Redwall by Brian Jacques

Redwall Abbey, tranquil home to a community of peace-loving mice, is threatened by Cluny the Scourge savage bilge rat warlord and his battle-hardened horde. But the Redwall mice and their loyal woodland friends combine their courage and strength.

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

Epic battles between good and evil, fantastic creatures, betrayals, heroic deeds, and friendships won and lost all come together in this unforgettable world, which has been enchanting readers of all ages for over sixty years.

Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

George and Martha by James Marshall

Like all best friends, George and Martha do everything together—go to the movies, play at the beach, and just hang around not doing much of anything. George and Martha teach each other (and adoring readers) that even in a close friendship, privacy is important, practical jokes can sometimes backfire, and among other things, pouring split pea soup into your loafers to spare the chef’s feelings is not the best-laid plan.

A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket

The books follow the turbulent lives of orphaned siblings Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire. After their parents’ death in a fire, the children are placed in the custody of a murderous villain, Count Olaf, who attempts to steal their inheritance and causes numerous disasters with the help of his accomplices as the children attempt to flee. As the plot progresses, the Baudelaires gradually confront further mysteries surrounding their family and deep conspiracies involving a secret society, which also involves Olaf and Snicket, who is also a fictional character who narrated the books series as his investigating documentation about the Beaudelaires’s whereabouts, in honor of her late ex-fiancé Beatrice, who revealed to be the Beaudelaires’s late mother.


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9 responses

  1. Excellent choices.

  2. Have you read any Tamora Pierce? Or Rick Riordan? Or Michael Scott? Or Diane Duane? Or Leigh Bardugo?

    1. Joseph Mallozzi Avatar

      The names sound familiar.

  3. Narnia is amazing. The Last Battle is one of the finest hooks I’ve ever read. Long overdue a good adaption. Hoping Greta Gerwig sees it through.

  4. I’ve never heard of Redwall. It sounds great!

    I haven’t read the Lemony Snicket books but I loved the Netflix adaptation.

  5. I’ve never heard of Redwall. All the rest are either mine or my son’s favorite series. He liked “Goosebumps”, tool

    I used to read Rick Riordan’s “The Lightning Thief”. I never could my son into those but I enjoyed them.

    When I was growing up, we lived in a small town with no public library. The school library was the only public lending until I was in my teens.

    Anyhoo, they had “The Three Investigators”. Have you ever heard of those? https://www.threeinvestigatorsbooks.com/originalseries.html

    I read a few Hardy Boys, too. Basically, I read whatever I could get at the school library or buy at the little 5 & Dime store in town. We didn’t have much money, so that was usually comic books.

    Back then, I didn’t see as many book series aimed at kids. Or maybe, I didn’t see them because I didn’t have access to any real book stores? I was in “hog heaven” when they opened the town library.

    1. Have not heard of The Three Investigators.

  6. I’d never heard of Redwall. Have you ever read any Terry Pratchett? While not officially aimed at young readers, the majority of his Discworld books can be read by everyone except the very young. It was only from about book 29, The Night Watch, that the books became a bit more grown up, although he did still write some for younger readers. The series is great if you want books that use a fantasy setting to poke fun at some of the absurdities of our own world.

    1. Joseph Mallozzi Avatar

      Yes. I like Pratchett.

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