 | 7 Books in 1: The Railway Children, Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet, The Story of the Amulet, The Story of the Treasure-Seekers, The Would-Be-Goods, and The Enchanted Castle by E. Nesbit
Buy new: £14.24 / Used from: £10.25 J.K. Rowling: 'I love E Nesbit I think she is great and I identify with the way that she writes. Her children are very real children and she was quite a groundbreaker in her day.'
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 | The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
Buy used from: £18.50 J. K. Rowling: 'My favourite writers were E. Nesbit, C.S. Lewis, adult writers as well. I would read absolutely anything - even the back of cereal packets.'
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 | The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge
Buy new: £3.48 / Used from: £0.01 J. K. Rowling: 'I most admire E. Nesbit, Paul Gallico and C.S.Lewis. My favourite book as a child was The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge.'
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 | The Snow Goose; And The Small Miracle (Essential Penguin) by Paul Gallico
Buy new: £5.46 / Used from: £2.72 J. K. Rowling: 'I most admire E. Nesbit, Paul Gallico and C.S.Lewis. My favourite book as a child was The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge.'
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 | His Dark Materials Gift Set: "Northern Lights", "The Subtle Knife", "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Buy used from: £7.99 J. K. Rowling: 'Read E. Nesbit, Philip Pullman, Henrietta Branford, Paul Gallico. Just read!'
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 | Fire, Bed and Bone by Henrietta Branford
Buy new: £3.46 / Used from: £0.01 J. K. Rowling: 'Read E. Nesbit, Philip Pullman, Henrietta Branford, Paul Gallico. Just read!'
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 | I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Buy new: £5.22 / Used from: £0.01 J. K. Rowling: 'My favourite books for younger people would be I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, which I really love, The Little White Horse, all the classic childrens books& I love E Nesbit.'
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 | Ballet Shoes (Puffin Modern Classics) by Piers Sanford
Buy used from: £0.01 Q: 'What were your favourite childhood books?' J. K. Rowling: 'Noel Streatfield's Ballet Shoes, Elizabeth Goudge's The Little White Horse and Manx Mouse by Paul Gallico.'
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 | From the Library of Hogwarts by J. K. Rowling
Buy used from: £6.33 Rowling's charity books.
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 | Cautionary Tales for Children by Hilaire Belloc
Buy new: £6.71 / Used from: £4.89 J. K. Rowling: 'I've loved Hilaire Belloc ever since I read Cautionary Tales for Children when I was about 10. Verse 22 of his Dedicatory Ode has been pinned on my study wall for several years.'
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 | Hons and Rebels by Jessica Mitford
Buy new: £4.92 / Used from: £2.18 Rowling named her daughter after Jessica Mitford. J.K. Rowling: 'Basically, [Mitford] had every single possible component you could want as a 13-year-old leftwinger.'
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 | Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
Buy new: £9.74 / Used from: £8.45 Just for a change, one of Philip Pullman's favourites: 'Although the middle-class world of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons has been left behind, I still respond to the excitement of the story.'
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![Little Princess, A / The Secret Garden / Black Beauty [DVD] [1994]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41KF3FNR48L._SL75_.jpg) | Little Princess, A / The Secret Garden / Black Beauty [DVD] [1994]
Buy used from: £20.00 Films of classic children's stories. 'A Little Princess' (directed by Cuaron) is reportedly one of J. K. Rowling's favourite films.
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 | A Little Princess: The Story of Sara Crewe (Penguin Popular Classics) by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Buy new: £2.00 / Used from: £0.01 The book behind one of J. K. Rowling's favourite films.
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 | Emma (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen
Buy new: £4.46 / Used from: £0.01 J. K. Rowling: 'Emma has the merit of having a heroine who annoys me because she is in some ways so like me, and it is the most skilfully managed mystery I've ever read.'
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 | The Moonstone (Penguin Classics) by Wilkie Collins
Buy new: £5.47 / Used from: £0.01 J. K. Rowling: 'The last novel that I read was Wilkie Collins The Moonstone, which I have been meaning to read for years. It is a cracking read.'
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 | Gigi and the Cat (Vintage Classics) by Colette
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £0.01 Rowling is quoted in a Times interview as liking Evelyn Waugh, Collete and Vladimir Nabokov.
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 | Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder by Evelyn Waugh
Buy new: £5.94 / Used from: £0.01 Rowling is quoted in a Times interview as liking Evelyn Waugh, Collete and Vladimir Nabokov.
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 | A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Popular Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy new: £2.16 / Used from: £0.01 J. K. Rowling: 'I spent the whole of one Sunday reading A Tale of Two Cities.'
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 | The Barrytown Trilogy: "The Commitments", "The Snapper" and "The Van" by Roddy Doyle
Buy new: £9.06 / Used from: £0.01 J. K. Rowling: 'Roddy Doyle is my favourite living writer. I love his work for many of the same reasons I like Jane Austen's. There is no sentimentality in his boundless sympathy for his characters.'
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 | Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis De Bernieres
Buy new: £4.93 / Used from: £0.01 J. K. Rowling: 'The last novel I read was Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres, which I loved.'
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 | Laughter in the Dark (Penguin Modern Classics) by Vladimir Nabokov
Buy new: £6.46 / Used from: £4.27 A number of interviews say that J. K. Rowling particularly likes Russian author Vladimir Nabokov.
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 | J.K.Rowling: A Biography by Sean Smith
Buy used from: £0.01 Daily Express: 'What makes this book outstanding is how Smith has tracked down the sources of JKs inspiration.'
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 | Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince: Children's Edition (Harry Potter 6) by J.K. Rowling
Buy new: £10.99 / Used from: £0.01 The 6th Harry Potter book - you can sign up to get an email when it's available.
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 | LEGO Harry Potter 4757: Hogwarts Castle
Buy new: £399.96 / Used from: £195.00 Impossible to leave out the Harry Potter Lego.
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