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13+ years
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon, which doubtless no one...
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13+ years
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes...
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11-13 years
Anne of Green Gables
'I suppose you are Mr. Matthew Cuthbert of Green Gables?' she said in a peculiarly clear, sweet voice. 'I'm very...
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Book Reviews
Books I think you'll love
Every book here has been properly read (sometimes twice!) and rated out of five stars. No spoilers, promise.
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8-10 years
How to Train Your Dragon
★★★★★
Hiccup is the best kind of hero — not the strongest, but definitely the cleverest. The dragons are hilarious and the maps at the front are amazing. Read the whole series!
Adventure🕵️
8-10 years
Murder Most Unladylike
★★★★☆
A proper detective mystery set in a boarding school. Daisy and Hazel are a brilliant team and I did NOT guess the ending. A tiny bit scary but in a good way.
Mystery🌌
11-13 years
Northern Lights
★★★★★
Armoured polar bears. Need I say more? Lyra is so brave and the world feels completely real. This one is longer, so it's great for holidays.
Fantasy😂
5-7 years
The 13-Storey Treehouse
★★★★☆
The funniest book on this list. The drawings are half the story and there's a sea monster pretending to be a mermaid. Perfect if you don't usually like reading.
Funny🦁
8-10 years
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
★★★★★
A classic for a reason. Walking through a wardrobe into a snowy magical land never gets old. Turkish delight is overrated though — I checked.
Classic⚡
8-10 years
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
★★★★★
Greek gods are real and they're causing chaos. Percy is funny, the monsters are cool, and you'll accidentally learn loads of mythology. Win-win.
Mythology
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Recommended by readers like you
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11-13 years
Wonder
★★★★★
August just wants to be an ordinary kid. This book changes how you think about people. Our whole class read it and everyone loved it.
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11-13 years
Artemis Fowl
★★★★☆
A twelve-year-old criminal mastermind versus fairies with high-tech weapons. Artemis is kind of the bad guy and that makes it more interesting.
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11-13 years
Holes
★★★★★
A boy gets sent to a camp where they dig holes all day, but WHY? The way everything connects at the end blew my mind.
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8-10 years
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
★★★★☆
Greg is always getting into trouble and it's so funny. The cartoons make it really fast to read — I finished it in two days.
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5-7 years
The Gruffalo
★★★★★
The mouse is the cleverest animal in the whole wood. I've read it about a hundred times and the rhymes never get boring.
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5-7 years
Charlotte's Web
★★★★★
Wilbur the pig is saved by a spider who can WRITE. I cried a bit at the end but in a good way. Everyone should read it.
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Reading Challenge
The 10-Book Challenge
Can you read 10 books this year? Here's how it works:
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Pick a book
Any book counts — comics and audiobooks too!
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Read it
A few pages a day adds up faster than you think.
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Rate it
Give it stars and write one sentence about it.
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Hi! I started Let's Get Reading because I think reading is brilliant and more kids should discover how fun books can be. Every review on this site is written by me after actually reading the book. If you've got a recommendation, use the share form — I read every single one!