Below is a range of books that Year 5 children will enjoy reading. Some are harder than others but don’t let that put you off; read them with an adult or an older sibling.
Book Title |
Author |
| Zoo | Anthony Browne |
| Varmints | Helen Ward |
| The Highwayman | Alfred Noyes |
| Stig of the Dump | Clive King |
| Artemis Fowl | Eoin Colfer |
| Orchard book of Greek Myths | Geraldine McCaughrean |
| The Devil and his Boy | Anthony Horowitz |
| The Princess’ Blankets | Carol Ann Duffy |
| Street Child | Berlie Doherty |
| The Tempest | Lois Childs |
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Roald Dahl |
| Kaspar Prince of Cats | Michael Morpurgo |
| Kensuke’s Kingdom | Michael Morpurgo |
| War Horse | Michael Morpurgo |
| Beowulf | Michael Morpurgo |
| The Star of Kazan | Eva Ibbotson |
| Journey to the River Sea | Eva Ibbotson |
| Wolf Brother | Michelle Paver |
| Goodnight Mr Tom | Michelle Magorian |
| Window | Jeannie Baker |
| Coraline | Neil Gaiman |
| Journey to Jo’burg | Beverley Naidoo |
| Varjak Paw | S.F.Said |
| Ghostly Shocks and the Three Scares | Anholt and Robbins |
| Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone | J.K.Rowling |
| Born to Run | Michael Morpurgo |
| Mouse, Bird, Snake, Wolf | David Almond and Dave McKean |
| Cloud Busting | Malorie Blackman |
| Cosmic | Frank Cottrell Boyce |
| Flotsam | David Weisner |
| The Secret Garden | Frances Hodgson Burnett |
| The 100 mile an hour dog | Jeremy Strong |
| Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters | John Steptoe |
| Way Home | Libby Hathorn |
| The Firework Maker’s Daughter | Philip Pullman |
| Ice Bear | Nichola Davies |
| Tigers | Nichola Davies |
| I love guinea pigs | Dick King Smith |
| Moonbird | Joyce Dunbar |
| The London Eye Mystery | Siobhan Dowd |
| Shadow | Morpurgo |
| The 3 pigs (e-book) | Davis Weisner |
| The Mysteries of Harris Burdick | Chris Van Allsburg |
| Tuesday | David Weisner |
| Shackleton’s Journey | William Grill |
| Rooftoppers | Katherine Rundell |
| The Viewer | Shaun Tann and Gary Crew |
| The Silver Swan | Michael Morpurgo |
| The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe | C.S. Lewis |
| Gravity | Jason Chin |
| UFO Diary | Satoshi Kitamura |
| The Arrival | Shaun Tan |
| The Rabbits | Shaun Tan |
| Holes | Louis Sacher |
| The Hobbit (for most able readers) | Tolkein |
| The Hero Twins | Dan Jolley and David Witt |
| The Indian in the Cupboard | Lynne Reid Banks |
| Tales told in Tents | Sally Pomme Clayton and Sophie Herxheimer |
| Stories from Central Asia | Sally Pomme Clayton and Sophie Herxheimer |