The 100 best novels: No 18 – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1865)
Lewis Carroll's brilliant nonsense tale is one of the most influential and best loved in the English canon, writes Robert McCrum
This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales – review
book addict 98: 'This is an amazing book! A must read!'
My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish: The Sea-Quel by Mo O’ Hara – review
Velociraptor: 'I liked the book very much because it was extremely silly, and it had a mad zombie goldfish that did really cool things'
Diamond by Jacqueline Wilson – review
TwilightVi: 'It was a great book and made me cry. Now I can't wait for Jacqueline Wilson to write the next one to keep up the trilogy'
Sculptor’s Daughter by Tove Jansson; Tove Jansson: Life, Art, Words by Boel Westin – review
Tove Jansson's magical childhood memoir complements a respectful biography, finds Kate Kellaway
The Garbage King by Elizabeth Laird – review
BookMad2603: 'The Garbage King is an intense tale of loyalty and friendship between two unlikely figures'
The Curse of the Chocolate Phoenix by Kate Saunders – review
Poppy68: 'This is a roller coaster adventure, filled with mystery, magic and mayhem'
Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver – review
Poppy68: This heart-breaking, realistic tale is a bundle of friendship, adventure, ghosts and innocent mistakes'
Butterfly Summer by Anne-Marie Conway – review
ShadowMaster: 'Exciting, mesmerising and suspenseful, Butterfly Summer is one of the most enjoyable books I have ever read'
The Feathered Man by Jeremy de Quidt – review
Cleopatra: 'It is a very complicated tale, but rewards the reader with exciting and imaginative beings'
Your stories: Snow by Purplerubberduckie – poem
It's a winter wonderland in site member Purplerubberduckie's poem
Reader reviews roundup
YOUR REVIEWS: There's nothing deadly about this week's roundup: move over dystopian fiction, fantasy is making a comeback!
Stick Dog Wants a Hot Dog by Tom Watson – review
Velociraptor: 'This was a hilarious book about five dogs whose only thought is on how to get food'
Alexandre Dumas: swashbuckling musketeers are only half the story
John Dugdale: The BBC's adaptation of The Three Musketeers departs strikingly from the original, with its 23-year-old D'Artagnan, its Made In Chelsea lookalike and its pistols, but such liberty-taking ignores Dumas's influence as a seminal historical novelist
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green – review
acornsized: 'It had a good base plot and the characters were well thought out and individual'