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Want to tell everyone all about your top 10 favourite books of all time?

Head over to the Get involved page to join the children's books site and then email your list of 10 titles and reasons to us at childrens.books@guardian.co.uk
  • Holmes with his arch-nemesis Moriarty

    My top five fictional villains

    Every hero needs a villain, if only to give them a bit of a challenge! Site member pinkbookworm gives us her top five fictional fiends

  • child reading

    My top five secret reads

    HorseLover3000 reveals the five books she should really have grown out of by now, but just can't bear to throw away

  • Greek island

    My top five books that make you want to travel

    Doesn't the weather make you wish it was holiday time already? But of course, when you're reading a book you can always travel...

  • Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief
Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief

    My top 5 movie adaptations of 2013

    TheBookAddictedGirl recommends her top five film adaptations of 2013 (plus added book-to-movie rambling)

  • A screengrab from the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows trailer

    My top five: books to grab in an emergency!

    We've all made this list, haven't we? Find out what five books would the Millennium RIOT readers grab in an emergency. Do you agree?

  • Medusa by Caravaggio

    My top five mythical creatures

    The Bolitho Bookworms have picked their top 5 (well, actually they couldn't stop there so 6!) mythical creatures, inspired by Rick Riordan.

  • Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz

    My top five worst witches

    Site member nightfire88 has put together her list of the worst witches in fiction - does it have you spellbound or reaching for your broomstick?

  • anne-hathaway one day

    My top five: Books that make you cry

    In the latest in our My top five series, site member Cate reveals her favourite tear-jerkers. Will her list have you in tears?

  • A screengrab from the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows trailer

    My top 10: Favourite books by TheBookAddictedGirl

    TheBookAddictedGirl has shared her all-time top 10 favourite books. But what do you think? Would Harry Potter be your number one?

  • Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games

    My top ten: Favourite books

    HorseLover3000 has shared her ten favourite books of all time with us. Do you agree? What would you put as number one?

  • George Orwell's 1984

    My top five: Books that make you think

    Here's five (well, actually six!) of the best books to make you think about life, the universe and everything, according to site member Firebird. Do you agree?

  • A grey squirrel eats a nut among fallen autumn leaves in St James's Park, London

    My top 5: poetry books

    From Ted Hughes to Russell Hoban, Valentine's top 5 shows that poetry can be beautiful or funny - or both

  • Girl detectives I admire

    Site member SpeedyReader recommends her top intrepid investigators

  • My top five: Female characters

    In the second of our new series of top fives, Bookworm 88 names her favourite fictional heroines

  • Cautionary Tales! Opera north production of Hilaire Belloc

    My top five: poetry books

    Launching a new series of top fives, site member d'Artagnan names his favourite poetry collections

  • JK Rowling

    Starburst's top 10 fave authors

    Children's books site member Starburst has shared her top 10 fave authors, from JK Rowling and Jacqueline Wilson to Anne Frank

  • Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

    TheBookThief's top 10 comic books

    Children books site member TheBookThief has shared her top 10 comic books and why, from Lemony Snicket and Lauren Child to classic PG Wodehouse

  • Jacqueline Wilson

    Honeybe@r's top 10 fave books

    Children books site member Honeybe@r has shared her top 10 fave books, from top-selling authors Jacqueline Wilson and Anne Fine to new discoveries and even a classic read

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