What Book Got you Hooked?

The Web site, FirstBook.org recently held a reader's poll that asked readers what book got them interested in reading. Over 100,000 people responded.

The top twenty answers hold some predictable responses and some surprising ones. Of course, the top choice is a mystery series. The results are as follows:

1. Nancy Drew books by Carolyn Keene
2. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
3. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
4. Little Women by Louisa Mae Alcott
5. The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
6. The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
7. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
8. The Poky Little Puppy by Janette Sebring Lowrey
9. Go, Dog, Go! by P.D. Eastman
10. Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
11. Curious George by Margret and H.A. Rey
12. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
13. The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper and Loren Long
14. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
15. Dick and Jane by William H. Elson
16. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
17. The Bobbsey Twins by Laura Lee Hope
18. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
19. Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
20. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

For the complete list of 50, see the First Books Web site.

Although I too enjoyed the Nancy Drew mysteries and most of the other books listed, the first book that really transported me was Daphne DuMaurier's Rebecca, which I first read when I was about 10 years old.

Share your favorite first book with Suite 101 readers by voting in the poll below. Don't see your favorite listed? Vote other and start a discussion thread.