Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Wish I Read As A Kid

This week's topic is:  Books I Wish I Read As A Kid

I feel like this topic could be interpreted in a number of ways! Even though I do still read and enjoy middle grade books, there are some that I just know I would have fallen so madly in love with when I was younger so I'm bummed I either still haven't read it, or didn't read it until I was older. Some of these I've read now that I'm older and still really enjoyed, but I just wish I had experienced the magic as a kid, and some I still haven't read!


Howl's Moving Castle by Dianna-Wynne Jones
I actually just read this one earlier this year for the first time. I'll be honest: in general, I loved the concept and the writing and the characters, but I found myself losing interest in the latter portion of the book! I think I would've fully appreciated it more as a kid, though.


Sabriel by Garth Nix
When I was a kid, I read Nix's Keys to the Kingdom and Seventh Tower series and loved those to death. I wish I had gotten my hands on the Abhorsen series as well, because now I have a hard time getting into them for some reason. Maybe I always would've had that issue, but maybe not.


The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Okay, so I've definitely read The Hobbit and I absolutely love it, but I can only imagine how much I would've fallen for the hobbits and this story if I'd read it at an even younger age! But I still love it, so in the end it all worked out.


Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
My sister actually read and adored this series, so I'm not sure why I never picked it up, but I do wish I had gotten around it.


Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark is Rising) by Susan Cooper
I don't know a lot about this series, but from what I've heard I think I would've (and still would) really like it.


Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
This series sounds totally up my alley, and even today whenever I see the covers for various books int he series, I'm always so drawn to them because they absolutely seem like something I would've read as a kid.


Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black & Tony DiTerlizzi
I remember seeing this series as a kid, but I don't know why I never got into it. It absolutely sounds like something I'd love and I still want to check it out someday.


Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Okay, I'm going to say something probably blasphemous...when I was a kid, my sister and I watched the movie version of Eragon before being aware that there was a book series and we had such a fun time with the movie! I know everyone seems to think it's awful and it honestly probably is (it's been ages since I've seen it, so I have my doubts on its quality now), but I really wish I would've managed to pick up the book to check out around that time also. I hear some really conflicting things about the series and it seems to be a consensus that it's best read at a younger age, so I worry I wouldn't enjoy it now.


The Book of Three (Chronicles of Prydain) by Lloyd Alexander
This is one series that I don't think I knew existed as a kid, but now that I've heard about it I think it sounds delightful! I hear some really excellent thins about these books, so I plan to look into them one day still.


The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson) by Rick Riordan
I realize this is number eleven, but I sort of forgot about it until the end... I lament that I never got around to these as a kid! As someone who is currently a Classics grad student, something tells me I would've liked it a decent bit. I do still consider checking it out now, but there are so many books and even related series (???) that it just feels like a lot to try to catch up with. Still, I like knowing that it's always an option and that so many people love it. I will, however, respect Rick Riordan, and not see the movie adaptation that doesn't exist.


Have you read any of these books? What books do you wish you read as a kid?