My 2026 hobby is going to be reading Matilda's reading list - will you join me? You know! In Chapter One of Matilda by Roald Dahl, Mrs Phelps the librarian helps Matilda with what to read next, after she has finished all the books in the Children's section. The Secret Garden was her favourite of all. Mrs Phelps suggests Great Expectations and then over the next six months: Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë