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 |