- The Wolves of Willoughby Chase – Joan Aiken
- The Witches – Roald Dahl
- Truckers – Terry Prachett
- Swallows and Amazons – Arthur Ransome
- The Story of Tracy Beaker – Jacqueline Wilson
- Stig of the Dump – Clive King
- Skellig – David Almond
- Private Peaceful – Michael Morpurgo
- Once – Morris Gleitzman
- A Monster Calls – Patrick Ness
- Millions – Frank Cottrell Boyce
- Matilda – Roald Dahl
- The Little Prince – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – C S Lewis
- Journey to the River Sea – Eva Ibbotson
- Holes – Louis Sachar
- The Hobbit – J R R Tolkien
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – J K Rowling
- Goodnight Mr Tom – Michelle Magorian
- Flour Babies – Anne Fine
- Ballet Shoes – Noel Streatfeild
- The Adventures of Tintin – Hergé
- Carries War – Nina Bawden
- The Borrowers – Mary Norton
- Artemis Fowl – Eoin Colfer