Confession time! Tell us your literary sins to win an entire set of 20 Puffin Classics

I have heard of most of these books but I have never read any of them.

I've read them all. Oh, no ..hang on.. I meant I've seen them all...Well actually I've heard of them all. Well most of them. Ok I've read Little women and that's it. I can sing the theme tune to Black Beauty though. NB take it you don't mean Nancy Friday's My Secret Garden ? Cos never read that either

I read most of these in my teens, but haven't read The Call of the Wild, The Odyssey or Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Didn't like Little Women and haven't read 'Call of the Wild' or 'The Odyssey'or Black Beauty. Or 'A little princess'. Have read most of the others. Not embarrassed about not having read a book, as that is plainly stupid.

Oh dear, I'm another one who has never heard of The Call of the Wild. Think I have read all the others although possibly in a Readers Digest abridged format
I'd love to win so much as it would give DD1 (7) something to talk about which isn't Malory Towers. Which is driving me potty!

The Jungle Book. I have seen the film numerous times, it is one of my favourites! But never read the book.

I have only read five of these! Part of me wonders what makes books "classics."

What alarmed/entertained me was that I have a feeling I have read at least three more, but suspect actually I haven't, and my familiarity is due to having seen the animated version.

I've never read Alice in Wonderland. Or is it Alice through the looking glass? I was given a lovely copy as a prize at school. I have lived in Oxford for years. I even went to 2 Mad Hatter tea parties last year. And I still haven't read it. I haven't even put it on my ought-to-read list! But maybe I will if I win...

I'm with grecka - neither read nor heard of Call of the Wild . Read most of the others.

I've only read Little Princess and Secret Garden from that list.

But could probably fake knowledge of another 15 thanks to TV and film adaptations . Similarly, I also owe all my Dickens knowledge to the BBC drama department

Like lots here I've never heard of Call of the Wild much less read it. I have though read all the others but I am a voracious reader and always have been. Would still love to win a set though so could share them with dd.

The only one i've never read is 'The Odyssey' :)

I've never read Anne of Green Gables - always preferred action books as a child!

The only one I missed is Call of the Wild. I lived in a village in Canada with no library. I would get one of these for birthdays or Christmas. I can still feel them in my hot little hands. When I left home my Dad threw them all out. It was heartbreaking, like losing childhood friends.

I've read just over half of them: generally speaking the European rather than North American ones.

The one which I bluff and pretend I've read is Treasure Island. I get away with it as long as I don't accidentally mention Kermit and Miss Piggy when discussing the plot.

Of that list the only one I have read is Little Women and I have an English degree.

I think the reason is that around the time when I should have been reading those books I was too caught up in Point Horror, Danielle Steel and Virginia Andrews!

There are only about 5 or 6 on that list I have read (although others I have watched film or TV adaptations - does that count?? I guess not!) When I was in (what would now be) year 5 my teacher saw I was a bookworm but sticking to easy and familiar books so she tried to get me to read Little Women but I thought it was really dull and hated it(!), returned to it as an older teen and loved it. I'd love the chance to get to read some of the other classics I've missed :)

#Call of the Wild# is the only one I haven't read and to be even more honest, I haven't even heard of it before now.

I've only read Black Beauty. I went through a random horse obsession as a young child.

In some ways it's hard to even remember which ones you've read - they all seem so familiar by osmosis.

I'm pretty sure I've read them all except The Call of the Wild and Black Beauty and The Wizard of Oz. (Is it just me or has this list got quite a North American slant?)

I've wept buckets over Heidi (I moved house when I was 8 and empathised with her homesickness) and Little Women (oh Beth! although she doesn't die till a later book). In fact, I inherited my mother's old hard back copies of the whole Little Women series. Read and re-read the Anne books. Loved The Wind in the Willows and The Little Princess, was deeply freaked out by Alice in Wonderland, came to The Odyssey as an adult, was uncomfortable with the slavery aspect of the Mark Twain books, pondered the importance of cheese in Treasure Island, longed to ride an Icelandic pony after Journey to the Centre of the Earth (mission accomplished, my how bumpy - tried to look cheerfully equestrian while being barely clinging onto the damn animal). Didn't fancy Wendy's role in Peter Pan.

Mental furniture, one way or another (along with Mary Norton and Helen Cresswell and Richmal Crompton

I haven't read Huckleberry Finn. I don't find it a big loss to tell you the truth. I read constantly and am always surprised that some people don't.

Terrible! I haven't read any!!! ?? I have watched some on TV does that count ???

I did read a few of these classics as a child and have to agree with iammaman that I couldn't get into Little Women. Loved Call of the Wild though. My confession is that I haven't read the Odyssey but I teach my Latin club children about it! I keep reading little excerpts but really should read the entire thing!!

Read them all apart from 'The Call of the Wild' - and it's been sitting on my kindle for a couple of years.

MN - you have shamed me into turning off my computer & going to read.

I think I've read one of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn but they are somehow blurred into one in my mind. I have never read Call of the Wild though.