Junior book club members in Dublin City Libraries read and talked about all these books in 2011.
Anne Fine was the most popular author along with Roald Dahl, Eoin Colfer and Roddy Doyle.
Old favourites such as Lewis Carroll (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), Mark Twain (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer) and Charles Dickens (A Christmas Carol) are still going strong.
- The Magic Faraway Tree Enid Blyton
- This Isn’t What It Looks Like Pseudonymous Bosch
- Sooner or Later Lauren Brooke
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll
- Shine On, Daizy Star Cathy Cassidy
- The Legend of Spud Murphy Eoin Colfer
- Eva’s Journey Judi Curtin
- Fantastic Mr Fox Roald Dahl
- The BFG Roald Dahl
- The Enormous Crocodile Roald Dahl
- A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens
- Little Brother Cory Doctorow
- Rover Saves Christmas Roddy Doyle
- Arthur Quinn and the World Serpent Alan Early
- Anneli the Art Hater Anne Fine
- Bad Dreams Anne Fine
- How To Write Really Badly Anne Fine
- The Devil Walks Anne Fine
- The More The Merrier Anne Fine
- InkHeart Cornelia Funke
- Once Morris Gleitzman
- The Earthsea Quartet Ursula Le Guin
- Mystery In the Locked Library Meg Mackintosh
- Born To Run Michael Morpurgo
- Kensuke’s Kingdom Michael Morpurgo
- Running Wild Michael Morpurgo
- A Monster Calls Patrick Ness
- Troubletwisters Garth Nix
- The Borrowers Mary Norton
- Day of the Assassins Johnny O’Brien
- My Unwilling Witch Sleeps Over Hiawyn Oram
- Four Kids, Three Cats, Two Cats, One Witch (maybe) Siobhán Parkinson
- Tom’s Midnight Garden Philippa Pearce
- The Summer of Lily and Esme John Quinn
- The Wall and the Wing Laura Ruby
- There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom Louis Sachar
- Black Beauty Anna Sewell
- The Mysterious Benedict Society Trenton Lee Stewart
- Weirdo Halloween R.L. Stine
- Faraway Home Marilyn Taylor
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain
- H.I.V.E. Mark Walden
- Billionaire Boy David Walliams
- The Swiss Family Robinson Johann Wyss