First Novel You Ever Read?

[scriitor]

Mine was 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'. I can only imagine my eyes just glazed over at entire passages full of unfamiliar words like "infusoria" and "cetaceans", but apparently that didn't matter because I thoroughly enjoyed it. I mean, c'mon, they battled a giant squid and visited Atlantis! I remember reaching the end and thinking "I hope he writes another one!"

Any takers?