 In a 2006 list for the Royal Society of Literature, author J. K. Rowling (author of the Harry Potter books) named "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" among her top ten books that every child should read.A 2004 study found that it was a common read-aloud book for fourth-graders in schools in San Diego County, California.A 2012 survey by the University of Worcester determined that it was one of the most common books that U.K. adults had read as children, after "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", and "The Wind in The Willows".