In 2003 the BBC did a series called The Big Read where they asked people to vote for their favourite book. You can see the results on http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100.shtml. These are books loved by real people, not just critics. Some of them are children's books. I find it useful when I don't know what to read next. Or at least I did when I lived somewhere which had libraries and bookshops.