Books she read

[Angie]

Do you know which books did Matilda read after Great Expectations?

Do you think that for reading those books one requires something more besides of a linguistic intelligence?

[JazzyCat]

I think people can read anything if they set their mind to it. Really, people can DO almost anything if they set their mind to it.
Um I know they read Moby Dick, but that's it. :/

[Austinp]

I bet that she wouldv'e read the tale of two cities if she had the time.

[Avril]

i read t.h white's once and future king because its in her booklist

[Riley]

here's one of the lists from the book that I found...

Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardie
Gone to Earth by Mary Webb
Kim by Rudyard Kipling
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Good Companions by J.B. Priestly
Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
Animal Farm by George Orwell

I remember in the movie she's shown reading Ivanhoe at one point as well!

[E.E.]

I have half of them at least.

[Klara]

She also read the Secret Garden.

[Lauren]

Riley is correct. It lists them on page 18 in my copy.

[Silver]

She's also mentioned reading The Red Pony by John Steinbeck. Oh, and C.S.Lewis and Tolkien. She must have read The Pickwick Papers too. She makes a comment about Mr.Pickwick to her teacher. I can only say "Wow!"

[Benja]

In the book she mentions having read Tolkien but not liking his "lack of humor" or something along those lines. Fair point.

[Charlie]

Benjamín wrote: "In the book she mentions having read Tolkien but not liking his "lack of humor" or something along those lines. Fair point."

That's C.S. Lewis. She mentions how his book have no funny moments and she/Roald are pretty spot on.

[Perla]

I want to read all the books that Matilda read :) ... thanks for sharing the list!
I've read The Once and Future King, and I actually used a dictionary and google for many things (at least, while reading the spanish edition) because there were terms that I didn't know.
I think this collection of books it's not suggested for kids, but for people who have been reading already and wants to read more good stuff! But yeah, kids can read it if they want to, but maybe they will not understand it at 100%. Even as an adult, I guess you'll want to re-read the book some time later to find new things you didn't notice before.