Roald Dahl topped the list of Premier League players' favourite author, as a member from each club chose their dearest children and adult books.
Chelsea's Ross Turnbull, Sunderland winger Adam Johnson and West Ham United midfielder Matthew Taylor all chose James and the Giant Peach as their childhood book of choice, while The Witches, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Fantastic Mr Fox and The BFG also featured.
Taylor showed his harder side though, naming Andy McNab's Bravo Two Zero as his top adult book, while former Queens Park Rangers defender Ryan Nelsen is a fan of Henry Kissinger's New York Times bestseller On China.
Stoke City's Charlie Adam meanwhile plumped for Paul Scholes' picture book autobiography.
Players are helping to launch the Premier League Reading Stars programme, which is being launched today with the help of Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove.
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Per Mertesacker (Arsenal)
Favourite children's book: Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy Tales
Favourite adult's book: A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke by Ronald Reng
Stephen Ireland (Aston Villa)
The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
Back from the Brink by Paul McGrath
Ross Turnbull (Chelsea)
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Rafa: My Story, by Rafael Nadal
Sylvain Distin (Everton)
Charlie and Lola: I Am Really Concentrating, by Lauren Child
The Secret, by Rhonda Byrne
Mark Schwarzer (Fulham)
Megs & the Complete Left Foot, by Neil Montagnana-Wallace
The Player, by Boris Becker
Joe Allen (Liverpool)
Mother Goose's Nursery Ryhmes, by Alison Green
The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown
Scott Sinclair (Manchester City)
The Gruffalo, by Julia Donaldson
Pelé: The autobiography
Jonny Evans (Manchester United)
The Hardy Boys: The Tower Treasure, by Franklin Dixon
Jack & Jill, by James Patterson
Gael Bigirimana (Newcastle United)
Children's Bible, Usborne's Children's Bible
Hinds' Feet on High Places, by Hannah Hurnard
Jonny Howson (Norwich City)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl
Roger Federer: Quest for Perfection, by Rene Stauffer
Ryan Nelsen (Queens Park Rangers)
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, by Bill Martin Jr
On China, by Henry Kissinger
Mikele Leigertwood (Reading)
Fantastic Mr Fox, by Roald Dahl
A Time to Kill, by John Grisham
Jos Hooiveld (Southampton)
Jip en Janneke, by Annie MG Schmidt and Fiep Westendorp
Ajax Barcelona Cruyff: The ABC of an Obstinate Maestro by Frits Barend
Charlie Adam (Stoke City)
The Broons and Oor Wullie, by RD Low
Scholes: My Story, by Paul Scholes
Adam Johnson (Sunderland)
James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl
Blessed, by George Best
Neil Taylor (Swansea City)
Dear Zoo, by Rod Campbell
Messi: The Inside Story of the Boy Who Became Legend, by Luca Caioli
Clint Dempsey (Tottenham Hotspur)
Little Blue Truck, by Alice Schertle
The Hobbit, by JRR Tolkien
Ben Foster (West Bromwich Albion)
The BFG, by Roald Dahl
The Green Mile, by Stephen King
Matthew Taylor (West Ham United)
James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl
Bravo Two Zero, by Andy McNab
David Jones (Wigan Athletic)
The Witches, by Roald Dahl
The Complete Roman Army, by Adrian Goldsworthy