picture books as an elementary school kid. For middle school, it was Star Wars novels and Ender’s Game.

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  2. Boxcar children, and this weird book series about a sideways school I can’t remember the name.

  4. The Phantom Tollbooth, The Redwall series, and Goosebumps books were all pretty major for me when I was a kid.

  5. For that age bracket it was:

    Journey to the center of the earth.

    Lord of the rings.

    Redwall.

    Gregor the overlander series.

    Inkheart.

    Dragon rider (same author as above book).

    The list goes on and on

  6. hobbit was great. i also loved redwall series, man those were fun to read as a little kid.

    also i read a good amount of classics as a kid too. i was obsessed with robert louis stevenson, jules verne, ray bradbury.

    reading as a kid was fucking awesome.

  7. Treasure Island. Some book about a tiger, forgot it’s name, a Dutch book series called “Wolf” about a police dog and some others

  9. Skulduggery Pleasant was some good shit. Demon Road was good too (same author). Unfortunately when it returned for the 10th book I’d grown out of it

  10. I remember “The Power of Un” being a really good book that encouraged me to read more.

  11. The Little Princess, The Secret Garden, Boxcar Children

    Comic books: Garfield, Calvin & Hobbes, The Far Side, Archie

  13. I don’t exactly “love” reading, but I do it sometimes in my spare time in order to relax or get ready for bed. I used to read a ton of Goosebumps books when I was younger.

  14. anything related to classic Greek/Roman/Norse/Celtic Mythology. I loved reading about all the old heroes and Gods.

  15. I had a complete set of War in the Pacific WWII books. One book for each battle. Little kid heaven.

  22. I read a lot of science fiction and Hardy Boys mysteries when I was young. Somewhat later I learned that Frank W. Dixon was a made up name and Hardy Boys books were written by unknown editorial staff writers. At least the authors of science fiction were real people.

  23. When I was a child I started with little novels for children (there was plenty of book series for children and pre-teens, from narrative to adventures genres.) I loved the book series “Goosebumps” and mystery stories. Since middle schools I love thrillers/horror and some narrative.

  24. -anansi boy: fat son grew up under a spider god womanizer. Hated him cuz his mom died and he wasn’t around in her last moments. Heard of his dad’s having a heart attack trying to do the thing with a young woman. Spider God lil brother found him and started messing around with his life cuz of loneliness. Comedic and inspiring

    -American gods: big guy leaves prison, awakens his inner goku, stops a war between old gods and modern gods

    -the name of the wind: man’s journies from boy, high-schooler, collegiate, to field tester traveling the world. Goes from happy child to parents killed by mythical monsters then homeless orphan. About going to school and being a skilled tradesman; about living with barbarians and learning to fight. It’s about a boy realizing his dream of making magic

  25. The Princess Bride book is a masterpiece. The movie is great but the book is so much more.

  28. The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary. I was very young, but it lit up my imagination and showed me the power of books.

  29. 5-7 yo some kind of pocket/abridged book full of classics, the stand outs were David Copperfield not about the magician:( but still great, and hound of Baskerville which started my love of all things Sherlock Holmes.
    10-12 yo got back into reading with fantasy books like the broken sky series by Chris wooding, and the hero and the crown by Robin McKinley.

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