Harry Potter not on there

It is actually a great list. The stories on it are great. But yeah, I think HP deserves a place on the list too..

Yer the stories are okay. But they won’t interest todays children, like Harry Potter does. :/

I think Harry Potter will eventually earn a place on that list. Since authors are immortal because of their literary creations, time (in literature’s point of view) is much slower … still wish the books were there because they do deserve a spot!

very shocking news

Well, don’t despair. I assure you, not one of those books would have been on similar lists only 10 years after publication.

Such things take time.

Regretfully, one must also note the tendency among the UK literary to seek publicity for themselves by NOT putting Philospher’s Stone on such lists.

Lets face it, look at what the subject matter of the Waterstones quote is.

I think HP is a classic already. Maybe next time it’ll make the list. :D

The Harry Potter books are of course all our favourites but I guess the point is that just about everyone already knows about Harry Potter. These lists give an opportunity for recommending other books, there is quite a wide age range covered too and these are the personal choices of these people. I know that lists like this often inspire people to read books that they may not have thought of reading before. I am a library assistant and deal with stock promotion as well and during the BBC Big Read promotion a few years ago I kept a bookstand filled with titles in the top 100 and they just walked off the shelves. I also created a children’s list from these books and this proved popular too. Anything that broadens people’s reading can only be good.

That’s weird. But Harry Potter isn’t really a children’s book. But you would still think it would be on that list…especially considering the list was compiled in the UK. What’s the deal? They atleast put Sorcerer’s Stone on there.

In the UK, Jo called the first book, “HP ……Philosopher’s Stone”. She has long said that one of her regrets is giving into the US publisher’s demands to call it the rather silly "Sorcerer’s Stone. "

Having said that- the US books look beautiful compared to the UK editions which look cheap by comparison.

THAT IS RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!! HARRY POTTER SHOULD BE NOMBER ONE!!!!!!

Un-Travesty !!!!!!1

Well – everyone has heard of Harry Potter – but I’ll bet there are some kids (and parents, even) who have never heard of some of the books that are on the list. HP will get read anyway, so I’m glad the classics are on there to remind parents that they should be read as well.

I’d say it’s only a matter of time until the HP join the official canon of great children’s books.

As much as a pity it is that Harry Potter is not listed, I think it is safe to say that within a few decades this particular series will join those many other fabulous works of literature.