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Best Children's Books

Name: Best Children's Books
Creator: Open Library
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Most-published children's books and picture books loved by generations.

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Updated:2/21/2026

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Name↕	Title↕	Author↕	First Published↕	Subjects↕	Editions↕	Languages↕
Bible	Bible	Bible	1200	Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern), Glossaries, vocabularies, Early works to 1800, Bible	6,084	ukr, jpn, aym
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland	Lewis Carroll	1865	Alice (fictitious character : carroll), fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, fantasy, general, JUVENILE FICTION	3,546	guj, jpn, por
A Christmas Carol	A Christmas Carol	Charles Dickens, Groth	1843	Children's fiction, Toy and movable books, Christmas, fiction, Children's plays, English	3,198	arm, jpn, por
Wuthering Heights	Wuthering Heights	Emily Brontë	1846	form:novel, genre:tragedy, genre:gothic, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)	2,886	arm, jpn, por
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	Mark Twain	1876	adventure and adventurers, Adventure stories, American fiction (fictional works by one author), American literature	2,552	arm, jpn, alb
Robinson Crusoe	Robinson Crusoe	Daniel Defoe, J. J. Grandville	1686	Crusoe, robinson (fictitious character), fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Survival, Fiction	2,419	arm, por, bre
Hamlet	Hamlet	William Shakespeare	1603	performing arts, Stage history, Reyes, reinas, soberanos, Venganza	2,388	arm, guj, sin
Emma	Emma	Jane Austen	1815	Social life and customs, Mate selection, Fiction, Fathers and daughters	2,263	heb, spa, rus
Oliver Twist	Oliver Twist	Charles Dickens	1822	Bildungsromans, Boys, Brigands and robbers, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)	2,209	jpn, por, dan
Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus	Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus	Mary Shelley	1818	Frankenstein (Fictitious character), Frankenstein's monster (Fictitious character), Fiction, Victor Frankenstein (Fictitious character)	2,188	spa, rus, ger
A Tale of Two Cities	A Tale of Two Cities	Charles Dickens	1800	British, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Children's fiction, Criticism and interpretation	2,059	guj, jpn, por
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz	L. Frank Baum	1899	Witches, Toy and movable books, Spanish language materials, Fiction	2,052	arm, jpn, alb
Treasure Island	Treasure Island	Robert Louis Stevenson	1880	Fiction, Treasure Island (Imaginary place), Treasure-trove, Pirates	1,988	guj, jpn, alb
Little Women	Little Women	Louisa May Alcott	1848	Romans, Jeunes filles, Soeurs, Sisters	1,888	pol, spa, rus
Macbeth	Macbeth	William Shakespeare	1508	Drama, Regicides, Kings and rulers, Texts	1,847	arm, jpn, alb
Gulliver's Travels	Gulliver's Travels	Jonathan Swift	1726	YA, Young adult, Juvenile, Fiction	1,810	arm, jpn, por
The Call of the Wild	The Call of the Wild	Jack London	1903	Gold discoveries, Bienestar, Lobos, Descubrimiento de oro	1,699	eng, gle, heb
King Lear	King Lear	William Shakespeare	1608	Drama, King Lear (Legendary character), Fathers and daughters, Kings and rulers	1,614	arm, jpn, por
The Secret Garden	The Secret Garden	Frances Hodgson Burnett	1911	Fiction, general, Friendship, fiction, People with disabilities, fiction, Great britain, fiction	1,594	spa, und, cat
Don Quijote de la Mancha	Don Quijote de la Mancha	Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra	1600	Don Quixote (Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de), Quotations, Knights and knighthood, Social life and customs	1,591	jpn, ori, alb
Great Expectations	Great Expectations	Charles Dickens	1861	Authors, Benefactors, Bildungsromans, Boys	1,489	heb, spa, rus
A Midsummer Night's Dream	A Midsummer Night's Dream	William Shakespeare	1600	Drama, Courtship, Plays, Hippolyta (Greek mythology)	1,483	jpn, por, dan
A Study in Scarlet	A Study in Scarlet	Arthur Conan Doyle	1887	Action & Adventure Fiction, aortic aneurysm, Battle of Maiwand, Blessing and cursing	1,447	eng, por, fre
Through the Looking-Glass	Through the Looking-Glass	Lewis Carroll	1865	Fantasy, Fiction, English Nonsense verses, Children's poetry, English	1,378	ger, jpn, ukr
The Wind in the Willows	The Wind in the Willows	Kenneth Grahame	1908	Children's fiction, Animals, fiction, Friendship, fiction, England, fiction	1,346	pol, heb, spa
The Hound of the Baskervilles	The Hound of the Baskervilles	Arthur Conan Doyle	1900	crime novel, English Civil War, mires, tors	1,308	jpn, por, kor
Anne of Green Gables	Anne of Green Gables	Lucy Maud Montgomery	1908	Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Country life, Friendship	1,299	pol, spa, jpn
Julius Caesar	Julius Caesar	William Shakespeare	1656	Antoine (Marcus Antonius), Assassination, Assassins, Bibliography	1,226	jpn, alb, por
Jane Eyre	Jane Eyre	Charlotte Brontë	1847	Fiction, Romance, Historical", Man-woman relationships, fiction	1,170	pol, spa, rus
The Time Machine	The Time Machine	H. G. Wells	1895	Self-experimentation in medicine in fiction, Fiction, Time travel in fiction, Dystopias in fiction	1,146	epo, pol, spa
Walden	Walden	Henry David Thoreau	1854	Biography, Homes and haunts, American Authors, Social life and customs	1,138	eng, fre, chi
Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog)	Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog)	Jerome Klapka Jérôme	1889	Humorous stories, Male friendship, Description and travel, Humor (Fiction)	1,133	epo, heb, guj
Moll Flanders	Moll Flanders	Daniel Defoe	1722	Fiction, Social life and customs, Criminals, English Picaresque literature	1,114	heb, spa, rus
Mansfield Park	Mansfield Park	Jane Austen	1814	Love stories, English, Fiction, Romance, Historical, Regency, Social life and customs, Adoptees, fiction	1,108	eng, rus, ger
Les Trois Mousquetaires	Les Trois Mousquetaires	Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet	1844	History, Fiction, Swordsmen, France in fiction	1,103	eng, glg, ger
King Solomon's Mines	King Solomon's Mines	H. Rider Haggard	1880	Children's fiction, Mines and mineral resources, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Large type books	1,091	eng, ger, tur
Ἰλιάς	Ἰλιάς	Όμηρος	1505	Odysseus (Greek mythology), Juvenile poetry, Readers, Greeks	1,084	arm, por, gre
Ὀδύσσεια	Ὀδύσσεια	Όμηρος	1488	great_books_of_the_western_world, Poetry, Fiction, Classical literature	1,062	arm, por, gre
Hard Times	Hard Times	Charles Dickens	1854	Fiction, Social problems, Utilitarianism, Education	1,028	pol, heb, spa
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow	Washington Irving	1820	Fiction, Ghosts, History, Children's stories, American	1,017	jpn, baq, por